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[Seabury-Western Theological Seminary] On Saturday, May 12, at 10:30 a.m., the Most Rev. Frank Griswold, former presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, former bishop of Chicago and Seabury adjunct faculty member, will preach at the 154th commencement of Seabury Western Theological Seminary. The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee, bishop of Chicago and a Seabury trustee, […]
Charged with forging a “community blueprint for the next 20 years,” the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission hosted an April 24 public hearing at City Hall, where speakers including L.A.P.D. Chief Charlie Beck and well-known A.M.E. Pastor Chip Murray reflected on progress since the 1992 civil unrest sparked by the Rodney King verdict. Citing […]
Is it possible to have anything like a blueprint for the next 20 years for L.A.’s spiritual and religious role in “race relations” or “social justice”? Let me look backward briefly. In the summer of 1965 I found myself in Watts during the “riot.” Guardsmen stood with guns. Fires raged. My immediate job was to […]
Two 20-foot-high steel walls between Tijuana and San Diego made seeing each other difficult and touching each other all but impossible, but they couldn’t stop Episcopalians and Anglicans on both sides of the border from celebrating the Eucharist together April 2. The display of unity aimed a spotlight at the plight of the undocumented and […]
[The Episcopal News] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori urged Episcopalians to “invest in legitimate development in Palestine’s West Bank and in Gaza” rather than focusing on divestment or boycotts of Israel, during a March 25 “Middle East Peacemakers” luncheon in Los Angeles. “The Episcopal Church does not endorse divestment or boycott,” the presiding bishop told […]
[The Episcopal News] The heavens opened, the skies poured torrential rain but it didn’t dampen spirits as more than 600 people packed St. James Episcopal Church for a March 25 live-streamed Solemn Festival Eucharist joyously celebrating the congregation’s century of ministry in downtown Los Angeles. The Rev. Dr. Paul Kowalewski, St. James’ rector, said he […]
[Episcopal News Service] Gay marriage supporters rejoiced Feb. 7 after an appellate court ruled California’s controversial Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. “Today’s 9th Circuit Court decision is not just a victory for gay and lesbian couples in California – it is a victory for all Americans […]
The Episcopal Church is a bastion of white privilege and wealth and segregation — one that will rapidly decline if new ways are not found to lead it into becoming the body of Christ, Boston priest and emergent church leader Stephanie Spellers told a capacity congregation at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day service […]
July 20, 1930 – December 25, 2011 Sue Ashbrook, member of St. Peter’s Church, Santa Maria, diocesan Episcopal Church Women and Daughters of the King leader, and widow of the late Rev. Hal C. Ashbrook, died on Christmas morning after a long illness. She was 81. Services will be held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church […]
Four simple words encompass what those who serve with Prism do: “listen, listen, love, love,” the Rev. Dennis Gibbs told about 75 people attending the diocesan restorative justice ministry’s fifth annual appreciation luncheon Dec. 13 at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Los Angeles. Prism executive director Gibbs, founder of the Community of Divine […]
Erin Tharp of Corona preached a powerfully inspiring sermon Nov. 20 at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church without uttering a single word. The 28-year-old former straight-A student, who has been in a wheelchair and unable to speak for nearly half her young life, inspired the congregation to meet an “Advent Challenge.” They promptly and […]
Attending Instituto de Liderazgo classes this year sent a powerful message to Rosa Santana, a parishioner at All Saints Church in Pasadena, “that the diocese is really concerned about reaching out to those who speak Spanish in Los Angeles.” Foundational courses in Scripture, church history and theology bolstered her lay ministries at the Pasadena church’s […]
