A previous version of this story misstated the Deanery 1 April 5 listening session location as St. Paul’s, Santa Paula, instead of St. Paul’s, Ventura. The News regrets the error.
The Bishop Search Committee has finalized the dates and Zoom information for the general laity listening session, open to anyone in the diocese, as well as listening sessions for the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Ministry community, the Black Ministry community, the Indigenous Ministry community, Latino/Hispanic Ministry community, LGBTQ+ Ministry community, and Youth Ministry community. The Bishop Search Committee encourages clergy and wardens to make sure their congregations are informed about listening sessions and aware of the Spanish language options at all the live sessions and the Latino/Hispanic Ministry sessions.
The general laity listening sessions will be April 3 and April 22 at 6 p.m. The Zoom link is here. Meeting ID: 599 927 6633 Passcode: 9MTMfD
The API ministries group listening session will be March 27, 6 p.m. The Zoom link is here. Meeting ID: 599 927 6633 Passcode: 9MTMfD
The Black ministries group listening session will be April 8, 6 p.m. The Zoom link is here. Meeting ID: 599 927 6633 Passcode: 9MTMfD
The Indigenous Ministry listening sessions will be April 6 at 2 p.m. The Zoom link is here. Meeting ID: 599 927 6633 Passcode: 9MTMfD
The Latino/Hispanic ministries group listening sessions will be April 1, and April 10, 6 p.m. These sessions will be conducted in Spanish. The Zoom link is here. Meeting ID: 599 927 6633 Passcode: 9MTMfD
The LGBTQ+ listening session will be April 7. Invitation is here. Register here.
The youth listening session will be April 27 at 12 p.m. The Zoom link is here. Meeting ID: 599 927 6633 Passcode: 9MTMfD
Deanery listening sessions are taking place in person, as follows:
March 29 Deanery 9, Trinity, Orange, 10 a.m.
March 29, Deanery 10, St. Wilfrid’s, Huntington Beach, 10 a.m.
April 5, Deanery 1, St. Paul’s, Ventura, 10 a.m.
April 5, Deanery 7, Trinity, Redlands, 10 a.m.
April 12, Deanery 2, St. Stephen’s, Santa Clarita, 10 a.m.
April 12, Deanery 8, St. Cross, Hermosa Beach, 10 a.m.
April 26, Deanery 5, Our Saviour, San Gabriel, 10 a.m.
April 26, Deanery 6, Holy Trinity, Covina, 10 a.m.
Listening sessions in Deaneries 3 and 4 were March 22.
All live deanery sessions will have Spanish interpreters. For questions concerning listening sessions, contact Laura Mahaney at lolako@yahoo.com.