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November 11, 1934 – July 19, 2024 The Rev. Gustavo Hernandez – who served as rector of St. Clement’s, Huntington Park, from 1989 to 1999 and most recently assisted at St. Margaret’s, South Gate, and previously at St. Mark’s, Downey – died July 19 at age 89. He is survived by his daughters, Madeleine and […]
Latino/Hispanic ministry in the Diocese of Los Angeles is “at a time of new beginnings,” says the Rt. Rev. Naudal Alves Gomes, former archbishop and primate of Brazil, who recently was named by Bishop John Harvey Taylor as bishop missioner for ministry in Spanish. Gomes now convenes the working group of Latino and Latina clergy […]
[The Episcopal News] Missy Morain – director of program ministry at St. Matthew’s, Pacific Palisades, and a parish staff member there for 15 years – has been named diocesan missioner for Christian formation, children, and youth ministries, Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced today. “Energy and expertise in forming Christian disciples among children and youth are […]
[The Episcopal News] Diocesan Council, meeting on July 11 via zoom, heard what Bishop John Harvey Taylor approvingly called an “undramatic” report from the treasurer of the diocese; learned more about the innovative progress at the Center for Lay Chaplaincy and Prism; and got the inside scoop on L.A.’s presence at the recent meeting of […]
[The Episcopal News] Bloy House, the Episcopal Theological School at Los Angeles, today named as its new dean the Rev. Paul Anthony Daniels, rector of the Westside’s St. Mary in Palms parish and a Ph.D. student in systematic theology at Fordham University. In his new post, Daniels will be based at St. Paul’s Commons, the […]
From The Episcopal News Reporting from the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal ChurchLouisville, Kentucky, June 21 – 28, 2024 (Click on the report date to view) June 21 Episcopalians gather in Louisville | from the Bishop’s Blog: “Juneteenth and the work yet to be done” | presiding bishop candidates’ forum to be moderated […]
[The Episcopal News] Matthew Borsch, one of three sons of the Diocese of Los Angeles’s late Bishop Fred and Barbara Borsch, died June 30, some two weeks after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. He was 59 and resided in Bronxville, N.Y. An accomplished managing director with the Bank of Montreal Capital Markets and Water Tower […]
Is Israel’s brutal counterinsurgency in Gaza an act of genocide? Is Israel an apartheid state? It depends on whom you ask and where they stand. This week in Louisville, at the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church, we debated these two words all week, in hallways and over meals. I have my views, and […]
The June 26 election of the Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe as presiding bishop drew approving comments from members of the Los Angeles deputation to General Convention. Rowe was elected on the first ballot from a slate of five candidates, four of whom – Rowe, bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania and bishop provisional of the Diocese of […]
It’s hard to read the raw statistics without cringing. Sixty percent of the U.S. population is white but just 30% of those in federal prison. Just over 12% of us are people of African descent compared to nearly 35% of prisoners. People don’t vary according to race in their moral and ethical capacity, although I […]
[The Episcopal News] With the words “this is our 4th of July,” the Rev. Vanessa Mackenzie, vice chair of the H. Belfield Hannibal Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians and rector of the Church of the Advent in Los Angeles, welcomed worshippers to a spirited celebration of Juneteenth at St. John’s Cathedral on June […]
[The Episcopal News] Twenty-one graduates from across the Diocese of Los Angeles celebrated completion of the Education for Ministry (EfM) program – a four-year, in-depth course in scripture, church history, and Christian ethics and doctrine – with June 15 commencement exercises at St. Paul’s Commons, Echo Park. Presiding at the graduation Eucharist, Bishop John Harvey […]
