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[The Episcopal News] Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor on Aug. 16 joined about 100 Episcopalians and local, county, state and national officials at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Santa Angelina affordable senior housing community at Blessed Sacrament Church in Placentia. “Foxes have dens, birds have nests and the church in Southern California has real […]
[The Episcopal News] Troy Elder – an attorney whose experience in migration law spans nearly 25 years – has been named executive director of Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Services (IRIS), an agency of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, by Bishop John Harvey Taylor effective Sept. 1. Selected after a nationwide search, Elder succeeds Meghan […]
[The Episcopal News] While diocesan mission share fund income is on track for the first half of the year, past- due congregational pledges from 2021 and 2022, totaling about $800,000, remain a financial challenge, Canon Andy Tomat, treasurer, reported to the Aug. 11 online meeting of Diocesan Council. “One trend noted is that many of […]
[The Episcopal News] Four Girls Friendly Society members from the Diocese of Los Angeles and four adult leaders joined girls from all over the United States and beyond for fun, fellowship and service at GFS-USA’s 2022 National Assembly, held at Simmons University in Boston, Mass. According to Margaret Nolde of St. John the Divine Church, […]
[The Episcopal News] The Lambeth Conference of 2022, themed “God’s Church for God’s World,” concluded on Aug. 7 with more unity than seemed possible considering the contention of its first few days. Bishops from around the church have reported that they emerged hopeful from the two-week meeting; despite disagreements, especially over human sexuality, they found […]
As the 15th The Lambeth Conference comes to an end on Sunday, as much as I’ve enjoyed this mountaintop experience with sibling bishops around the world and The Episcopal Church, I occasionally found myself wondering where everyone else was — as in the deacons, lay leaders, and priests. It was a feeling not unlike a […]
My The Lambeth Conference album for Friday. When Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry finally hit the stage to introduce a keynote speaker (he was part of the team working on the all-important issue of intentional discipleship), you could feel the energy mount. He had about three minutes, but he preached the gospel, like he always […]
The Rev. Ryan Newman has been called as executive director of the Diocese of Los Angeles’ Commission on Schools, Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced Aug. 3. Newman, who will begin his new duties on August 9, is currently interim rector of St. Bede’s Church, Los Angeles. He succeeds Canon Serena Beeks, who is retiring this […]
September 29, 1937 – July 28, 2022 The Rev. Canon Samuel Mortimer (Mort) Ward IV, who served many congregations of the diocese in his long ministry as an interim priest and transition specialist, died July 28, 2022 at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 84. Survivors include Alessandra (Sandy) Ward, his wife of 41 […]
With 25 bishops, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa is well-represented at the 15th Lambeth Conference. As chair of the conference design group, Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba presides graciously over most of our Lambeth Call sessions. I’ve made some good friends in the delegation. Sister Patricia of the Community of the Holy Name, […]
All week at The Lambeth Conference, where bishops from 165 countries are gathered, warm summer breezes have unfurled rainbow flags that students lofted over our University of Kent headquarters as signs of welcome. This afternoon, the Holy Spirit’s warm breath came fully among us and swept almost 650 bishops to our feet to pray together, […]
In January 2017, the Rt. Rev. Joseph Aba of South Sudan was elected bishop of a brand-new area diocese called Liwolo, just north of the Ugandan border. Within days, he found himself in the midst of the kind of peril which is not typical for bishops-elect in The Episcopal Church. Three years after its people […]
