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Under the theme “Rise with Pride,” more than 60 people from across the Diocese of Los Angeles joined the L.A. Pride celebration June 14, including a pre-parade service of Holy Eucharist celebrated by Bishop-elect Antonio J. Gallardo L. “We’re walking together as a community remembering who we are, where we come from, and the God […]
The 10 a.m. choral Eucharist on Sunday, June 28, at All Saints’ Church in Beverly Hills will bring to a close 38 years of ministry there by its veteran music director, Canon Dr. Craig Phillips, an acclaimed composer of choral and organ works. To honor his legacy, the parish has established an endowment fund, the […]
Bishop John Harvey Taylor named Geoffrey Claflin Rusack – an active lay member of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles whose father, the Rt. Rev. Robert C. Rusack, was its fourth bishop – an honorary canon of the diocese on June 14. Taylor presented the canon’s cross and certificate during his Sunday visitation to All […]
Gifts, tributes, gratitude, and “bumper stickers, miracles and farewells” framed the June 11, 2026, hybrid meeting of Diocesan Council, chaired a final time by Bishop John Harvey Taylor, and held both online and in-person at St. Paul’s Commons. Council also heard positive reports from: Canon Dan Valdez, interim treasurer; Grace Wakelee-Lynch, diocesan missioner for disaster […]
Knowing he had limited time left, artist Steve O’Loughlin wanted to cement his legacy by completing the masterwork that he had painted in phases over the years at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Westchester. Based on his Celtic-inspired designs, artisans that the cancer-stricken O’Loughlin had commissioned in his final days went to work on church’s […]
MAR VISTA — Neighborhood Youth Association (NYA) marked its 43rd Annual Scholarship Celebration on Saturday, June 6, awarding more than $55,000 to college students and recognizing milestones in diocesan leadership at an event hosted by St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Mar Vista. During the celebration, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles’ Bishop-elect Antonio J. Gallardo […]
The Rev. Carri Patterson Grindon ’82, rector of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Altadena, received Occidental College’s 2026 Alumna of the Year honor during the college’s Alumni Seal Awards ceremony on June 6. Occidental’s Alumni Seal Awards, established in 1965, recognize alumni for distinguished professional and community service. The Alumna of the Year recognition highlighted […]
Festive watch parties scheduled across the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday, July 11, will offer livestream video coverage of the ordination and consecration of the Rev. Dr. Antonio José Gallardo Lucena as its 8th bishop in 1o a.m. rites at All Saints Church in Pasadena. Because seating at All Saints is limited […]
The vestry of St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles, has elected the Rev. Anne Sawyer as dean, Bishop John Harvey Taylor announced in a May 21 message welcoming the vote and confirming his approval. “Dean Sawyer’s leadership has been a blessing and revelation – as a pastor during a time of transition, a prophet of the […]
Recognizing Bishop John Harvey Taylor’s decade-long “prophetic leadership” in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and beyond, Claremont School of Theology (CST) awarded him an honorary doctorate of divinity May 19 during commencement exercises at Westwood United Methodist Church near UCLA. CST’s co-presidents, retired United Methodist Church Bishop Grant Hagiya and Dr. Jeffrey Kuan, conferred […]
Christopher Caruso-Lynch — an accomplished conductor and organist who is currently artist-in-residence at Madeleine Choir School in Salt Lake City — has been named director of music at L.A.’s St. James’ in-the- City, the Wilshire Center parish announced May 19. “I am so very thrilled to announce that Christopher Caruso-Lynch has accepted this position and will […]
Bishop-elect Antonio José Gallardo Lucena addressed Diocesan Council May 14, offering a preview of first-year priorities to follow his July 11, 2026, consecration, including strategic planning, developing strong communications and relationships, creating new connections, strengthening existing ones, and preparing the 2027 budget. “My first official meeting was at clergy conference, where I met with clergy […]
