How do churches do in-person worship safely in a time of COVID? They follow the rules — and improvise
by Pat McCaughan | Jul 1, 2020
Across the Southland, Episcopal church congregations, eager to safely return to in-person worship June 21, yet facing a series of restrictions, have...
Supporting the diocesan Mission Share Fund means doing justice
by Pat McCaughan | Jul 1, 2020
The Rev. Mary Tororiey held up a “Peace of the Lord” sign during worship Sunday, June 21, in person and via Facebook Live at the Episcopal-Lutheran...
Bishop William Thompson
by Bob Williams | Jun 24, 2020
1946 - 2020 The Rt. Rev. William A. Thompson, who from 2009 to 2014 was bishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) Diocese of Western...
Mary Alice Robertson Jennings
by Bob Williams | Jun 17, 2020
March 13, 1933 - June 10, 2020 Mary Alice (Mar) Jennings, an honorary canon in the Diocese of Los Angeles and longtime lay leader at St. Matthew’s...
Diocesan Council: ‘co-visionaries’ of a restructured, more just and prophetic church
by Pat McCaughan | Jun 15, 2020
Bishop John Harvey Taylor, speaking at the June 11 digital meeting of Diocesan Council, invited Southland Episcopalians to become “co-visionaries”...
Gary Hall called as interim dean of Bloy House
by Janet Kawamoto | Jun 11, 2020
The Very Rev. Canon Gary Hall, former dean of Washington National Cathedral and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, has been called as interim...
Episcopal clergy join downtown L.A. rally to mourn George Floyd, demand reform
by Janet Kawamoto | Jun 10, 2020
Protesters were gathered in downtown Los Angeles June 8 to mourn George Floyd, but the well-known details of his death under the knee of a...
‘Today we mourn, tomorrow we fight’ – Southland Episcopalians join vigils, protests
by Pat McCaughan | Jun 5, 2020
From Ojai to Santa Clarita to Covina, Southland Episcopalians have joined the groundswell of protests and cries for justice following the death of...
Retiring Bloy House Dean Sylvia Sweeney looks back at 11 years of shaping clergy, lay leaders
by Pat McCaughan | Jun 3, 2020
For more than a decade, the Very Rev. Sylvia Sweeney, Bloy House Dean, has shaped the lives and vocations of lay and clergy church leaders,...
A Word to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles / Una Palabra a la Diócesis Episcopal de Los Ángeles
by John Harvey Taylor | Jun 3, 2020
My siblings in Christ: In the life of nations, moments come when the person of faith must ask: “What am I to do?” Let’s go back to the 15th year of...