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[The Episcopal News] Rodell Jefferson had earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2018, but like many young adults still wondered, “what do I do now?” “I kept saying I just want to love people for a living,” Jefferson told The Episcopal News recently. “People were telling me, ‘you’re going […]
[The Episcopal News] Members of the St. Paul’s Commons staff have joined with some of their counterparts from the Diocese of Northern California for a “very appropriate for Black History month” ten-week anti-racism program, Bishop Diocesan John Harvey Taylor announced at the Feb. 10 meeting of Diocesan Council. “We are reading about white fragility, white […]
[The Episcopal News] For Prism staff and volunteers, the need to be companions and to share communion with those in local jails and detention centers in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic has never been more urgent or more rewarding. “People are daunted by the issue of incarceration, but that’s not what we’re doing,” says […]
[The Episcopal News] As the Bishop’s Commission on Gospel Justice and Community Care continues to examine policing across Southern California communities, chairperson Sister Patricia Sarah Terry is meeting with clergy and asking Episcopalians to join a letter-writing campaign in support of including mental health first responders in crisis situations. She is also seeking art, articles, […]
For the Rev. Norma Guerra and other members of the border ministries committee of the Diocese of Los Angeles, a Jan. 17 – 22 trip along “the migrant road,” from Guatemala City to Tapachula, Mexico, was both heartbreaking and hopeful. “It was really bittersweet, very moving for me to be there, like my two worlds […]
[The Episcopal News] Buoyed by recent priestly ordinations and a gathering of Province 8 bishops hosted at the St. Paul’s Commons Retreat Center, Diocesan Bishop John Harvey Taylor told the Jan. 13 meeting of Diocesan Council that “rediscovering mission, optimism and responsibility as stewards of true Christian orthodoxy” are themes as the program year gets […]
[The Episcopal News] The Jan. 15, 2022, diocesan celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Common Struggle, Common Hope,” featured calls to action from The Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and guest preacher Missouri Bishop Deon Johnson, spirited music, and reflections from Asian Pacific Islander, Latinx, African American, Native American and LGBTQ members of […]
[The Episcopal News] Whether greeting Altadena schoolchildren or addressing a Santa Ana rally, preaching in Pasadena or keynoting a clergy conference in Santa Barbara, Archbishop Desmond Tutu inspired thousands of Southern Californians to join his efforts to end South African apartheid and build a world that affirms the diverse “rainbow people of God.” Mourned worldwide […]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu visited the Diocese of Los Angeles often during his long ministry, meeting with church members and congregations that supported his struggles against apartheid in South Africa and other causes. Below are Episcopal News articles and photos from several of his visits .
[The Episcopal News] Bishop John Harvey Taylor will ordain five deacons to the priesthood at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8 in rites at St. John’s Cathedral. The prayers of the diocesan community are invited as the bishop ordains the Rev. Julie Anne Lovelock Beals, the Rev. Jose Luis García-Juárez, the Rev. Katherine Y. Feng, […]
[The Episcopal News] Bishop Diocesan John Harvey Taylor, at the Dec. 9 regular meeting of diocesan council, commended the prayer, service and evangelism rule of life of the Order of the Daughters of the King as “an old-line traditional ministry with special currency in the 21st century” pandemic-related reality. “Here we have a group that […]
January 2, 1937 – November 12, 2021 The Rev. Harold Frank Knowles II, who began ordained ministry in the Diocese of Los Angeles in 1961, died November 12 at his home in South Pasadena He was 84 and requested private interment and no services. Upon ordination by Bishop F. Eric Bloy, Knowles served as curate […]
