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[The Episcopal News] When – 125 years ago today – Bishop Joseph Horsfall Johnson addressed the first convention meeting of his new Southern California diocese named for the angels, he invoked the heavenly hosts’ familiar greeting, “Fear not!” Seeking to inspire courage among pioneering delegates, Johnson suggested for the fledgling Diocese of Los Angeles a […]
[The Episcopal News] The Ecumenical and Interfaith Program Group of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is developing programs that highlight racial justice and solidarity through the voices of local leaders of faith and moral conscience. The initiative is called “We Are Each Other’s Keeper,” and its first webinar, on “Allyship,” is set for 1 […]
[The Episcopal News] After a pandemic-forced year’s hiatus, Deacon Sam Pillsbury returned to the Los Angeles Twin Towers Correctional Facility in March, heeding a strong call to let those he serves know, “they are not forgotten, that they are still cared for and count as people.” Currently housing some 2,500 prisoners, the Twin Towers is […]
[The Episcopal News] To assist congregations and institutions financially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, donors to the diocesan One Body & One Spirit Emergency Appeal have raised a total of $264,000 in 614 gifts to date, with $34,340 in new grants awarded by the Corporation of the Diocese at its most recent monthly meeting. […]
Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor has announced the appointment of the Rev. Thomas D. Quijada-Discavage as diocesan canon for Formation and Transition Ministry, effective immediately. Quijada-Discavage, who had served in that department since 2016, first as administrative assistant and then as interim missioner following the November 2020 retirement of the Rev. Canon Joanna Satorius, […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor issued a notice on May 14 giving direction regarding in-person worship in light of the May 13 CDC announcement regarding masks and social distancing for vaccinated people. The bishop’s remarks are below in English and Spanish My siblings in Christ: The CDC made our hearts leap with joy on Thursday when […]
Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor this week announced the appointment of a new diocesan finance department team, including a director of finance, a controller and a canon for congregational support, and a joint budget committee, for holistic engagement with congregations and institutions. The team includes the Rev. Susan Ashley Stanton as finance director, Godfrey […]
The Diocese of Los Angeles will receive a grant in the Spring 2021 cycle of funding from United Thank Offering, to be used for “Healing from Loss,” a project of St. Athanasius Church in Echo Park. The focus of the granting process this year was ‘Recovering with Love and Gratitude: An Episcopal Response to the […]
Bishop Joseph Jon Bruno, the sixth bishop of Los Angeles, was remembered May 1 as “a giant of justice, a good shepherd, a family man, ‘Papa,’ the beloved husband, father and grandfather, and a son of the city” during a private family memorial service livestreamed from St. John’s Cathedral. On behalf of Mary Bruno and […]
See me walking on the vacant street What is your first thought? Black kid up to no good See me, surrounded by others, my brothers What is your second thought? Black kid in some gang … Allan Williams, a parishioner at St. George’s Church in Laguna Hills, wearing a dark hoodie, covered his head as […]
Welcome, care and concern for the safety, health and well-being of LGBTQ+, transgender and nonbinary communities felt palpable at a Saturday, April 24 vaccination event hosted by St. John’s Cathedral in Los Angeles. “When I arrived there, the first thing I saw—you couldn’t miss the beautiful flags,” said James Wen, 51, a transgender man and […]
The Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno – who as bishop of the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles from 2002 to 2017 widened the church’s welcome of all people by prophetically narrowing gaps created by race, gender, sexual orientation, and economic disadvantage – died April 23 at his home in La Quinta, Calif. He was […]
