‘Healing Bishop’ Chet Talton remembered as ‘true pastor’ and ‘oak of a father’ at Dec. 27 memorial service
Retired Los Angeles Bishop Suffragan Chester Lovelle Talton was remembered with gratitude, tears, laughter and applause as a devoted father, husband and grandfather, a gentle giant, a gifted leader, teacher, pastor and ardent prophet for justice and reconciliation, “the finest of bishops,” as...
The Rev. Toni Freeman Stuart dies at 88
The Rev. Toni Freeman Stuart, assisting priest at St. Michael’s University Church in Isla Vista...
Reflexiones del Obispo Electo Gallardo de L.A. sobre la operación militar de Los Estados Unidos en Venezuela, contexto más amplio.
Desde las 2 de la madrugada he estado recibiendo mensajes de personas en Venezuela compartiendo su...
L.A. Bishop-elect Gallardo reflects on U.S. military operation in Venezuela, wider context
In the wake of last weekend's U.S. military operation, the Rev. Dr. Antonio Gallardo, an immigrant...
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Diocesan multicultural ministries host gala celebration honoring Bishop John Harvey Taylor, Canon Kathy O’Connor
Love, laughter, applause, cheers, whistles and joy filled St. John’s Cathedral Dec. 13 as an historic “rainbow” gathering of about 200 Indigenous, Black, Hispanic and Chinese American and LGBTQ+ Episcopalians offered prayers, praise, well-wishes, music, dance and...
Dan Valdez named diocese’s interim treasurer
Bishop John Harvey Taylor today announced his appointment of Canon Dan Valdez – Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union board president whose terms on Diocesan Council included membership on the joint finance committee – to serve as interim treasurer of the Diocese...
Wendy Lords, conflict resolution facilitator in the Diocese of Los Angeles, joins new church-wide alternative dispute resolution initiative
A long-time facilitator of conflict resolution around the Diocese of Los Angeles, Wendy Lords has been selected to serve on a new alternative dispute resolution team as part of a denomination-wide Episcopal Church initiative. The program, which is still in its early...
Eco-Theology, Private Property, and the Church’s Witness: Dr. Andrew R. H. Thompson delivers The Howe Lecture at St. Alban’s Westwood
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Westwood hosted the latest installment of The Howe Lectures, featuring Dr. Andrew R. H. Thompson, Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics and Director of the Center for Religion and Environment at the School of Theology, University of...
In Wilshire Center, renovated St. James’ Church reopens with fanfare for100th year
The singing of Sir Hubert Parry’s soaring anthem “I was glad when they said unto me (let us go to the house of the Lord)” – its text drawn from Psalm 122 – epitomized the spirit of two celebratory liturgies marking parishioners’ return to L.A.’s almost-one-century-old...



