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May 1, 1928 – August 5, 2010 The Rev. Canon Kenneth D. Higginbotham Sr., a longtime priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles, died Aug. 5 in Sarasota Fla., where he had retired. He was 82 and had recently been in ill health. He is survived by his wife, Ruth; sons Kenneth Jr., Paul, Stephen, […]
In West Jerusalem, an Anglican Church built in 1874 and shuttered for 62 years is finding new life as “a house of God for all, a center for bringing people together.” “This is our hope and our vision,” said Bishop Suheil Dawani, leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East, in a […]
Three worship services and lunchtime fellowship continue each Sunday as parishioners strive to make life “as normal as possible” amid cleanup after a June 25 fire that destroyed the sacristy and damaged the sanctuary of St. Gabriel’s Church in Monterey Park. The Rev. Peter Lo, rector, said that the 9 a.m. Cantonese, 10 a.m. English […]
Students at St. Mark’s School, Upland, are making it their business to send smiles to their counterparts in Haiti. The students, preschool through eighth grade, have collected more than 350 pairs of sunglasses and some 200 hand-knitted duduzu (comfort) dolls destined for students at their sister school, St. Andre, Trianon, in earthquake-torn Haiti. A group […]
The Reverend Canon L. Lynn Parker March 6, 1925 – April 15, 2010 Ruby Mitchell Parker d. March 23, 2010 The Rev. Canon L. Lynn Parker died on April 15, 2010 at age 85 after many months of illness, and following the death on March 23 of his wife, Ruby Mitchell Parker, who also had […]
May 21, 1924 – March 19, 2010 The Reverend Stuart Fitch, former rector of St. Mary’s Church, Lompoc (1968 to 1989), died on March 19. He was 86. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Fry Fitch; their children, Susan, Robert and Richard; a sister, Barbara Hildebrand of Manteca, California; and six grandchildren. A memorial service will […]
Irma “Babe” Story, a lifelong Episcopalian and member of St. Paul’s Church in Lancaster, who flew “widowmaker” planes during World War II, was honored for her service March 10 with a Congressional Gold Medal. Story, who was recognized for her service as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), was in Washington, D.C. […]
February 28, 1917 – February 28, 2010 The Rev. David Metsch Paisley, founding vicar of Prince of Peace Church, Woodland Hills, died on Sunday, February 28, 2010 (his 93rd birthday) at Kaiser Hospital in Woodland Hills. Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Mary Katherine (Kay), nee McCall; their children, Peter Paisley and Susie Blasman; […]
[Episcopal News Service] The National Association of Interchurch and Interfaith Families (NAIIF) has given its annual “World Interfaith Leader Award” to the Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord from the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, according to a news release from the organization. The Rev. Michael and Barbara Slater, NAIIF founders and co-chairs, said their panel of […]
January 7, 1917 – January 21, 2010 The Rev. Guy Wesley Howard, once rector of St. Simon’s Church, San Fernando, died on January 21. He was 93. Fr. Howard served the diocese in several other capacities, including as vicar of St. Martin in-the-Fields Church, Twentynine Palms, and St. Joseph of Arimathea Church, Yucca Valley (concurrently, […]
Members of Episcopal churches in the Diocese of Los Angeles continue to pray and raise funds for relief and recovery efforts in Haiti after a 7-magnitude earthquake destroyed much of the already-shaky infrastructure in the island nation’s capital city of Port-au-Prince. At Sunday services on Jan. 17, congregations all over the diocese issued pleas for […]
The Bishops and staff of the Diocese of Los Angeles join in thanksgiving for two gifted Westside rectors, Carol Anderson of All Saints’, Beverly Hills, and Hartshorn Murphy of St. Augustine’s, Santa Monica, and in wishing them both godspeed in new days of retirement. Beverly Hills parish salutes retiring rector Carol Anderson Parishioners and friends […]
