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June 7, 1937 – January 12, 2019 Sandy Smock passed away at home in hospice care on January 12, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He was 81 years old. In 2013, he had been told he had six months to live. He managed to stretch this into six wonderful years with the help of […]
In a pastoral letter to the Diocese of Los Angeles issued on Jan. 24, Bishop John Harvey Taylor speaks to a resolution from the July 2018 General Convention that suspends the statute of limitations on reporting acts of sexual misconduct by bishops, deacons, and priests against adult victims. “This means that if you were the […]
The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Los Angeles (ECW-LA) will host its annual retreat and business meeting, themed “Time for a Refill: A Day of Refreshment and Self Care,” on Saturday, Feb. 23, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul in Los Angeles. Evita Krislock, Province 8 ECW […]
The Rev. David J. Lose, author and senior pastor of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, will be the featured speaker at the 2019 Stern Lecture to be held at St. Matthew’s Church, Pacific Palisades, Feb. 8 and 9. Lose will also serve as guest preacher at the 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. services at St. […]
See Me: Portraits of Foster Youth, an exhibit of black and white photographs from the Foster Youth Museum in Oakland, California, is being hosted at St. John’s Cathedral from Jan. 11 to March 5. The exhibit, conceived by current and former foster youth, includes photos that reveal stories of an invisible community. The Foster Youth […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced Jan. 19 that Kathy Wilder has been named executive director of Camp Stevens. The camp, located in Julian, California, serves the dioceses of Los Angeles and San Diego. Wilder has served as interim director of the camp since the departure early in 2018 of prior director Beth Bojarski, who moved […]
Identifying unique contributions the people and congregations of the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles can make to ease the Southland’s current crisis of housing affordability and availability was a central theme for the diocesan Housing Justice Task Force’s Jan. 15 meeting convened by Bishop John H. Taylor. Finding those efforts “unique to our particular […]
Bishop Suffragan Diane Jardine Bruce and the deans of St. John’s Cathedral invite the diocesan community to a presentation and facilitated community conversation on “Finding Our Connections Across Cultures” on Saturday, January 26, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. This event, sponsored by the cathedral and The Gathering – a Space for Asian American Spirituality, will […]
Event also will feature The Episcopal Chorale The Diocese of Los Angeles will hold its annual Martin Luther King Jr., Day celebration, featuring a keynote address by Devon Carbado (pictured), associate vice chancellor at UCLA and a professor at the university’s school of law, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20 at All Saints Church, […]
Canon Peter Lodge Bergstrom 1946 – 2018 A person of boundless curiosity and joy in exploration, Peter Bergstrom was equally inspired by nature and by his fellow humans. As directors for 40 years of Camp Stevens Episcopal Camp and Conference Center in Julian, he and his wife Vicki created what they called “a peaceful place […]
Bishop Suffragan Diane Jardine Bruce and Episcopal Asiamerica Ministry-Los Angeles (EAM-LA) invite the diocesan community to a New Year celebration on Sunday, Jan. 6, 4 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 408 S. Broadway, Redondo Beach 90277. Parking will be available on the street, or at two nearby lots: Wells Fargo Bank, 301 S. Pacific Coast […]
An online gallery of photos from the Nov. 30 – Dec. 1 meeting of Diocesan Convention has been posted here. Click on the center of each photo to view a larger version. Additional coverage of the convention may be found at the following links (click on titles to read more): At convention, Taylor invites delegates […]
