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Through a grant provided by the Roanridge Trust, the Diocese of Los Angeles will soon begin an 11-week training program for lay pastoral caregivers in rural congregations, modeled on the format of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), which is usually carried out in hospitals. “The central work of CPE is to become more keenly and constantly […]
1928 – 2019 Canon Dorris Dann, former director of Our Saviour Center in El Monte, died June 29 at her home in San Gabriel. She was 91. The following obituary was provided by the center staff. Dann began her tenure as director of Our Saviour Center in 1987. Our Saviour Center is the outreach program […]
Mt. Calvary, the Santa Barbara monastery and retreat center of the Order of the Holy Cross, will close in 2021, ending more than 70 years of ministry in the Diocese of Los Angeles, according to a July 11 letter from Prior Adam McCoy to OHC associates and supporters. The directive to close the monastery came […]
Clergy and lay members of Episcopal Sacred Resistance, the diocesan Sanctuary Task Force, were among participants in a July 1 migrant solidarity rally and procession for which Bishop John Harvey Taylor offered a closing prayer. “In the unity of our grief, we pray for all those who have died on the border or in […]
A new diocesan initiative will help Southland Episcopalians and diverse conversation partners bridge polarizing societal differences — a unique skill-set of “Anglican comprehensiveness,” Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced June 30 during the Rector’s Forum at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Known as “One in the Spirit: Finding Divinity Within Difference in the Diocese of Los Angeles,” […]
When word spread that presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was a practicing Episcopalian, adverse reaction from some evangelicals was swift. Some said he wasn’t actually a Christian — not because he’s a married gay man, mind you, but just because he’s a practicing Episcopalian. Most of us are used to it. Have you ever told a […]
Soon to enter its 25th year of service, the Diocese of Los Angeles’ Echo Park headquarters will begin a new chapter of ministry alongside the on-site St. Athanasius’ Church and downtown’s St. John’s Cathedral, Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced May 2. Following more than a year of conversation and discernment, Taylor said, the Bishops’ Office, […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor on April 24 announced dates for two major events in Autumn 2019: the second annual Bishop’s Concert on Friday, Oct. 11, and the third annual Bishop’s Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 2. The Bishop’s Concert, Oct. 11 The concert, to be held at the episcopal residence in Pasadena, will feature Grammy Award-winning […]
All are welcome to join in the fifth annual Interdependence Day Walking Meditation around Echo Park Lake starting at 10 a.m. on July 4, hosted by the Interfaith Cooperative of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Again this year, the .9-mile walk will feature seven stations at which participants will stop and hear brief reflections […]
America Muñoz, 28, says the One Step a la Vez center in Fillmore — originally housed at Trinity Episcopal Church there — introduced her “to the concept of working towards bettering your community by tackling social justice issues one step at a time.” And it changed her life forever. Muñoz was a student at Fillmore […]
The students converge as early as 7 a.m. on Thursday mornings, filling the Fire House youth center at St. Luke of-the-Mountains Episcopal Church in La Crescenta with laughter, chatter, the sounds of colliding billiard balls, arcade games, and musical instruments. They pause at a table in the entryway to grab cereal and breakfast bars, fresh […]
Episcopalians from the Diocese of Los Angeles were among thousands who journeyed April 27 to Manzanar National Historic Site, one of the 10 internment camps where nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were held during World War II, an injustice that speakers said must “never happen again.” In blistering desert heat and in the shadow of the […]
