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May 2, 1932 – April 9, 2013 Canon John A. Tucker, Jr. — a longtime vice chancellor and lay leader of the Diocese of Los Angeles — died April 9 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 80. Tucker is survived by his brother, Dr. Guy Tucker (Marilyn) of Oahu, his sister, Marcia Tucker […]
A group of some 25 interfaith leaders from Los Angeles traveled to San Diego and crossed the border to Tijuana Feb. 26 and 27 to learn more about how U.S. immigration policies affect the poor of Mexico. And learn they did, with a punch that left them determined to find ways to encourage effective immigration […]
Comedy Central TV personality Stephen Colbert has bemoaned the loss of “the true meaning of Candlemas,” but a Feb. 2 service at the Cathedral Center Congregation of St. Athanasius merged traditions to help revive the time-honored celebration. The Rev. Frank Alton, St. Athanasius’ priest-in-charge, welcomed about 90 worshippers to the service, which blended celebrations of […]
Bishop Suffragan Mary D. Glasspool wasn’t just celebrating her birthday Feb. 23; she also was in Mexico to attend the service establishing Bishop Coadjutor Enrique Trevino Cruz as bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Cuernavaca. “Something about that feels more than just coincidental,” said Glasspool, who recently returned from a two-week language and cultural immersion […]
Imagine it: a damaged math genius traps himself in his basement with his technology… Only the basement is actually the St. Mark’s parish hall, temporarily transformed by “North by South,” a nonprofit theater company in residence at and partnering with the Glendale church to highlight social and global justice issues. Eudoxus is the play and […]
September 19, 1938 – February 2, 2013 The Rev. Canon Dr. Terence E. Lynberg, former archdeacon of the Diocese of Los Angeles, died on February 2 at home in San Diego. He was 74. He is survived by his brother Roger, sister-in-law Susan, nephew Nicholas and niece Alexandria. A private family service will follow at […]
February 13, 1937 – January 19, 2013 The Rev. Canon Fernando C. Gómez, longtime priest of the Diocese and a former vicar of La Magdalena Church in Glendale, died on January 19 at age 75. Canon Gómez is survived by Adela, his wife of 50 years, and their son Antonio, their daughter Monica, and their […]
December 6, 1951 – January 9, 2013 Trudy Vertucci-Ardizzone, noted Christian educator, poet, playwright and teacher, died Jan. 9 at age 62. Trudy Vertucci was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She was the third of four children born to Harold J. Vertucci and Angela DiDio. After getting her teaching degree from Brooklyn College […]
The historic California Craftsman three-story dwelling on El Molino Avenue once boarded Pasadena Playhouse actors. For its current crop of residents, however, there is no more pretending. For Nathan K., a U.S. Marine, the Gooden Center “is just this magical place” where he rediscovered the camaraderie he thought he’d left behind after being wounded in […]
More than 400 lay and clergy delegates gathered Dec. 8 at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino for the 117th annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. The one-day convention — conducted within the context of the Eucharist — was themed a celebration of “Abundant Vineyards” and of gratitude, according […]
The Diocese of Los Angeles celebrated a sense of plenty at the Dec. 8 meeting of Diocesan Convention, meeting with the theme “Serving Together in Abundant Vineyards.” Although held in an unfamliar venue — the Orange Show in San Bernardino — the convention breezed through its one-day agenda comparatively quickly, while celebrating the Eucharist, electing […]
The Rev. Canon Cindy Voorhees of Huntington Beach aims to transform the time-honored African proverb about teaching a person to fish so he can feed himself for a lifetime. “Africans already know how to fish; it’s time to go to the next step,” said Voorhees, whose nonprofit agency Building Africa has already taken that next […]
