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“What are you doing for Lent?” In the run-up to the church’s holy season of repentance and renewal, this question echoes in parish halls and dining rooms, pews and study halls. One exciting and life-giving answer to the proverbial question is “Lent Madness!” That’s because, for the eleventh straight year, people of faith the world […]
August 9, 1934 – January 2, 2020 Adel Maria “Del” Martinez, who gained regional and national recognition as executive director of Neighborhood Youth Association (NYA) from 1972 to 1998, died Jan. 2 at age 85 after many months of debilitating illness. Her life and achievements for NYA, an institution of the Diocese of Los Angeles […]
Clergy and lay members of the diocesan community are invited to register today for the Diocesan Ministry Fair, to take place on Saturday, March 7 at Campbell Hall School in Studio City. Congregations are encouraged to send teams of leaders to take advantage of this opportunity to acquire new skills for ministry and personal growth. […]
New Community, the multicultural ministries program of the Diocese of Los Angeles, will continue its series of Asian Immersion conversations on Saturday, February 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with “Exploring Ministry with Chinese Culture and Communities.” In these conversations, lay and clergy leaders learn about and engage with Asian cultures and communities. Hosted by […]
A Restorative Justice & Circle Process Training will be hosted on Saturday, March 28, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at St. Michael & All Angels Church, Studio City. The training, cosponsored by Deanery 2, will be taught by leaders from the Center for Peacemaking at Fresno Pacific University. Restorative justice is a model grounded in […]
All Southland Episcopalians are encouraged to join a churchwide initiative engaging households and congregations in reducing carbon impact, conserving energy, and saving money by taking sustainable actions outlined at www.sustainislandhome.org. The goal is to have as many households as possible within the Diocese of Los Angeles participate by logging in, creating a profile, and taking […]
Great preaching from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and the Rev. William Barber II, leader of the Poor People’s Campaign, was just one of the reasons Kathryn Nishibayashi loved attending the recent Rooted in Jesus conference in Atlanta. Nishibayashi, 37, a three-time Los Angeles General Convention deputy, said when she heard that the conference “would be […]
Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) will hold two events in early February at St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles. The first event is a breakfast and planning meeting for a new EPF chapter being formed in the Diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 8, 9:30 a.m. For information and reservations click here. The second is a […]
The Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders on Jan. 23 joined the call for repurposing L.A.’s recently shuttered St. Vincent Medical Center to provide mental health care, supportive services and housing for the homeless – an effort aided by recent votes of the county board of supervisors and city council. Representing some 6 million people […]
A service in celebration of Absalom Jones (1746 – 1818), first African-American priest in the Episcopal Church, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 2800 Stanford Way, Los Angeles. The “loving, liberating and life-giving” service, sponsored by the H. Belfield Hannibal chapter of the Union of Black […]
Sarah Chester, 45, a trustee of St. Margaret’s Episcopal School, San Juan Capistrano, and her daughter Payton, 13, an eighth-grade student there, were among the nine people who died in a helicopter accident Jan. 26 in Calabasas. Retired Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna also died in the crash, which […]
Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t a static figure, and he wasn’t all about “racial kumbayaism,” UCLA Professor of Law Devon Carbado told the congregation at the Diocese of Los Angeles’ annual celebration of the late civil rights leader on Jan. 18. The service at Holy Faith Church in Inglewood continued a long tradition of events […]
