

Call to Convention 2025: Resilience & Renewal
Join us for the 130th Annual Meeting of Convention of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles: Resilience & Renewal on Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8, 2025 at the Riverside Convention Center at 3637 5th Street, Riverside 92501. This year’s Convention is an historic one as the...

Procedure for petitioning to be included on the slate of candidates for 8th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
To the Clergy and Laity of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Dear Friends, The Search Committee...

Bishop candidates meet-and-greet sessions set for Oct. 21-24
The Transitions Committee has scheduled six meet-and-greet gatherings the week of Oct. 20, when...

Bishop Search Committee calls for prayer, sets plan to announce election slate on Sept. 12
Now: Time to pray. Our discernment retreat with the candidates for bishop was exhilarating. Bishop...
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A main course of information about the liturgical Season of Creation was served up by the Bishop's Commission on Climate Change (BCCC) team at yesterday's Climate Kitchen meeting, along with ‘side dishes’ of creation care projects for inspiration, and a ‘recipe swap’...
John R. Shiner, chancellor emeritus, dies at 81
Diocesan Chancellor Emeritus John R. Shiner – lead attorney who represented the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles in litigation resulting in a unanimous and landmark decision by the California Supreme Court holding that local parish congregations may choose to leave...
Seeds of Hope and Ronald McDonald House Pasadena partner to bring healing through gardening
For families staying at Ronald McDonald House Pasadena, a home for families with critically-ill children, healing took root in the garden July 29, through a new partnership with Seeds of Hope. Seeds of Hope joined Ronald McDonald House to host an evening of hands-on...
The Rev. Canon George F. Woodward III, 70, dies in automobile accident in Mexico
The Rev. Canon George Frederick Woodward III -- rector since 2018 of St. Paul's Anglican Church in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and from 1995 to 2018 rector of St. Edmund's Church in San Marino -- died yesterday in an automobile accident while traveling from Mexico...
‘Praying for the Disappeared’: Orange County vigils protest U.S. treatment of immigrants
On a recent Thursday at noon, 20 or more “godmothers” gathered outside Newport Beach City Hall, pink bandanas tied around their necks, carrying signs proclaiming: “We are Women of Faith: Praying for the Disappeared.” Each Thursday, the women gather at a pre-determined...