Neighborhood Youth Association Scholarship Celebration awards $55,000, honors Bishop Taylor and welcomes Bishop-elect Gallardo Lucena
MAR VISTA — Neighborhood Youth Association (NYA) marked its 43rd Annual Scholarship Celebration on Saturday, June 6, awarding more than $55,000 to college students and recognizing milestones in diocesan leadership at an event hosted by St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Mar Vista. During the...
Rev. Carri Patterson Grindon received Occidental College Alumna of the Year honor
The Rev. Carri Patterson Grindon ’82, rector of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Altadena,...
All invited to July 11 consecration watch parties scheduled across diocese
Festive watch parties scheduled across the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on...
Anne Sawyer elected as dean of St. John’s Cathedral
The vestry of St. John's Cathedral, Los Angeles, has elected the Rev. Anne Sawyer as dean, Bishop...
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Claremont School of Theology awards honorary doctorate to Bishop John Harvey Taylor
Recognizing Bishop John Harvey Taylor's decade-long "prophetic leadership" in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and beyond, Claremont School of Theology (CST) awarded him an honorary doctorate of divinity May 19 during commencement exercises at Westwood United...
St. James’ in the City calls Christopher Caruso-Lynch as music director
Christopher Caruso-Lynch -- an accomplished conductor and organist who is currently artist-in-residence at Madeleine Choir School in Salt Lake City -- has been named director of music at L.A.'s St. James' in-the- City, the Wilshire Center parish announced May 19. “I...
Bishop-elect Antonio Gallardo L. addresses Diocesan Council
Bishop-elect Antonio José Gallardo Lucena addressed Diocesan Council May 14, offering a preview of first-year priorities to follow his July 11, 2026, consecration, including strategic planning, developing strong communications and relationships, creating new...
Seeds of Hope adding sites, will distribute 5 million pounds of food this year
“Eat, Pray, Move,” and “Food as Medicine” partnerships, creating fresh fruits and vegetable storage hubs, offering nutrition education, healthy cooking classes, gardening, food distribution and even case management are ways Seeds of Hope (www.seedsofhopela.org) aims...
Clergy Conference affirms ‘sacred resistance,’ applauds retiring bishop, bishop-elect
More than 150 clergy -- meeting May 4-6, 2026, in Riverside -- wished fond “Happy Trails” to retiring Bishop John Harvey Taylor and Canon Kathy O’Connor, and enthusiastically welcomed incoming Bishop-elect Antonio J. Gallardo Lucena, who will be consecrated July 11 at...



