by Pat McCaughan | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
A small cadre of dedicated volunteers busily spruced up the buildings and grounds of St. Michael’s Episcopal Ministry Center in Riverside on a recent Wednesday as though their lives depended on it. Damion, 43, believes his does. A few years ago, he lived in Hunt Park...
by Pat McCaughan | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Southland Episcopalians said a June 20 pilgrimage to visit asylum-seekers at the Adelanto Detention Center in commemoration of World Refugee Day ended in frustration and anger when authorities prevented them from entering the troubled facility. Instead, a few members...
by Pat McCaughan | Apr 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Rev. Yein Esther Kim says attending the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York March 13 – 24 was amazing, powerful and ought to happen all the time, not just two weeks each year. She and others hope to take that...
by Pat McCaughan | Apr 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Several diocesan clergy were among those arrested during the Maundy Thursday Interfaith Day of Prophetic Action to protest the recent actions of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. About 300 demonstrators gathered at the La Plaza United Methodist Church at...
by Pat McCaughan | Apr 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
After moving from Iran with her family more than a decade ago, Zahra has settled into life in the greater Los Angeles area. She found meaningful work, serving as a refugee employment case manager at the Interfaith Refugee and Resettlement Service, or IRIS, a ministry...
