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January 6, 1934 – December 26, 2015 The Rev. Canon Alfred “Al” Smith, retired rector of St. Columba’s Church, Camarillo, died unexpectedly on Dec. 26. He was 82. He most recently was chaplain to retired clergy of the diocese of San Diego – a ministry he shared with his wife, Stephanie – and priest-in-residence at […]
Delegates, visitors and guests at the 120th annual convention of the Diocese of Los Angeles erupted in thunderous laughter and applause on Dec. 5 as the Rev. Renita Weems, a Nashville-based author, Old Testament scholar, seminary professor, academic administrator, African Methodist Episcopal church pastor and this year’s Margaret Parker lecturer, said that she, like many […]
At the Ontario Convention Center, Diocesan Bishop Jon Bruno called the 120th annual convention of the Diocese of Los Angeles to order Dec. 4 on a somber note, urging an end to violence in all forms and citing a chilling statistic, that the United States had experienced a mass shooting — of four or more […]
Standing at the site of the recent terror attack in San Bernardino, California, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Los Angeles Bishop Jon Bruno on Dec. 4 called upon people of faith and people of good will everywhere to join together to end gun violence. The bishops said they felt compelled to visit the […]
d. November 30, 2015 Jeannette Fayram Shackell, widow of the late Rev. Richard Shackell, died Nov. 30. Survivors include her children, David, Margaret, Richard and Sarah; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Mary, predeceased her. A memorial service was held Jan. 9 at Trinity, Santa Barbara, where she had been a member since 1986. […]
May 30, 1934 – November 13, 2015 The Rev. George Francis Luthringer, long-time priest at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Camarillo, died Nov. 13. He was 81. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12 at St. Columba’s Church, 1251 Las Posas Road, Camarillo 93010 (805.482.8831). Survivors include Ann Pentecost […]
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It has been an honor and a privilege to have served you all in the Diocese of Los Angeles these past five-and-one-half years. This past August I received a call to become Assistant Bishop of New York, and I have accepted that call. God willing, I will begin this new ministry […]
March 13, 1933 – November 5, 2015 The Rev. Ralph Edwin Parks, retired vicar of St. George’s Church, Hawthorne, died on Nov. 5. He was 82. Besides Jane, Parks’ wife of nearly 59 years, survivors include a sister, four children, and five grandchildren. A private family service will be held. In lieu of flowers, the […]
Diane Jardine Bruce and Mary Glasspool were among the bishops suffragan of the Episcopal Church who gathered in Rome in October as guests of Pierre Whalon, bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. For Bruce and Glasspool, the unquestioned highlight of the trip was a visit to the Vatican and brief, but meaningful […]
For members of the Program Group on Ecumenical and Interreligious Life of the Diocese of Los Angeles, joining some 9,500 participants and volunteers representing 74 countries, 34 major religions and 349 sub-traditions at the Oct. 15 – 19 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City was exhilarating, prophetic, hopeful and transformative. “Reclaiming the […]
Amid Downtown Los Angeles’ current boom of commercial and residential construction, St. John’s Pro-Cathedral is entering a new chapter in its 125-year history. “We are strategically positioned in what is being called Downtown’s renaissance,” Dean Mark Kowalewski said of the context in which St. John’s is both launching new ministries and planning to develop its […]
He’s canonically resident in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, but the Very Rev. Frank Hegedus has spent the past four years serving at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church in Budapest, Hungary, and recently reached out to offer aid as thousands of refugees flocked to the country. “It seemed to come upon us suddenly, although in […]
