L.A. County opens Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership, teams with new Faith Alliance
Introducing Los Angeles County’s new Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership was the focus of a Faith Leader Appreciation Breakfast hosted Oct. 29 in the Huffington Center at L.A.’s landmark St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral. L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who led the...
Grace Wakelee-Lynch named diocesan missioner for disaster recovery and resilience
Following the January wildfires, Episcopal Relief and Development awarded the Diocese of Los...
L.A. attorney Catherine Helm named diocese’s interim chancellor
Bishop John Harvey Taylor has named attorney Catherine Helm – an active volunteer and former...
Diocesan Requiem or Renaissance program receives $100,000 Trinity Grant
The Diocese of Los Angeles has received a $100,000 grant from New York’s Trinity Church, Wall...
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Seventy-eight quilts created by the “Piecemakers” group at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Santa Monica are on their way to recipients in need of warmth – with special “ties that bind” provided by Canon Karen Uhler, longtime Episcopal lay leader and a past senior warden...
Diocesan Council approves $13.4 million 2026 consolidated budget, hears updates on upcoming Convention meeting
The upcoming election of the 8th Bishop of Los Angeles and review of the $13.4 million consolidated budget for 2026 – to be presented to the Nov.7-8 Diocesan Convention – were the main business of the Oct. 16 meeting of Diocesan Council, held via Zoom. Bishop...
Immersed in Worship program finalizes first grant recipients, continues congregational support, prepares for growing grant cycles
To strengthen ministries with children, eight congregations of the Diocese of Los Angeles will soon receive grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 through the Immersed in Worship program. Congregations receiving this first round of sub-grants will be celebrated at...
Diocese called to discern next steps for housing, land-use initiatives while marking recent strides
Across California and the nation, the need for affordable housing is both self-evident and invisible, with 80% of L.A. renters who live below the poverty line spending more than half of their income on housing, in addition to the homelessness crisis, according to a...
Diocesan ‘Evening of Unbinding’ marks National Coming Out Day, previews Trans Liberation and Flourishing Initiative
Episcopalians from around the Los Angeles diocese hugged and clapped as they sang the civil- rights-era protest song, “Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around”, at a spirited Oct. 11 National Coming Out Day evening prayer service at St. John’s Cathedral. The “Evening of...
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