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The Rev. Jamie Hammons has a vision of Southland congregations and Episcopalians creating a quilt – or quilts—as a tangible remembrance of loved ones who have died from AIDS. She hopes that the quilt, when finished next spring, will also be a concrete reminder that the AIDS epidemic “is still in front of us. It’s […]
Delegates to Diocesan Convention on Dec. 3 noticed a strange buzzing noise and were startled by youth volunteers racing into the room to hand out packets of information and Bishop J. Jon Bruno being wrapped in netting to ward off the attacks of several hungry “mosquitoes” — quickly revealed as Bishops Diane Bruce and Mary […]
Bishop Jon Bruno recalled the diocese’s rich legacy of transformational leadership in tough times and challenged delegates and visitors to continue to “be the light, be the peace” during his Dec. 3 address to the 116th annual convention meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles at the Riverside Convention Center. “Today I am calling us […]
The bishops of Los Angeles, speaking from “One Light, One Peace, One World”, the 116th annual meeting of the convention of the diocese in Riverside, condemned as “draconian” recent anti-gay legislation approved by the Nigerian Senate. “Our commitment to our baptismal promise to respect the dignity of every human being demands that we speak out […]
Bishop J. Jon Bruno named author Kay Lindahl and Corporation of the Diocese director Robert Johnson as honorary canons of the Cathedral Center of St. Paul during Diocesan Convention, and added Mary Bruno to the ‘Order of Angels’ that he established in 2002 for extraordinary service to the diocese. Lindahl honored for listening ministry Lindahl […]
At least one outreach ministry has grown up and more than 400 Southland Episcopalians — including youth, laity and clergy — have visited the Holy Land on pilgrimage as the relationship between the Dioceses of Los Angeles and Jerusalem continues to deepen, Bishop Bruno said during his Dec. 3 convention address at the Riverside Convention […]
Interfaith clergy, including the Rev. Liz Muñoz, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Hollywood, have written a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa protesting what they called the unacceptable level of violence they witnessed when city police cleared the Occupy L.A. encampment around the city hall in the early morning hours on Nov. 30. The […]
To better reflect its mission and its new services for older adults in the greater Southern California area, The Episcopal Home Communities, a not-for-profit organization providing a broad spectrum of health care and living options for seniors, announced Nov. 23 that it will now be known as Episcopal Communities & Services (ECS), according to a […]
Note to readers… An upcoming opportunity to hear the David John Falconer Memorial Organ and the Choir of St. James is the Advent Procession of Lessons and Carols in the style of King’s College, Cambridge, 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11, St. James’ Church, 3903 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. More information here. Australian virtuoso David […]
Two efforts in Los Angeles and Oakland are carrying forward the public education advocacy work of Prepare the Future California, a nonprofit agency that is reorganizing its work in keeping with funding constraints. In Los Angeles, Prepare the Future has convened an ongoing religious leaders roundtable with L.A. Unified School District Supt. John Deasy, while […]
Wilshire Boulevard — L.A.’s well-known 26-mile thoroughfare — began as a path across a barley field owned by Henry Gaylord Wilshire, a real-estate developer and ardent socialist who gave the city land for the roadway with the proviso that it bear his name and remain free of railroad or commercial truck traffic. Wilshire’s friends called […]
When U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and his wife, Edith, arrived unexpectedly at L.A.’s St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral for the 11 a.m. service on Sunday, Sept. 21, 1919, they heard not only Dean William McCormack’s sermon, titled “God’s Formula for Despondency,” but also the uplifting strains of the church’s impressive Murray Harris pipe organ, then in its […]
