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The Rev. Canon Richard Estrada died in March after scores of years of brilliant and brilliantly effective witness for the love of the Risen Christ. Founder of Jovenes, Inc., a nonprofit serving unhoused and housing-insecure youth in southeast LA county, he was a Roman Catholic priest and then — by the grace of God, as […]
Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, Bishop John Harvey Taylor sent a letter expressing his condolences and those of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles to Roman Catholic Archbishop José H. Gomez and the people of L.A.’s archdiocese, the largest in the nation. “I join Episcopalians across the Diocese of Los Angeles […]
This is part of a series of question-and-answer columns from the Bishop Search Committee. Wondering what’s going on? Looking for details? Ask the committee by submitting questions here. Q. When will the Transitions Committee be announced? A. The committee will be announced the week of May 5. The committee will meet May 3 for an organizing […]
If the Great Hall at St. Paul’s Commons smelled faintly of compost Sunday, April 6, the crowd gathered there for Seeds of Hope’s first Climate week event didn’t seemed to mind. Attendees were checking out the vendor tables, getting bags of soil from LA Compost, seeds from Black Thumb Farms, signing the Plant Based Treaty, […]
Updates on the search for the eighth bishop of Los Angeles were in focus at the April 10 regular meeting of Diocesan Council, held via Zoom. The Rev. K.C. Robertson, co-chair of the Bishop Search Committee, said the listening sessions currently underway throughout the diocese to which all are invited (see related story here) are […]
The Bishop Search Committee will host two more in-person listening sessions April 26 in addition to remaining Zoom sessions. Listening sessions have already been conducted in eight deaneries. On April 26, in-person listening sessions will be held for Deanery 5, at Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, and for Deanery 6, at Holy Trinity, Covina, […]
Elsie Cory Sadler, a longtime senior warden of All Saints Church in Pasadena and a former vice president of development at Huntington Memorial Hospital, died Feb. 6 in La Quinta, Calif., where was staying with her daughter Peggy Buchanan after being evacuated from MonteCedro during the Eaton fire in early January. Survivors include Sadler’s daughters […]
My album from our annual renewal of vows and chrism mass today at St. John’s Cathedral for the bishops, deacons, and priests of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. We took counsel together, shared stories, renewed our promises to our God in Christ, and went home with plenty of blessed holy oil for healing services […]
A mis colegas en el liderazgo de misiones y parroquias: A manera que la Semana Santa y el Día de Resurrección se nos acercan, ustedes se encuentran en las oraciones de todos nosotros en Echo Park a medida que se preparan para recibir al pueblo de Dios. Sabemos que estos días son sumamente ocupados, y […]
To my colleagues in mission and parish leadership: With Holy Week and Easter Day coming up, you are in the prayers of all of us in Echo Park as you prepare to welcome the people of God. We know these are busy days, and we thank you for your devoted ministry. As Canon McCarthy and […]
Singing out in call-and-response April 5, an interfaith congregation crossed a blue wooden bridge linking the patio of St. George’s Episcopal Church, Laguna Hills and its parish hall to evoke the 1965 experience of civil rights marchers trekking from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. “On this bridge they stood so strong; facing fear they marched along,” […]
This is part of series of question-and-answer columns from the Bishop Search Committee. Wondering what’s going on? Looking for details? Ask the committee by submitting questions here. Q. What’s the minimum age to be elected a bishop? When do bishops have to retire? A. The minimum age, per the Constitution of The Episcopal Church, is […]
