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February 26, 2014

Black History Month: Congregations mirror changing times: Part 3

As part of Black History month coverage, the Episcopal News offers a snapshot of six congregations in the diocese that for at least some portion of their lives have been regarded as predominantly African American. In many ways, their histories often mirror shifting demographics and changing times and reflect a strong legacy of commitment to […]

February 19, 2014

Black History Month: Congregations mirror changing times: Part 2

As part of Black History month coverage, the Episcopal News offers a snapshot of six congregations in the diocese that for at least some portion of their lives have been regarded as predominantly African American. In many ways, their histories often mirror shifting demographics and changing times and reflect a strong legacy of commitment to […]

February 12, 2014

Black History Month: Congregations mirror changing times: Part 1

As part of Black History month coverage, the Episcopal News offers a snapshot of six congregations in the diocese that for at least some portion of their lives have been regarded as predominantly African American. In many ways, their histories often mirror shifting demographics and changing times and reflect a strong legacy of commitment to […]

February 7, 2014

‘This far by faith’

When the city of Pasadena’s Black History Month Parade route concludes at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church on Feb. 15, Michael Mims will be waiting. “I’ll be there to answer questions, to invite people to come and take a look, to give them information,” said Mims, 75, a retired Pasadena City College photography professor, who calculates that […]

February 7, 2014

Helping Californians get through the healthcare ‘maze’

When Amanda Whiddon graduated from the Loyola Law School in May she extended her student health insurance through October, expecting to have a job and medical coverage by November. She didn’t. Her insurance coverage ended in October and, with a pre-existing medical condition and an uncertain employment future, “every time I got in the car, […]

February 7, 2014

Becoming God’s human family is ‘dynamite,’ says Bishop Curry

More than 100 people gathered at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Los Angeles Jan. 18 to, in the words of guest preacher North Carolina Bishop Michael Curry, “sing the songs of Zion, to commemorate the life and witness of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and … to consecrate our future and […]

February 7, 2014

Laundry Love: Health and wellness in the neighborhood

The line begins to form about 5 p.m. outside the Beach Coin Laundry in Huntington Beach on the second Wednesday of each month. And it keeps growing — with the homeless, the working poor, those living on fixed incomes, those down on their luck, single moms and their children — guests who welcome Laundry Love […]

December 18, 2013

Diocesan Convention: ‘Creative new ministries need new seeds’

Bishop Jon Bruno called for a moment of silence in honor of Nelson Mandela at the start of the 118th annual meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles Dec. 6, and challenged several hundred convention delegates, visitors, and guests to sow seeds of hope, reconciliation and transformation, as had the former South African leader who […]

December 18, 2013

The Margaret Parker Lecture: ‘Whose movement are you in? Which side are you on?’

The stunning array of current challenges throughout the world — failed global systems, climate change, hunger, poverty, war, as well as racism, ethnic cleansing and gender bias — beckon the church to a pivotal moment, according to retired Massachusetts Suffragan Bishop Barbara Harris. While delivering the third biennial Margaret Parker Memorial Lecture on “Justice and […]

December 18, 2013

Bishop names 5 honorary canons, confers 2 awards for service

Bishop J. Jon Bruno conferred special honors on several priests and lay leaders during diocesan convention, naming five honorary canons of the Cathedral Center of St. Paul and presenting two newly instituted Bishop’s Awards for Service. New canons are the Rev. Mary Crist; Donna Keller; the Rev. Pat McCaughan; the Rev. Rand Reasoner; and the […]

November 30, 2013

The Reverend Norman Herriman Boyd

June 29, 1926 – November 24, 2013 The Rev. Norman Herriman Boyd, most recently assistant at St. Peter’s Church, San Pedro, died peacefully in his sleep on Nov. 24. He was 87. Services were held on Dec. 15 at St. Peter’s Church. Boyd had served at St. Peter’s in various capacities since 1983. He was […]

November 26, 2013

George Woodward appointed canon in El Salvador diocese

The Rev. Canon George Woodward III, rector of St. Edmund’s Church, San Marino, has been appointed as canon for pastoral inclusion for the Episcopal Church of El Salvador, Bishop Martin Barahona of the Central American diocese announced in a letter on Nov. 20. Woodward will continue as rector of St. Edmund’s and a priest of […]