Melissa McCarthy deftly leans into ministry as canon to the ordinary, chief of diocesan staff
As canon to the ordinary of the Diocese of Los Angeles, the Rev. Melissa McCarthy’s responsibilities include joining Commission on Ministry weekends, overseeing the post-pandemic reopening of St. Paul’s Commons, supporting and connecting with staff, deanery deans,...
Environmental advocate Mary Nichols will deliver Diocesan Convention’s Margaret Parker lecture Nov. 13
[The Episcopal News] Mary Nichols, whose leadership as chair of the California Air Resources Board has played a key role in guiding statewide environmental advances for five decades, will deliver Diocesan Convention’s biennial Margaret Parker Lecture, set for Nov. 13...
New GFS curriculum will help children be changemakers in their communities
Girls’ Friendly Society-Los Angeles is resuming post-pandemic in-person meetings this fall with a return to its roots by focusing on justice issues and empowering young girls as community activists, says diocesan GFS President Margaret Nolde. A new curriculum created...
Bishop Bruce lauded, 2022 draft budget introduced at September meeting of Diocesan Council
Los Angeles Bishop Suffragan Diane M. Jardine Bruce may become the next provisional bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri, but she’ll always be an Angeleno, she said at the Sept. 9 regular meeting of Diocesan Council, the last one she expects to attend. “I’ll always...
Author Jack Miles discusses his book ‘God in the Qur’an’ on the eve of 9/11 commemoration
The Episcopal Church is positioned to help bring together a polarized nation by being an authentic spiritual home for its adherents and also maintaining an open door to other faith traditions in order to heal division and suspicion, Jack Miles – Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Open-air market at St. George’s, Laguna Hills, saves livelihoods, brings neighborhood together
Transformation happens every weekend at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Laguna Hills – bright blue, turquoise, and red sunshades pop up and the parking lot becomes a tianguis, an open-air market where vendors hawk a range of wares, from clothing, toys and jewelry to...
Diocesan Convention to be held in person Nov. 13 in Riverside, conclude with Eucharist on Nov. 14
The 2021 meeting of Diocesan Convention will take place in person on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Riverside Convention Center, and conclude with a diocese-wide Eucharist on Sunday, Nov. 14 held in person and online at St. John's Cathedral in Los Angeles. Delegates who...
Short-staffed but determined, IRIS works overtime to assist refugees from Afghanistan, other nations
[The Episcopal News] As time runs out to evacuate vulnerable Afghans from the Taliban-controlled country, frantic callers have flooded the diocesan Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Services (IRIS) offices in Los Angeles’ Atwater Village, desperately seeking answers...
Episcopal, other organizations offer help to Haiti after earthquake
[The Episcopal News] A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti's southern peninsula on Aug. 14, causing some 2,000 deaths, 9,000 injuries and destroying homes, businesses and infrastructure. The nation was already reeling from the assassination of its president, Jovenel...
Mitsuye Yamada: poet, professor, feminist, activist
[The Episcopal News] When doctors advised Mitsuye Yasutake Yamada in 1963 that she had only a year to live, the mother of four quickly got her affairs in order – most unconventionally. She got a job teaching English at Cypress College. She completed Camp Notes and...
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