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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 […]
[The Episcopal News] When Canon Randy Kimmler, a founder of AIDS ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, remembers friends whose lives have been claimed by the deadly virus first identified 40 years ago, he consults a list more than 100 names long. “Through the worst years of the crisis, every two weeks I […]
[The Episcopal News] Natural elements such as dirt, rosemary and other freshly clipped garden herbs, seashells, wood, fabric – even bugs, lizards and the preschoolers ages 2 to 5 themselves – are all part of the educational experience of the Discovery Gardens Environmental Early Learning Center, located at Emmanuel Church in Fullerton. The student-centered, nature-based […]
[The Episcopal News] Several hundred clergy and lay delegates gathered at the Riverside Convention Center Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, while hundreds of others participated online from churches and homes in the first hybrid annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. The “Truth and Love”-themed 126th such gathering was bittersweet, as delegates approved a […]
[The Episcopal News] As she prepares to take on a new role Dec. 1 as bishop provisional of the Diocese of West Missouri, Diane M. Jardine Bruce bid a heartfelt and funny farewell at convention to the diocese she has served since May 2010 as bishop suffragan. At times she paused to overcome tears, but […]
[The Episcopal News] Unless radical changes are made in current energy use, “the guy with the sign that says, ‘The End is Near’ is right – probably before the end of this century,” environmental attorney and climate activist Mary D. Nichols told delegates attending the Nov. 13 annual meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles […]
[The Episcopal News] Los Angeles Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy spent a week meeting virtually with national leaders like John Kerry, former U.S. senator and current special presidential envoy for climate, and with global activists, as part of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s delegation to the United Nations Climate Change conference, also known […]
[The Episcopal News] Genesis Monica had spent much of her young life in the foster care system and was hoping to be adopted when she met Melissa and Alene Campbell-Langdell, both Episcopal priests, who were hoping to become parents. Now, with the help of the Holy Family Services Adoption Agency, they are all family. “We […]
The Diocese of Los Angeles’ first-ever hybrid in-person and online convention was held on Nov. 14, 2021 at the Riverside Convention Center. About half of delegates attended in person; the rest logged in from their homes or churches. Some photos were taken by Episcopal News and other diocesan staff, including Bishops John Harvey Taylor and […]
Elections were held at Diocesan Convention 2021, with delegates and clergy voting both in person and via the internet at the Diocese of Los Angeles’ first-ever hybrid convention, meeting on Nov. 13 in Riverside. Officers elected are: Director, Canterbury Irvine *Joyce Swaving Director, Canterbury USC *Catherine Wagar Canterbury Westwood *Artur Grigorian Commission on Ministry (clergy) […]
About 75 people celebrated the grand opening of Rebecca’s Garden Nov. 6 at Christ Episcopal Church in Ontario, a contemplative space for community and healing created entirely by parishioners, according to the Rev. Gianluigi Gugliermetto, rector. Following an organ and harp concert dedicated to the memory of longtime church organist Rebecca Rollins, for whom the […]
February 15, 1936 – October 31, 2021 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. Gregorio (Greg) Bayaca, longtime vicar of St. John’s Episcopal Church/Philippine Independent Church of the Holy Child in Wilmington (Los Angeles), died Oct. 31. He was 85 and died from complications of leukemia, diagnosed in March, and a stroke he suffered on Oct. 19. […]
