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DURING THE FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER on Nov. 15 at Diocesan Convention Bishop John Harvey Taylor named two lay leaders as canons of the diocese, chosen in consultation with Bishop Suffragan Diane Jardine Bruce and Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy. First named was James Alexander, a longtime member of St. James in-the-City Church, Los Angeles […]
DELEGATES ATTENDING THE 124TH ANNUAL MEETING of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Nov. 16 rededicated themselves to dismantling racism, joined iconic civil rights activist Dolores Huerta in a rousing ‘si se puede’ chant and voted for budding church entrepreneurs in a ‘Fish Tank’ challenge. A summary of Huerta’s address and a link to […]
LEGENDARY LABOR ORGANIZER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST DOLORES HUERTA galvanized some 800 delegates and others Nov. 16 at the 124th annual meeting of the Diocese of Los Angeles, leading rousing chants: “We’ve got the power” and “Si se puede! Si se puede!” And she brought petitions to be signed. “As you leave the gathering here […]
Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor on Nov. 15 welcomed the 124th annual diocesan convention back to Riverside, issuing a call for community activism and neighborly curiosity, and inviting congregations “to have me over for dinner” or a Thursday evening potluck to share sustainability strategies. He also honored victims of a Santa Clarita school shooting […]
The following were elected at Diocesan Convention, meeting today at the Riverside Convention Center: Canterbury Irvine Susan Brown Canterbury USC The Rev. Catherine Wagar Canterbury Westwood (UCLA) Bisbee Goldfarb Commission on Ministry, clergy The Rev. Peter Huang Commission on Ministry, lay Linda Allport Corporation of the Diocese, clergy The Rev. Antonio Gallardo Corporation of the […]
All are invited to a 7 p.m. prayer service tonight at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 24901 Orchard Village Road, Santa Clarita in response to this morning’s tragic Saugus High School shooting that killed one student and wounded four others, according to news reports. “The entire community of St. Stephen’s offers its prayers and support to […]
CHRIS TUMILTY, a member of the Diocese of Los Angeles communications team, has been tapped as communications director for the Diocese of San Diego, according to a Nov. 13 announcement from Bishop Susan Brown Snook. “Chris’ particular area of expertise is online, digital, and video communications, and we are very excited about the skills and […]
June 15, 1920 – November 6, 2019 The Rev. Douglas C. Vest, retired priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and its former canon missioner for ministry, died Nov. 6 at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge in Charlottesville, VA , a retirement and care facility where he had lived for the past 10 years. […]
LIKE ALL PEOPLE, EPISCOPALIANS are creatures of habit, though perhaps a little more so. Our unofficial motto, of course, is “we’ve always done it that way.” And yet this November, as we head to convention, we’re experiencing substantial shifts in both space and time. As with Elizabeth’s first prayer book, reoccupying the Riverside Convention Center […]
AS 2019 DRAWS TO A CLOSE and we all gear up for the new year, The Episcopal News is making some major changes as we shift our priorities in order to better serve the Diocese of Los Angeles with timely news about its congregations, institutions, people and leaders. With the consent and encouragement of Bishop […]
DELEGATES AND VISITORS to this year’s Diocesan Convention, Nov. 15 – 16 at the Riverside Convention Center, will find plenty to enlighten and inspire, including a lecture delivered by civil rights legend Dolores Huerta and a presentation by Benjamin Shirley, a celebrated composer who once was homeless on the streets of Los Angeles and now works with […]
“LET’S DISPENSE WITH THE OLD CANARD about religion and politics,” the Very Rev. Gary Hall, retired dean of Washington National Cathedral, told the third annual Bishop’s Dinner on Nov. 2. at St. John’s Cathedral in Los Angeles. “The church has an absolute right — indeed a duty — to be an active participant in the […]
