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Stillpoint — a contemplative community specializing in spiritual direction and enrichment — has named Jasmine Bellamy, an experienced faith leader and business executive, to serve as its executive director effective March 1. Bellamy’s appointment was announced by Krystle Hart on behalf of the board of trustees of Stillpoint, an institution of the Episcopal Diocese of […]
The Rev. Joseph “Jeff” Franklin Wilhelm – a former rector of St. Andrew’s, Ojai, and previously St. Stephen’s, Beaumont — died Feb. 25 in a fatal automobile accident. He was 79 and a resident of South Haven, Michigan. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Barbara, who is recovering from injuries sustained in the accident; […]
Adding liaisons in all congregations to help “co-create and nurture a climate-conscious and creation-attuned diocese” is a key goal affirmed by the Bishop’s Commission on Climate Change (BCCC) during its Feb. 28 retreat meeting at St. Paul’s Commons in Echo Park. The in-person meeting brought together 12 participants from across the Diocese of Los Angeles, […]
Bishop-elect Antonio J. Gallardo L. will call the Rev. Jon Feuss — currently associate rector at St. James’ in-the-City, Los Angeles — to serve as canon to the ordinary and chief of staff in the Diocese of Los Angeles beginning July 11. “Through my experience working alongside bishops in our church, I have come to […]
Members and friends of three Chinese-speaking congregations in the Diocese of Los Angeles gathered Feb. 21 at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Monterey Park for a Lunar New Year Saturday-evening celebration that included worship, singing, dancing, feasting and fellowship. The worship portion of the event included prayers, scripture and hymns offered by each of the […]
The Rev. Norma Guerra — diocesan associate for formation and transition ministry since 2020 — has accepted a call to become priest associate as emergent rector of St. Paul’s Church in Tustin. She begins her new position March 1. Members of the Commission on Ministry and the diocesan Standing Committee joined Bishop John Harvey Taylor […]
Young adults ages 18-30 are invited to apply for a mission experience in the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan, a companion diocese of the Diocese of Los Angeles. Set for June 25-July 8, the trip will be hosted by the Diocese of Taiwan, and co-led by the Rev. Hsin-fen “Fennie” Chang and Missy Morain, L.A. diocesan […]
[Parish News Release] The Parish of St. Matthew jubilantly announced today that the Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy has been called as the priest-in-charge at the Pacific Palisades church, while the parish continues its search for a permanent rector. McCarthy will step in to support the clergy and lay staff, provide day-to-day oversight of church operations, lead […]
The Rev. John Watson, priest-in-charge of two congregations and coordinator of the diocesan “Requiem or Renaissance” program, will serve as interim diocesan canon until the consecration of Bishop-elect Antonio J. Gallardo L. on July 11, Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced today. Watson will begin his interim ministry on March 1, as Canon to the Ordinary […]
For a century, St. James’ in-the-City Episcopal Church has filled a niche in the spiritual lives of thousands of Angelenos. Now it’s going to fill four of its own niches. In a finishing touch to its comprehensive renovation led by the Rev. Jon Feuss, the Wilshire Center church will bless statues of four of the […]
When the Rev. Absalom Jones, the Episcopal Church’s first African American priest, died on Feb. 13, 1818, in Philadelphia, he could scarcely have imagined that 171 years later – on Feb. 11, 1989 – the Rev. Barbara Clementine Harris would be consecrated in Boston as Anglicanism’s first woman bishop. But the same-week proximity of these […]
Laughter and tears, hearty applause and cheers, warm hugs, grateful hearts, bittersweet memories, and a standing room only gathering of good friends and enthusiastic well-wishers from near and far filled St. George’s Church in Hawthorne for the congregation’s final worship service Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. “Raise your hands if you were baptized here,” the Rev. […]
