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June 19, 1938 – May 12, 2022 Walter Johnson, a lay advocate in Episcopal and interfaith peace and justice ministries, died May 12 in Los Angeles after recent years of declining health. He was 83 and had resided in Santa Monica with his wife, the Rev. Canon Joanne Leslie, archdeacon emerita of the Diocese of […]
[The Episcopal News] Since musical artist Larissa Lam directed the award-winning film, Far East Deep South, about her in-laws’ Mississippi roots, she has “made it my mission to help others discover more Asian American Pacific Islander history,” she told those attending the May 7 celebration of AAPI Heritage Month on the rooftop of St. Paul’s […]
[The Episcopal News] To celebrate its 70th anniversary, Camp Stevens invites alumni, former staff, friends and the diocesan community to a Restorative Justice Retreat Oct. 28 – 30. The weekend will celebrate the camp’s history of impact and growth while looking to the future. “Together we will learn, listen, love, and start the process of […]
The Episcopal Church’s Safe Church Office has produced three new educational modules – “Pastoral Relationships,” “Inclusion,” and “Power and Relationships” – as part of its Safe Church, Safe Communities training for the prevention of sexual and other abuse. Completion of the series is mandatory for Episcopal Church clergy, lay leaders and Episcopal school teachers and […]
The Episcopal Preaching Foundation, in partnership with The Association of Episcopal Deacons, is offering a Zoom-based preaching conference created specifically for Spanish speaking deacons of Episcopal and Anglican Churches on two consecutive weekends, October 7 – 8 and October 14 – 15, 2022. Presenters include the Rt. Rev. Rafael Morales, bishop of Puerto Rico; the […]
[The Episcopal News] Leaving IRIS after a dozen years as executive director is, for Meghan Taylor, saying goodbye to family. Leading the diocesan Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service “has been the joy and pleasure of my life, to be part of a really amazing and wonderful team and to help so many people over all […]
[The Episcopal News] The Rev. Canon Frank Alton, 70, who retires May 1 as vicar of St. Athanasius Church in Echo Park, says initially he’ll spend some time traveling and writing, and then he’ll be back to serve the church, especially in Spanish-language congregations. “There is a lack of bilingual or Spanish-speaking clergy to serve […]
[The Episcopal News] The Rev. Aidan Koh described vibrant and vital outreach ministries to Koreans and Korean Americans in Los Angeles and Orange County during a ministry report to the April 21, 2022, regular meeting of Diocesan Council. Bishop Diocesan John Harvey Taylor described his recent visit to medical clinics and a homeless shelter in […]
[The Episcopal News – April 27, 2022] The 1992 Los Angeles riots – which left 63 dead and property damage exceeding $1 billion during five days of reaction to the April 29 acquittal of police officers charged with beating Rodney King – compelled local Episcopalians into action that continues to work for economic and racial […]
[The Episcopal News] Brother Ambrose Cristobal SSF and Brother Antonio SSF, Franciscan monks who have been resident sextons at St. Paul’s Commons in Echo Park for several years, will relocate to their order’s San Damiano Friary in the Mission district of San Francisco in the first week of May, Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced recently. […]
A lack of funding could prevent the Dorris Dann Kids Campus in El Monte from offering its much-needed summer enrichment program to at-risk children this year. “People keep calling and asking if we’re going to have a program this year, and I keep saying, just call back. Call back in a month or so,” said […]
[The Episcopal News] Bishop John Harvey Taylor leads clergy in the renewal of their ordination vows April 12 at St. John’s Cathedral. Taylor delivered the sermon and Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy celebrated the Eucharist. At the annual service members of each order of ordained ministry – deacons, priests and bishops – are called […]
