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[The Episcopal News] Bringing expertise in digital media and news writing, Mostyn Trudinger-Smith has been named communications coordinator on the diocesan staff. “We welcome Mostyn and give thanks for his gifts and experience,” said Bishop John Harvey Taylor. “They dovetail with the evolving vision of our communications ministry, combining well-reported, in-depth content with a deeper […]
[The Episcopal News] “Positive masculinity” was just one of many lessons Brad Flores, 16, learned over the summer as a counselor at the Reach Academy for Young Men, a four-week summer program at All Saints Church in Beverly Hills. “They offered classes that are not like classes you normally take in school,” said Flores, an […]
[The Episcopal News] All are invited to an Oct. 20 Evensong set to mark the 30th year of St. Paul’s Commons, Echo Park, as headquarters of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. “The spirit of service and hospitality prized by our diocesan community continues to guide the ministries shared in Echo Park these three decades,” […]
March 23, 1945 – August 26, 2024 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Nancy Sinclair, 79, retired vicar of St. Theodore of Canterbury Church, Seal Beach, died Aug. 26. She passed away peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her family members and loved ones. Survivors include her husband, Donald, to whom she was married in 1967; […]
[The Episcopal News] Building garden benches, raised beds and picnic tables, not to mention planting, pruning, composting and other tasks, kept a crew of volunteers from Netflix, the streaming channel, busy on Aug. 22 at Edendale Grove, the Seeds of Hope garden in Echo Park. Seeds of Hope, the food justice ministry of the Diocese […]
[The Episcopal News] The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Los Angeles – having called for the November 2025 election of a successor to Bishop John Harvey Taylor preceding his retirement in 2026 – is preparing to form a search committee and has named a consultant with experience in 25 dioceses seeking bishops. The Rev. […]
[The Episcopal News – August 21, 2024] A “Season of Lamentation,” an Aug. 18 gathering at St. George’s Church in Laguna Hills, drew participants from across the diocese yearning for common ground and interfaith connection in a conversation led by panelists the Rev. Lester Mackenzie, rector of St. Mary’s Church, Laguna Beach; Jean Tschohl Quinn, […]
February 18, 2029 – August 13, 2024 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Bert Anderson Jr., 95, a priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and resident of Ashland, Oregon, died Aug. 13. He served most recently as an assisting priest at Trinity Church in Ashland, beginning in 2002. Anderson was married to Nancy Daniels Anderson, […]
[The Episcopal News] The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Los Angeles, mindful that the seventh bishop of Los Angeles, the Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor, will reach the church’s mandatory retirement age in 2026, has called for the election of a bishop coadjutor at the 2025 meeting of Diocesan Convention. On August 13, Taylor […]
[The Episcopal News] Two Sunday-afternoon online forums titled “Losing Truth: The Critical Cost to Our Lives and Future” will be presented Sept. 15 and 22, 2 – 4 p.m. via Zoom by the diocesan Program Group on Ecumenical and Interfaith Life. All are welcome, and attendees are asked to register here. “Recently we’ve seen truth […]
[The Episcopal News] Internationally renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe will keynote a diocese-wide webinar set for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20 by the Bishop’s Commission on Climate Change. Attendees are asked to register here. Hayhoe is chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and the Political Science Endowed […]
Longtime priest and refugee advocate Richard Estrada will be among leaders honored by the Echo Park Immigration Center (EPIC) at its 3rd annual gala set for Saturday, Aug. 24, 3-6pm, at L.A.’s historic Pico House, 424 N. Main St. All are invited; tickets are $175 each and may be purchased here. Under the theme “Sanctuary […]
