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[The Episcopal News] If you think discernment merely involves a call to ordination in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, think again, Cameron Johnson, co-chair of the Commission on Ministry, told the first-ever Discernment Information Gathering, or “DIG,” on March 4 at St. Paul’s Commons. “Most of you here today are probably asking for God’s […]
[The Episcopal News] The Rev. Margaret McCauley invited worshippers at the Feb. 26 annual diocesan Absalom Jones celebration to join the H. Belfield Hannibal chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians, the NAACP, the Urban League, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Black Lives Matter, because “we’ve got work to do.” McCauley, deacon at St. […]
[The Episcopal News] The Orchard View Gardens development at St. Joseph’s Church, Buena Park, has moved a step closer to providing much-needed affordable housing for at-risk seniors in north Orange County, according to the Rev. Cindy Voien, rector. “People are excited and a little relieved,” Voien says, now that funding has been secured and permits […]
[The Episcopal News] The Rev. Anne Sawyer — a former rector of New York City’s St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery and co-founder of Imago Dei Middle School in Tucson, Ariz. — will serve as interim dean and priest-in-charge of St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles, by appointment of Bishop John Harvey Taylor and under a […]
[The Episcopal News] The Rev. Stacey Forte-Dupré challenged worshippers at the Feb. 19 first annual Absalom Jones service at St. Stephen’s Church in Beaumont to be “prophets of resistance” amid an appreciative chorus of “Amens” and “Hallelujahs.” Prayer, prophecy, and praise are ways to honor God while offering nonviolent resistance to disrupt the domination, power, […]
June 17, 1937 – February 16, 2023 The Rev. Paul Elder, deacon at St. Aidan’s Church, Malibu, and passionate advocate for the poor and homeless, died Feb. 16. He was 86 and had been suffering from cancer. He was active at St. Aidan’s until mid-December of 2022. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Ann Elder, to […]
October 20, 1925 – January 5, 2023 Mimi Simson, retired college professor and widow of the Rev. Canon Everett Simson, former dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Los Angeles, and rector of St. Luke’s Church, Monrovia, died Jan. 5 in Medford, Oregon. She was 97. Survivors include her four children, Michael, Alexander Craig, Shelley and John); […]
[The Episcopal News] For several decades the West Valley Food Pantry has been feeding and aiding the San Fernando Valley’s food insecure from the Prince of Peace Episcopal Church’s parking lot, and now “we are finally going to have our own home,” rejoices executive director Debbie Decker. Decker hosted Bishop John Harvey Taylor, along with […]
[The Episcopal News] Bishop John Harvey Taylor began the Feb. 9, 2023, meeting of Diocesan Council with prayers and a moment of silence for the people of Turkey and Syria, where 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes had struck three days earlier, killing more than 35,000 with the death toll expected to continue to climb. Taylor […]
One day in 1975, a hungry family knocked on the door of the office of Prince of Peace Church, Woodland Hills, California and asked church administrator Margaret Shively if they had any groceries to share. They didn’t. Margaret told the then rector, the Rev. Jess Taylor, “We need to keep a little food around here […]
[The Episcopal News] Members of the diocesan community gathered Feb. 5 at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Monterey Park in a “place between laughter and tears” for a joint Lunar New Year celebration. “This is the first time in three years that we have held this celebration in person” since the Covid-19 pandemic, the Rev. […]
[The Episcopal News] The first-ever Shepherd’s Cup Golf Classic and Dinner will be held on Monday, April 24 at the Industry Hills Golf Club and Pacific Palms Resort in the City of Industry, one of the most distinctive golf facilities on the West Coast and home to several professional golf tournaments. Proceeds from the event […]
