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Diocesan Chancellor Emeritus John R. Shiner – lead attorney who represented the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in litigation resulting in a unanimous and landmark decision by the California Supreme Court holding that local parish congregations may choose to leave The Episcopal Church, but they cannot take the church property with them because the property […]
For families staying at Ronald McDonald House Pasadena, a home for families with critically-ill children, healing took root in the garden July 29, through a new partnership with Seeds of Hope. Seeds of Hope joined Ronald McDonald House to host an evening of hands-on gardening and a shared meal for families with children receiving medical […]
The Rev. Canon George Frederick Woodward III — rector since 2018 of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and from 1995 to 2018 rector of St. Edmund’s Church in San Marino — died yesterday in an automobile accident while traveling from Mexico City to San Miguel de Allende. He was 70 […]
On a recent Thursday at noon, 20 or more “godmothers” gathered outside Newport Beach City Hall, pink bandanas tied around their necks, carrying signs proclaiming: “We are Women of Faith: Praying for the Disappeared.” Each Thursday, the women gather at a pre-determined site in Orange County, to pray and sing to show support for the […]
Dear Friends, I am delighted to share great news with you. The Standing Committee has selected the location for the consecration of our eighth bishop diocesan on July 11, 2026: All Saints, Pasadena. All Saints is the largest church in our diocese, with seating for 800 in the main sanctuary and an additional 400 in […]
The Rev. Canon Greg Larkin was born in the Diocese of Los Angeles, and has been a baseball fan a good amount of the time since. Larkin was born at Good Samaritan Hospital, and his father was a priest of the diocese. “You don’t get any more Episcopal than that,” Larkin said. As a child, […]
Hello, we’re the Screening and Discernment Subcommittee of the Bishop Search Committee. Members: Ms. Laura Mahaney, the Rev. Mark Hallahan, the Rev. Dr. Shane Scott-Hamblen Screening and discernment might sound like one task, but in practice they are two distinct, essential movements in the life of a search process. Screening is about careful listening and […]
As the 10-day visit of the delegation from the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan, headed by Taiwan Bishop Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, concluded, the commitment to furthering companionship and exchange was evident, with planned exchange programs, suggestions of future delegation visits, joyful relationships formed between members of the two diocese, and many plans to keep in touch. […]
The permanent endowment safeguarded and administered by the Corporation of the Diocese (COTD) – a nine-member elected fiduciary body – will receive $8.72 million transferred from the Bishop as Corporation Sole. Initiated by Bishop John Harvey Taylor and accepted by the COTD at its July 15 meeting, the transfer moves Corp Sole’s Mr. and Mrs. […]
The Rev. Philip Ross Strange – a veteran priest who served as rector of St. Paul’s, Lancaster; St. Michael’s, Riverside; and parishes in New Mexico and Texas – died July 30 at Northridge Hospital Medical Center. He was 84 and in recent years resided in North Hills and assisted at nearby St. Andrew and St. […]
Search Committee members moved one step closer to the formation of a slate of candidates for the eighth bishop diocesan Aug. 2 when they narrowed the field of candidates to those who will be invited to a discernment retreat later this month. Announcement of the slate of candidates – nominated for election by Diocesan Convention […]
Last September, Fennie, Katherine, Thomas, and I visited a church called Saint Thomas’s in Chungli, near the Taipei airport. It started as a mission just 14 years ago and became a parish in April. This is a typical Taiwan Episcopal Church 台灣聖公會 story. Bishop Chang recently established three mission congregations. His goal is to launch […]
