C.S. Lewis Society’s ‘Pacific Inklings Festival’ will feature speakers, cosplay, ‘exotic wares’
The Southern California C.S. Lewis Society will present The Pacific Inklings Festival and General Meeting on Saturday, March 9, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Heath Building 100 and The Great Commission Hall at Vanguard University, 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. The event will feature...
read moreTending shattered hearts: a mission for our churches and our diocese
For the families and friends of those killed a year ago on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida, and for those injured in countless other ways in the massacre, Valentine’s Day hearts will always be pierced, shattered, and sore wounded. In print and on the airwaves, the...
read moreDeacon and researcher Katie Derose’s dual vocations aim for health, social justice
For vocational deacon Kathryn Derose, bringing the world’s concerns to the church has meant linking parishes and parks to boost physical activity; pressing pastors to preach healthy eating and promote gardening and Zumba classes; and exploring food insecurity and...
read moreSeeds of Hope ‘movement’ inspires hope, vision, action
As Seeds of Hope enters its sixth year, the diocesan food justice ministry just keeps on growing. The ministry — and executive director Tim Alderson, a fifth-generation California farmer — feature prominently in L.A. Foodways, a documentary film that explores the...
read moreMontecito: One year after deadly mudslides, a strengthened community remembers
On Jan. 9, 2019, a beacon of light cut across the night sky, beckoning several thousand people from Montecito’s Manning Park to All Saints by- the-Sea Church as community residents gathered to remember those who died in the deadly mud and debris flow a year earlier. ...
read moreMLK Day: UCLA professor cites role of law, morality on a crooked path to racial justice
Especially in the area of civil rights and racial justice, “law and morality are not the same thing,” Devon Carbado, a law professor at UCLA, told some 250 people at the diocesan Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, held Jan. 20 at All Saints Church, Pasadena....
read moreDiocesan clergy join ‘Faith Caravan,’ plan next steps to engage humanitarian crisis
The Very Rev. Frank Alton and other members of Episcopal Sacred Resistance, the diocesan sanctuary task force, are determining next steps after a December trip to El Barretal, a former entertainment venue turned refugee camp for 2,500 asylum-seekers in Tijuana,...
read moreLeading soccer broadcasters to anchor March 7 Football Round Up benefiting Neighborhood Youth Association
International soccer fans won’t want to miss the March 7 Football Round Up set to feature veteran players and commentators Stuart Holden of Fox Sports and Robbie Earle of NBC, an evening in Century City benefiting the Neighborhood Youth Association, a diocesan...
read moreMusic by Sandra Montes to highlight ‘Our Sister’s Keeper’ liturgy
Music from immigration activist and singer Sandra Montes and a series of imaginative monologues based on the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus -- from the Annunciation to old age on Patmos -- will be featured in "Through the Eyes of Mary," a special liturgy on March 3...
read more‘Behind Barbed Wire’ at Japanese-American museum will consider past injustice, new civil rights cases
The Gathering: A Space for Asian-American Spirituality will meet on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2 - 4 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum for "Behind Barbed Wire: Keeping Children Safe and Families Together." The Gathering is among the sponsoring organizations of the...
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