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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 […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor issued the following notice to the people of the Diocese of Los Angeles on April 24, 2021. November 17, 1946 – April 23, 2021 With deep sadness yet the assurance of resurrection in Christ, I write to inform you that the Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, former bishop of the Episcopal […]
Earth Sunday, April 18, at St. Paul’s Church in Tustin meant fun in the sun and bringing bits of the bible to life as Children and Family Ministry members planted dill, mustard, and coriander – spices that pop up in scripture. The herb planting was to commemorate Earth Day, traditionally observed April 22. The effort […]
Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor on Tuesday, April 20 announced Sister Patricia Sarah Terry as the chairperson of the Bishop’s Commission on Gospel Justice and Community Care, a diocesan taskforce whose mission is “to articulate a gospel vision for policing and community care; to assess people’s personal, local experiences of policing and community safety […]
Sister Patricia Sarah Terry, the new chair of the Bishop’s Commission on Gospel Justice and Community Care, grew up in the Catholic church in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood but says she has always been an Episcopalian at heart. “I claim to be a cradle Episcopalian, because I never fit with the Catholic church from the […]
Los Angeles Diocesan Bishop John Harvey Taylor wants congregations to know that “Bishop [Diane M. Jardine] Bruce and I are open for business during the week,” including official visitations, baptisms, confirmations, receptions, and reaffirmations, meeting with vestries and bishop’s committees, even special events. “Bishops get scheduled two years in advance on Sundays,” Taylor said at […]
The Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor issued the following statement to the Diocese of Los Angeles after a jury convicted former police office Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Most of all, may today’s verdict affirming that Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd enable Mr. Floyd’s family and friends to receive some […]
August 25, 1938 – March 25, 2021 The Rev. Canon Jonathan Won, retired vicar of St. Francis’ Church, Norwalk, and one of the first Korean priests to serve in the Diocese of Los Angeles, died March 25 in Portland, Oregon, after a long illness. He was 82. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Gemma […]
Ask anyone to describe Canon Serena Beeks, the executive director of the Commission on Schools for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, and the responses flow: outstanding educational leader, school founder and teacher; incredible writer; roguish sense of humor; a choral musician with perfect pitch; great preacher; fun-loving friend and colleague; wise counsel; superb rough […]
Charles Sacquety November 20, 1932 – April 4, 2021 The Rev. Canon Charles William Sacquety Jr., rector emeritus of St. Wilfrid of York Church, Huntington Beach (1978-1998), died April 4, Easter Day, in hospice care. He was 88. “Canon Sacquety was an institution builder, a justice seeker, and a pastor extraordinaire,” said Bishop John Harvey […]
Online worship during the pandemic brought an entirely new, eclectic digital congregation to St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Hollywood – one the Rev. Canon Ian Davies aims to keep as they resume in-person gathering. “There’s a lady who’s become a pledging member who lives in Maryland,” Davies told The Episcopal News recently. “We have […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor has invited the diocesan community to two online services in Eastertide. The first will be The Great Vigil of Easter on Saturday, April 3 at 8 p.m., coordinated by the Rev. Canon Susan Russell with participation by Taylor, Bishop Suffragan Diane M. Jardine Bruce and Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy. […]
