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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a seismic spike in existing food insecurity, and a shift in the approach, but not the mission, of Seeds of Hope, the food justice ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. “The intent behind Seeds of Hope was to rethink, to repurpose church resources and capacities, to do what […]
Roberto Muñoz was growing increasingly frustrated and discouraged by trying and missing out on scheduling Covid-19 vaccination appointments online for his 88-year-old father Roberto and 85-year-old mother Margarita. As a health care provider, the St. Paul’s, Pomona senior warden had already been vaccinated, and desperately wanted the same protection for his aged parents. “Both my […]
Carl Kubota, junior warden at St. Mary’s Church in Los Angeles, the diocese’s historic Japanese American congregation, initially had some reservations about receiving the coronavirus vaccine, mostly because of its speedy approval. But as cases spiked throughout Los Angeles county, and after losing a cousin to the virus, Kubota, 54, a physical therapy supervisor at […]
The Rev. Michele Racusin, who has served the Diocese of Los Angeles as missioner for financial stewardship and chief financial officer since 2017, has been named chief financial officer of the San Francisco-based Diocese of California effective Feb. 1, both dioceses announced today. “Michele has played an indispensable role over the last three and a […]
The Rev. Michele Racusin, diocesan chief financial officer, assigned “homework” to new and continuing diocesan council members at the group’s first meeting of 2021, held virtually on Thursday, Jan. 14. “Go back to your parishes in your deaneries and say, ‘hey, have you turned in your mission share fund (MSF) pledge statement?’ Because we need […]
The annual diocesan celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, held virtually Jan. 14, began with a video of the civil rights leader’s own words, spoken during a 1967 interview with then-NBC newscaster Sander Vanocur: “I feel there is a need for a revolution of values in America, because some of the values that […]
The bishops of the six Episcopal dioceses in the state of California issued the following pastoral letter on Friday, Jan. 15. We, the Episcopal Bishops of California, have watched the events of January 6 and following days with deep concern. As Christians we follow Jesus, who is the Way of Love. This weekend, when we […]
When the going gets tough for Southland mission congregations, administrators and vicars alike agree: “We call Clare.” That would be Canon Clare Zabala Bangao, who shepherds, advocates, advises, supports, informs, encourages, guides and problem-solves for the 38 mission congregations and four mission centers in the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Bangao, who attends St. […]
As the newly elected editor of Anglican and Episcopal History, the Rev. Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook aims both to preserve and to make more accessible the rich traditions of the quarterly journal and the church she loves. Kujawa-Holbrook, ordained a priest in 1985, describes herself as a “priest, scholar, theological educator and practical theologian.” The prolific author, […]
The Very Rev. Gary Hall’s term as interim dean of Bloy House has been extended through June 2022, the Episcopal Theological School at Los Angeles has been gifted with a “world class library” and the Glendale school also has recently welcomed new board members “of underrepresented constituencies or diocesan interest groups and stakeholders.” “We are […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor will ordain five to the priesthood at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9 at Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, in a service that will be livestreamed on the diocesan Facebook page and YouTube channel. Ordinands are the Rev. Elizabeth Ann Piraino, the Rev. Greta Ronningen, the Rev. Steven Phillip Swartzell, […]
The Rev. Canon Dr. George F. Regas – whose bold leadership advanced civil rights, women’s ordination, LGBTQ marriage equality, and reversing the arms race – died Jan. 3 in Pasadena, Calif., where he was rector of All Saints Episcopal Church from 1967 to 1995. He was 90. Mary, his wife of nearly 44 years, and […]
