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RIP: Mimi Alexander Simson
by Janet Kawamoto | Feb 22, 2023
October 20, 1925 - January 5, 2023 Mimi Simson, retired college professor and widow of the Rev. Canon Everett Simson, former dean of St. Paul's...
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Venerable food pantry breaks ground for new facility at Woodland Hills church
by Pat McCaughan | Feb 15, 2023
[The Episcopal News] For several decades the West Valley Food Pantry has been feeding and aiding the San Fernando Valley’s food insecure from the...
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Council remembers earthquake victims, considers new program groups at February meeting
by Pat McCaughan | Feb 15, 2023
[The Episcopal News] Bishop John Harvey Taylor began the Feb. 9, 2023, meeting of Diocesan Council with prayers and a moment of silence for the...
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Chinese congregations celebrate Lunar New Year in a ‘place between laughter and tears’
by Pat McCaughan | Feb 8, 2023
[The Episcopal News] Members of the diocesan community gathered Feb. 5 at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Monterey Park in a “place between...
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All are invited to inaugural Shepherd’s Cup Golf Classic on April 24 at Industry Hills Golf Club
by EN Staff | Feb 1, 2023
[The Episcopal News] The first-ever Shepherd's Cup Golf Classic and Dinner will be held on Monday, April 24 at the Industry Hills Golf Club and...
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In prayer, art and music, diocesan and community leaders remember victims of violence
by Pat McCaughan | Feb 1, 2023
[The Episcopal News] Tyre Nichols and other victims of violence – and especially of the recent mass shootings in Monterey Park in the Diocese of Los...
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To Pray, Mourn, and Bear Witness | Para Oorar, Lamentar y Rendir Testimonio
by John Harvey Taylor | Jan 24, 2023
My siblings in Christ: I write to thank our diocesan family for your fierce, faithful prayers this week for the victims of the shootings in Monterey...
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Canon Lydia Lopez – civil rights leader and ‘interpreter’ across cultures – dies at 80
by Bob Williams | Jan 18, 2023
[The Episcopal News] Canon Lydia Lopez – who for more than 50 years served the Diocese of Los Angeles and wider Episcopal Church as a lay leader,...
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The Reverend George Six
by Janet Kawamoto | Jan 18, 2023
November 22, 1934 - December 27, 2022 [The Episcopal News] The Rev. George Six, onetime vicar of Christ the King Church, Palmdale (1995 - 1999), and...
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Bishop Taylor outlines housing, fundraising initiatives at Diocesan Council’s January meeting
by Pat McCaughan | Jan 18, 2023
[The Episcopal News] Bishop John Harvey Taylor’s vision for the Diocese of Los Angeles includes affordable housing on at least 25% of church...