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July 23, 2025

Guibord Center salutes Bishop John Harvey Taylor highlighting interfaith leadership; gala held at Greek Orthodox cathedral

[The Episcopal News] Recognizing the Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor’s ecumenical and interfaith collaboration throughout his tenure as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, a new annual youth award in his name was announced during the July 17 annual gala of The Guibord Center – an L.A.-based nonprofit dedicated to building understanding among […]

July 23, 2025

Visiting Vince Mazzuchelli

Love made Vince Mazzuchelli a calligrapher. He first turned the words of scripture into fine art in the 1970s, he said, during The Episcopal Church’s arguments over the new prayer book and women’s ordination. Vince was in favor of reforming the church he loved to make sure that all were included. For his first work, […]

July 23, 2025

Meet the team behind the Communications and Technology Subcommittee

One in a series of introductions to the subcommittees of the Bishop Search Committee [The Episcopal News] Hello, we’re the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the Bishop Search Committee. Chair: Ms. Cherrylin “Chet” Longid (Holy Trinity & St. Benedict, Alhambra). Members: the Rev. KC Robertson (St. Matthew’s, Pacific Palisades) and Thomas Diaz (All Saints, Pasadena). […]

July 19, 2025

Guibord Center: ‘We Are the Light’

Our nation’s personality is being chemically altered. Someone has ordered us a heart transplant, and we don’t recognize the provenance of the new organ. The light of liberty and justice for all, streaming from the imperfect though earnest work of the founders, the light of the American dream – it’s been wired to a dimmer […]

July 16, 2025

Corporation of Diocese, Standing Committee authorize sale of episcopal residence; proceeds to fund housing for future bishop

[The Episcopal News] The Pasadena residence that has housed the last two bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and their families will be listed for sale next spring, the Standing Committee and Corporation of the Diocese (COTD) announced today. Located in the Chapman Woods neighborhood northeast of San Marino, the one-acre property includes […]

July 16, 2025

Diocesan Council calls for regularization of immigrant workers, hears reports on bishop search, stable financial position

[The Episcopal News] Urging the Diocese of Los Angeles and the wider Episcopal Church to insist that “all otherwise law abiding, undocumented workers should be regularized,” Diocesan Council, meeting July 10, adopted a resolution calling for comprehensive federal immigration reform, a measure inspired by Bishop John Harvey Taylor’s remarks during Council’s June 12 meeting. The resolution, submitted […]

July 16, 2025

Bishop Search Committee meets to review applications

The Search Committee met July 13 to review the application packets of candidates for bishop and to determine who will move ahead in the process. “It was prayerful, it was honest, it was caring,” said co-chair Thomas Diaz of All Saints, Pasadena. “This was first time we have met in person since our opening retreat […]

July 16, 2025

Episcopalians share in Echo Park’s Lotus Festival

Students of St. James Episcopal School performed traditional Korean musical selections on the main stage, and a team from the diocesan Seeds of Hope food security ministry joined a spirited dragon boat race among highlights of Echo Park’s 44th Lotus Festival July 12-13, an annual celebration of Asian-Pacific Islander cultures in Los Angeles. Members of […]

July 16, 2025

‘Arrivederci, Father Bob!:’ Pasadena parish celebrates rector of 42 years

To celebrate Father Bob Gaestel’s retirement after more than four decades as rector, Pasadena’s Church of the Angels transformed its parish hall into a lively Italian restaurant for an old-fashioned spaghetti dinner. “Father Bob said he didn’t want anything fancy, so we took him at his word,” said senior warden Jim Gruettner. “But he didn’t […]

July 11, 2025

Stop the Cruel Workplace Roundups Now

[The Episcopal News] — The Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders (LACRL) today demanded an immediate end to federal roundups of immigrant workers and called for policy reform including regularization of some 12 million undocumented workers resident in the United States before asylee admissions spiked. Full text of the LACRL statement — endorsed by 13 […]

July 9, 2025

Korean culture is focus for July 12-13 Lotus Festival; St. James’ Episcopal School drummers to perform

Korean culture is focus for July 12-13 Lotus Festival; St. James’ Episcopal School drummers to perform All are welcome for the 44th annual Lotus Festival, a citywide celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures, set for July 12-13 around L.A.’s Echo Park Lake. Korea is this year’s highlighted country, and traditional drummers and other musicians […]

July 9, 2025

Meet the Team Behind the Bishop Search Prayer and Spiritual Life Subcommittee

Hello, we’re the Prayer and Spiritual Life Subcommittee. The subcommittee is chaired by Heyden Morales-Santiago, verger at St. John’s Cathedral, member of the Anglican Interfaith Commission, and includes the Rev. Carlos Ruvalcaba of St. Stephen’s, Hollywood, chair of the Program Group on Hispanic Ministries; and the Rev. Canon Greg Larkin, also affectionately known as “Canon […]