The Rev. Richard Norman Avery
by EN Staff | Apr 23, 2020
January 24, 1934 - April 19, 2020 The Rev. Richard Avery, retired assistant priest at Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Placentia, died in Corsicana,...
Diocesan Council deals with finance, COVID-19 shutdown challenges in first-ever online meeting
by Janet Kawamoto | Apr 23, 2020
The COVID-19 shutdown and its effect on diocesan ministries and budgets were primary topics at the April 16 Zoom-based meeting of Diocesan Council...
The Gathering will address ‘Being Asian-American during Age of Coronavirus’ in online conversation
by EN Staff | Apr 16, 2020
Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce invites the diocesan community to an online conversation and discussion on the impact of the coronavirus on the Asian...
Canon Francis Banks, diocesan treasurer and parish leader, dies at 92
by Bob Williams | Apr 15, 2020
Canon Francis Banks March 30, 1928 – March 30, 2020 Canon Francis Shelton Banks – treasurer of the Diocese of Los Angeles from 1989 to 1995 and a...
Leaders of L.A.’s Catholic archdiocese, Episcopal diocese and Lutheran synod issue joint letter in Holy Week
by EN Staff | Apr 10, 2020
The principal bishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
Riverside City Council approves St. Michael’s project to house homeless
by Pat McCaughan | Apr 7, 2020
The Riverside City Council, at a historic March 31, 2020 virtual meeting, overwhelmingly approved a $17 million project to build 50 housing units...
Then & Now: Southland Episcopalians weather 1918, 2020 pandemic crises
by Bob Williams | Apr 4, 2020
The 1918 global influenza pandemic hit Los Angeles at a time when the Sunday school of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church was growing so rapidly that the...
Church in the age of COVID-19: A cyberspace Holy Week
by Pat McCaughan | Apr 2, 2020
Palm Sunday usually jumpstarts Holy Week, with Episcopalians celebrating outside churches, waving palm branches that have been blessed, marching in...
Church in the age of COVID-19: Learning to Zoom
by Pat McCaughan | Mar 31, 2020
California’s March 19 shelter-in-place COVID-19 protection order has left students like Eric Filson, 13, of Upland, feeling “homesick for school.”...
IRIS continues ministry to refugees, immigrants and asylum-seekers during shutdown
by Meghan Taylor | Mar 31, 2020
Despite the current challenges our country is facing surrounding COVID-19, Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service (IRIS) remains dedicated to...
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