Episcopal Enterprises gives congregations tools, encouragement to launch new ventures
For Emmanuel Church in Fullerton, it’s creating an early learning center. For St. Thomas of Canterbury Church in Long Beach, it’s launching a music studio. For St. Timothy’s Church in Apple Valley, it’s developing a senior residence on unused land. The “it” for each...
The Reverend Nancy K. Shier
May 31, 1938 - February 23, 2021 The Rev. Nancy Katherine Shier, assistant priest at Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, and Immanuel Church, El Monte, died suddenly on Feb. 23. She was 84. Survivors include her son William and daughter Katherine and five...
The Reverend H. Douglas Judson
May 29, 1935 - February 22, 2021 The Rev. Horace Douglas Judson, priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles and member of the family that owns one of the United States' most renowned stained glass studios, died Feb. 22 of congestive heart failure. He was 85, and had been...
Diane Pound joins diocesan staff as bishops’ executive assistant
Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy, chief of diocesan staff, announced Feb. 23 that Diane Pound has joined the diocesan staff as executive assistant to the bishops. Pound succeeds Canon Abigail (Gail) Urquidi, who after some 15 years in that role – beginning under...
Evelina F. Fradejas
April 18, 1940 - Feb. 18, 2021 Evelina Fradejas, a member of St. Thomas' Church, Hacienda Heights and an active member of Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries (EAM) at a diocesan, national and international level, died Feb. 18 at her home with her family at her side....
Diocesan Council hears reports on convention theme, budget, staffing and more at February meeting
“Truth and Love” is the theme leading up to and including the November annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced at the Feb. 11 regular gathering of Diocesan Council. “Our theme is drawn from Paul's letter to the...
IRIS prepares to respond as immigration priorities shift under new administration
Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service (IRIS), an agency of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, is already feeling the positive effects of President Joe Biden’s sweeping immigration reforms, “with an increase in calls from the community to come in and file...
Bob Williams continues a legacy of service as head of diocesan communications
The most interesting Ash Wednesday Bob Williams ever spent began in the Havana government offices of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Williams, Canon for Common Life and head of the Diocese of Los Angeles communications office, is celebrating 35 years as a church...
LA chaplains reach out to launch Episcopal Church-wide network of prison ministers
For the Rev. Dennis Gibbs and the Rev. Greta Ronningen, co-directors of Prism, the diocesan restorative justice ministry, serving “our friends inside” the jails of Los Angeles County and some other California prisons has taken on both a clarity and a sense of urgency...
Congregations find creative ways to mark Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday
From take-out hot dogs and baked potatoes to virtual pancake parties, Southland clergy say 2021’s Lenten beginnings will look a whole lot different in the age of pandemic, but there will be ashes; drive-through, mailed out and even do-it-yourself. On Shrove Tuesday,...
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