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Dear Friends: “The old leaves wither, die, and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.” This quote by Bryant McGill, American author, speaker, and thought leader who advocates for human rights and gender equality, is about the natural cycle of life and the importance of letting go of the past to embrace new […]
A memorial service for Herbert L. “Bill” Lucas – longtime Los Angeles business leader and patron of the arts who died last December at age 98 – has been set for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 1031 Bienvenida, Pacific Palisades. A previously scheduled service could not be held due […]
Bruce Leroy Siriani, husband of diocesan Archdeacon Laura Siriani, died Nov. 7 at their home in Laguna Woods, Calif. He was 84. In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Susan Siriani (grandchildren Parker, Patrick, and Henry Flaherty) and Katherine Siriani. A memorial service will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Tustin, on […]
The Rt. Rev. Chester Lovelle Talton, retired bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles who later provisionally led the Fresno-based Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin – died the evening of Nov. 20 at his Altadena home with loved ones at his side. He was 84 and had been in declining health after recent spinal surgery and subsequent […]
Los Angeles Bishop-elect Antonio Gallardo delivered a stirring and poetic tribute to St. John’s, “a true cathedral,” preaching during the congregation’s Nov. 16 worship service marking the centennial of its landmark sanctuary, his first visit to a diocesan congregation since his election. Gallardo invited worshippers to pause for a few moments to take in the […]
Food distribution programs in the Diocese of Los Angeles faced a jump in local need in October and November, according to local program organizers, who said that the federal government shutdown exacerbated the heightened need that programs usually see around the end of the year. The federal government shutdown, which began Oct. 1 and ended […]
A number of steps will be taken between now and July 11, when the Rev. Dr. Antonio Gallardo is set to become the eighth bishop diocesan of Los Angeles. Let’s start with the consents process. We elect a bishop for the wider church, not for our diocese alone. By canon, a majority of Standing Committees […]
One of the diocese’s architectural treasures, St. James’ in-the-City in Wilshire Center, is reopening its sanctuary this month after the most comprehensive renovation in the church’s 100-year history. The return will be celebrated at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, with a Choral Evensong. It will be followed by Sunday services the next day at 8 […]
In Italian, to be “in good hands” is to be “in buone mani,” under the care of a competent, trustworthy person. And for the musical life of L.A.’s St. James’ Episcopal Church these past 31 years, no truer words can be spoken about a leader of the same name, Canon Maestro James Paul Buonemani. Whether […]
Three veteran lay leaders – diocesan Vice-chancellor Jeffrey Baker, diocesan ECW President Christine Budzowski, and Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union President Daniel Valdez – were named honorary canons of the Diocese of Los Angeles by Bishop John Harvey Taylor on Nov. 7 at Diocesan Convention’s annual meeting in Riverside. Conferring the canons crosses and certificates […]
[The Episcopal News – Nov. 8, 2025] Congratulations and praise began pouring in almost immediately after the Rev. Antonio Gallardo was elected the first Latino bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles on the eighth ballot Nov. 8, 2025, at the 130th annual meeting of the diocese in Riverside. Gallardo, 58, who was born in […]
Outgoing vice-chancellor Jeff Baker, a University of Alabama law professor and associate dean, invited convention delegates Nov. 8 “to just say Amen if the spirit moves you” during his impassioned Margaret Parker lecture at the 130th annual meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles in Riverside. The series honors the legacy of the late Canon […]
