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“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 […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor, Dean Sylvia Sweeney and members of the Bloy House board of trustees joined Bishop Guy Erwin of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Southwest California Synod to sign a lease agreement for the Episcopal seminary — formally known as Episcopal School of Theology at Claremont or ETSC — to move into […]
HERMINIA “MINI” HIPOLITO PAUSED recently to reflect on her more than three decades of ringing up sales and dishing up motherly advice to laity, bishops and clergy customers at the Cathedral Bookstore at St. Paul’s Commons in Echo Park. She was readying her traveling bookstore — a mainstay at diocesan conventions, clergy conferences, ECW meetings […]
LOS ANGELES BISHOP DIOCESAN JOHN HARVEY TAYLOR on October 22 welcomed more than a hundred well-wishers to the official dedication and open house of St. Paul’s Commons in Echo Park. Formerly known as the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, the facility will continue to function as headquarters for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, as […]
THE HISTORIC CATHEDRA of the Bishop of Los Angeles and original chair of the Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles journeyed Oct. 18 to St. John’s Cathedral, taking their places near the high altar after 25 years in Echo Park at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, now St. Paul’s Commons. St. John’s is the […]
September 29, 1932 – October 8, 2019 The Rev. Magdaleno Bacagan, retired vicar of Holy Communion Church, Gardena (1983 – 1998), died Oct. 8. He was 87. Service arrangements are pending. Before becoming vicar of Holy Communion Church, Bacagan was assistant treasurer of the diocese for four years. At the same time he began his […]
The Gathering – a Space for Asian Pacific American Spirituality invites the diocesan community to a panel conversation and discussion on the impact of immigration on the Asian Pacific American communities and the church on Sunday, Oct. 13, 4 – 6 p.m. at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, 840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles […]
“ST. BE’S” OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED Sept. 28 with several hundred guests enjoying live music, hip-hop and R&B line dancing, children’s games, origami crafts, tacos and samples from the Hope Ice Cream Truck. It is a revitalized version of the former St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, which officially closed to worship in 2018 after 104 years of ministry. […]
MEMBERS OF ST. ANDREW’S, OJAI, were among representatives from the six dioceses of California who learned about an all-church effort to combat climate change at a Climate Justice and Episcopal Public Policy Network of California summit Sept. 27 – 28 at Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley. The meeting was hosted by […]
WHAT BETTER WAY to salute that new branch of the royal family, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, than to take oneself to the castle — no farther than Long Beach — and indulge in the fun of pairing pageantry with current events when the Brass Rubbing Medieval Arts Center opens Oct. 15 and runs through Nov. 9 […]
FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Rowan Williams, visiting San Juan Capistrano and a St. Margaret of Scotland Episcopal School classroom on Sept. 25, invited students: “Anyone burning to ask a question, not about the royal wedding?” In response, the Hebrew Bible as Literature class of ninth through twelfth graders, ages about 14 to 18, peppered […]
All in the diocesan community are invited to attend an Oct. 22 celebration set to launch the newly configured St. Paul’s Commons and to mark milestones of Episcopal Church ministry in Echo Park. A festive 10:30 a.m. Eucharist followed by an open house and a rooftop luncheon will commemorate a century of Episcopal Church ministry […]
