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[The Episcopal News] Bishop John Harvey Taylor opened the June 13 online meeting of Diocesan Council by offering healing prayers for Canon Melissa McCarthy, who is recovering from recent surgery, before the group heard a report on the diocese’s thriving Seeds of Hope ministry. Council also heard reports of an improved financial snapshot; the Program […]
February 22, 1951 – June 11, 2024 The Rev. Eduardo Roberto Bresciani Undurraga, retired rector of St. Margaret’s Church, South Gate, died June 11 in Santiago, Chile, after an extended battle with ALS. He was 73. Survivors include his brother, Christian Bresciani of Miami, Florida, and sisters Ana Maria Bresciani Underraga and Paula Bresciani Undurraga […]
When a Union general proclaimed in Galveston 159 years ago today that the enslaved people of Texas were at last to be considered free people, the Civil War was over. The so-called confederacy had ceased to be. But in the depths of Texas, which had entered the Union just 20 years before under the banner […]
[The Episcopal News] Next steps for the Bishop’s Commission on LGBTQ+ Ministry were in focus as 100 Southland Episcopalians marched in the 54th annual L.A. Pride parade June 9 in Hollywood. “The prophets among us who have been struggling for justice for a half-century say that we’ve made a lot of progress with a lot […]
[The Episcopal News] Sister Patricia Sarah Terry had no sooner been installed as the fourth abbess of the Anamchara Fellowship than she took her duties to heart and got right to work, installing the monastic order’s next chaplain. Terry, who previously chaired the Los Angeles diocese’s Bishop’s Commission on Gospel Justice and Community Care, was […]
If every person encloses a universe, behold the multiverse of today’s LA Pride parade route in Hollywood. A hundred thousand came to the 54th annual parade, organizers predicted. LGBTQIA+? PFLAG? Supportive? Curious? Wanting to be entertained? You’d have to ask everyone. I would have liked to. This afternoon I rode in splendor on the back […]
[The Episcopal News – June 5, 2024] The world desperately needs the witness of LGBTQIA+ Christians because their struggles for inclusion, equality and recognition have given them unique skills and perspective, Bishop John Harvey Taylor told Episcopalians gathered at his Pasadena home for the annual Bishop’s Commission on LGBTQ Ministries garden party on June 2, […]
[The Episcopal News] The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is seeking a communications coordinator skilled in social media, digital publications, and news reporting and editing. A description of the full-time diocesan staff position is here. Qualified applicants are asked to email a resumé and cover letter to Canon Anilin Collado, diocesan missioner for human resources, […]
[The Episcopal News] The Diocese of Los Angeles will be well-represented at the 151st Triennial – the every-three- years gathering of women from across the worldwide Anglican Communion slated for June 22-28 in Louisville, Kentucky, in conjunction with the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church. “Early on, before women could serve as clergy or […]
[The Episcopal News] Retired Bishop Suffragan Chet Talton drew sustained cheers and applause when addressing several hundred Episcopalians from the dioceses of Los Angeles and San Joaquin, saying, “today I feel loved by The Episcopal Church.” Talton’s life and ministry were celebrated with a special May 18 service at St. John’s Cathedral, sponsored by the […]
[The Episcopal News] From June 22 to 28, Southern and Central Californians will join an estimated 10,000 people – bishops, deputies, volunteers, media, exhibitors, vendors, Episcopal Church Women, Daughters of the King, and other guests in “Derby City” – at the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Attendees will enjoy worship […]
[The Episcopal News] HFS Adoption & Foster Care – an institution of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles – celebrated its 75th year with an April 28 gala raising almost $200,000 for the agency on the eve of calling the diocesan community to mark May as Foster Care Month with heightened awareness and response. “There are […]
