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Mayor Karen Bass – joined by two city council members and more than 35 interfaith leaders – recognized Bishop John Harvey Taylor June 26 at City Hall in advance of his retirement and as part of the city’s 11th annual Pluralism Day observance. “Leadership with Moral Courage” was the theme for the event, organized by […]
[Ventura County Star] Catherine “Cathy” Morris Barringer passed away on May 19, 2026, in Ventura, California. She was 99 years old and had lived an extraordinary life by any measure. Born in Burbank in 1926, Cathy graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1944 and went on to Stanford University, earning a degree in economics […]
Gaza-born Mohammed Balah, 32, is watching the World Cup from an apartment in Doha, Qatar, where he plays on the Al Shahaniya team. Named Palestine’s most valuable player in 2017, his thrilling play earned him the sobriquet “Ronaldo of Gaza,” after the Portuguese superstar. Israel has cruelly put Palestinian nationhood on hold. But the Palestine […]
Under the theme “Rise with Pride,” more than 60 people from across the Diocese of Los Angeles joined the L.A. Pride celebration June 14, including a pre-parade service of Holy Eucharist celebrated by Bishop-elect Antonio J. Gallardo L. “We’re walking together as a community remembering who we are, where we come from, and the God […]
The 10 a.m. choral Eucharist on Sunday, June 28, at All Saints’ Church in Beverly Hills will bring to a close 38 years of ministry there by its veteran music director, Canon Dr. Craig Phillips, an acclaimed composer of choral and organ works. To honor his legacy, the parish has established an endowment fund, the […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor named Geoffrey Claflin Rusack – an active lay member of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles whose father, the Rt. Rev. Robert C. Rusack, was its fourth bishop – an honorary canon of the diocese on June 14. Taylor presented the canon’s cross and certificate during his Sunday visitation to All […]
Gifts, tributes, gratitude, and “bumper stickers, miracles and farewells” framed the June 11, 2026, hybrid meeting of Diocesan Council, chaired a final time by Bishop John Harvey Taylor, and held both online and in-person at St. Paul’s Commons. Council also heard positive reports from: Canon Dan Valdez, interim treasurer; Grace Wakelee-Lynch, diocesan missioner for disaster […]
Knowing he had limited time left, artist Steve O’Loughlin wanted to cement his legacy by completing the masterwork that he had painted in phases over the years at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Westchester. Based on his Celtic-inspired designs, artisans that the cancer-stricken O’Loughlin had commissioned in his final days went to work on church’s […]
MAR VISTA — Neighborhood Youth Association (NYA) marked its 43rd Annual Scholarship Celebration on Saturday, June 6, awarding more than $55,000 to college students and recognizing milestones in diocesan leadership at an event hosted by St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Mar Vista. During the celebration, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles’ Bishop-elect Antonio J. Gallardo […]
The Rev. Carri Patterson Grindon ’82, rector of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Altadena, received Occidental College’s 2026 Alumna of the Year honor during the college’s Alumni Seal Awards ceremony on June 6. Occidental’s Alumni Seal Awards, established in 1965, recognize alumni for distinguished professional and community service. The Alumna of the Year recognition highlighted […]
Festive watch parties scheduled across the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday, July 11, will offer livestream video coverage of the ordination and consecration of the Rev. Dr. Antonio José Gallardo Lucena as its 8th bishop in 1o a.m. rites at All Saints Church in Pasadena. Because seating at All Saints is limited […]
The vestry of St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles, has elected the Rev. Anne Sawyer as dean, Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced in a May 21 message welcoming the vote and confirming his approval. “Dean Sawyer’s leadership has been a blessing and revelation – as a pastor during a time of transition, a prophet of the […]
