| Articles on this page are arranged by
date, most recent at the top of the page. Selected
articles from the November/December 2002 issue of
Scarfe elected Bishop of Iowa
The
Rev. Alan Scarfe, rector of St. Barnabas’ Church, Eagle Rock (Los Angeles), was
elected Nov. 1 on the second ballot as ninth diocesan bishop of the 150-year-old
Diocese of Iowa. Continue reading...
Mosque, temple, parish join forces to build house
Interfaith dialogue in
South Orange County is putting words into deeds.
BY PAT MCCAUGHAN
A
house has been built in Mexico for a deserving family, and a joint Bible-Koran
study group is underway among other projects taken up collaboratively by Mission
Viejo Mosque, Temple Beth El in Aliso Viejo, and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in
Laguna Beach. Continue reading...
Church, county unite to aid Riverside homeless
New center is
launched by All Saints’ Church, diocesan agency, local government
The
Institute for Urban Research and Development (IURD), an institution of the
Diocese of Los Angeles, has teamed with the Department of Public Social Services
of the County of Riverside to open Project ACHIEVE Riverside, which will help
homeless individuals and families leave life on the streets for permanent
housing and self-sufficiency. Continue reading...
Convention to honor chancellor Brad Clark
Bishop, diocese will
recognize legal advisor’s 35 years of service
BY RUTH NICASTRO
When
Bishop J. Jon Bruno brings down the gavel to open the Convention of the Diocese
of Los Angeles on Dec. 6, sitting to his left at the podium will be R. Bradbury
Clark in the seat he has occupied at every Convention since 1967 when he was
first appointed Chancellor of the Diocese. Continue
reading...
Kaleidoscope Project helps parish leaders see many colors
of ministry
San Bernardino
members reach out, reach in for understanding
BY PAT McCAUGHAN
Parish
leaders all know the frustration of being sidetracked at such places as Mt.
Obstacle, No-More-Money Marsh, Exclusivity Highway, Only-Your-Way River
—dead-ends along the way to effecting positive congregational growth and change.
Continue reading...
Peace-making in the face of war, terror
George Regas launches
organization of Christians, Muslims, Jews after Sept. 11 attacks
BY PAT McCAUGHAN
George
Regas, rector emeritus of All Saints’, Pasadena, who has been making peace since
Vietnam and the 1960s, is at it again. This latest effort, the Interfaith
Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP), sponsored an Oct. 13 “Peace
Conference: on the Immoral and Illegal U.S. War Against Iraq” at Loyola
Marymount attended by 700. Continue reading...
Bishop names four new canons at
Cathedral Center reception
At an
afternoon reception honoring the honorary Canons of the Cathedral Center, Bishop
Jon Bruno announced that their ranks would be increased by four.
Continue reading...
Meeting of diocesan ECW to focus on ‘Prayer’
Author, ‘Hands in Healing’
traveler to address February assembly in Pomona
“Prayer” will be the theme when the Episcopal Church Women of the diocese
assemble on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-22, 2003, for their 108th annual
meeting. Continue reading...
The
Episcopal News welcomes new Editorial Board chair Edmonde Haddad
Edmonde Haddad, a parishioner at St. Bede’s Church, Los Angeles, and longtime
member of the diocesan Program Group on Communications and Public Affairs, has
been named chair of the Editorial Board of The Episcopal News.
Continue reading... Selected
articles from the August/September issue of
104th
Archbishop of Canterbury named
Rowan Williams cites 'enormous trust placed in my hands'
Cheers,
prayers of thanksgiving and some voices of alarm greeted the announcement by the
office of Great Britian’s prime minister on Tuesday, July 23, that the Most Rev.
Rowan Williams, 52, Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Monmouth, will succeed Dr.
George Carey as 104th Archbishop of Canter-bury, ending speculation that began
in January when Dr. Carey announced that he would retire on October 31 of this
year. continue reading...
Mexico City’s Bishop
Sergio Carranza set
to serve L. A. diocese
The
Rt. Rev. Sergio Carranza, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Mexico, has accepted
an invitation from Bishop J. Jon Bruno to begin a new ministry as a Bishop
Assistant in the Diocese of Los Angeles beginning Jan. 1, 2003, Bishop Bruno
announced July 30.
Credit
Union checks in with new services
Financial Institution begins issuing checking accounts
BY JANET KAWAMOTO
With
debit cards and automated banking services soon to follow, the Episcopal
Community Federal Credit Union of Los Angeles has begun offering checking
accounts to its members. continue reading...
Competence urged in stewardship
Bishops to help congregations
bolster giving
New resources designed for local consultations, Convention
BY BOB WILLIAMS
In
a new effort to assist congregations in heightening stewardship and reaching
Mission Share Fund giving levels established by Diocesan Convention, Bishop Jon
Bruno has developed new resources that he plans to discuss personally with
vestries, bishops committees and Diocesan Convention.
continue reading...
Well
Done, Well Child Center!
St. John’s Well Child Center identifies 4-year-old missing
from Echo Park where Cathedral Center community kept watch
Savvy
staff members at St. John’s Well Child Center brought relief to the Southland
and the nation on Aug. 13 when they skillfully identified a child brought to
their clinic as Jessica Cortez, the 4-year-old who two days earlier was reported
missing in Echo Park—where Cathedral Center community members joined an “Amber
Alert” search for the girl even as divers combed Echo Park Lake for any trace of
her. continue reading...
Richards brings
experience to role as pastor to clergy
BY JANET KAWAMOTO
Pastoral
care has always been the focus of ministry for the Rev. Canon M. Gregory
Richards, recently appointed by Los Angeles Bishop J. Jon Bruno as pastor to
clergy of the diocese. continue reading...
October
Tomorrow’s Woman Conference will explore ‘Living Under the Influence’
Episcopal
Church Women will consider the effects of the modern world at the annual
Tomorrow’s Woman conference, with the theme “Living Under the Influence” of
culture, church and ministry. The event will take place on Oct. 12 at St.
Edmund’s Church, San Marino, 9am-3.30pm. continue
reading...
Nominations open for
diocesan offices
Nominations
are now open for diocesan officers to be elected at the 107th Annual Meeting of
Diocesan Convention Dec. 6-7 at Riverside Convention Center. Thursday, Oct. 24,
is the filing deadline for candidates to be listed in the November
pre-Convention issue of The Episcopal News.
continue reading...
Interfaith
conference: ‘We can live without’ death penalty
BY PAT McCAUGHAN
Pat
Clark envisions a world free of the death penalty. But that goal will not be
achieved without more advocacy by faith communities, she told about 90 people
who attended “The Death Penalty: We Can Live Without It,” an interfaith
conference held at L. A.’s Cathedral Center on April 20.
continue reading...
Pilgrims work, teach, learn with Lakota First Nation
Group from L.A. finds
hospitality and hard work on trip to
South Dakota reservation
BY JANET KAWAMOTO
The village of Red Shirt, population 150, is the most isolated enclave on
the Pine Ridge Reservation, home of the Lakota First Nation people. Located
near the Black Hills in southwest South Dakota near the Nebraska border, the
reservation is one of the poorest areas of the United States, with over 75%
unemployment, high rates of alcoholism and drug abuse, and only limited
electricity and other services. Red Shirt is some 30 miles from the next
village. continue reading...
Selected
articles from the June/July issue of
appear below
The Surprise of Abundance
BY MICHELLE DE LA
ROSA
Close
to the core of that which we call abundant seems to me to be an element of
surprise. Abundance seems to reveal itself in what is unexpected. I have thought
about this word a great deal lately, within a variety of contexts; the
unexpected link between them came to me in the form of surprise.
Continue reading...
Editorial
BY BOB WILLIAMS
You know the cup: the one that
overflows because it has been filled beyond capacity by the Generous Host
extolled in Psalm 23. There is a fullness about this cup which resonates not
only with each celebration of eucharistic bread and wine made holy, but also
with the spirit of Christ, whose first recorded miracle was the transformation
of jars of water into more than enough wine for an entire wedding feast.
Continue reading...
Summertime in the great outdoors . . .
in a golden year at Camp Stevens in Julian . . .
Camp
Stevens will mark its 50th anniversary this year with a celebration on Saturday,
Aug. 24, 11am-4pm, at the close of its final summer session. The Program Group
on Camping and camp staff invite Episcopalians from the dioceses of Los Angeles
and San Diego—joint owners of Camp Stevens—to attend the event.
Continue reading...
. . . and at Camp Wrightwood in the Angeles National
Forest
Critters that crawl,
the adventures of Aslan the Lion, Christian unity, and the wonders of God’s
creation are among the topics that campers will explore this summer at
Wrightwood Camp and Conference Center, an institution of the Diocese of Los
Angeles. Continue reading...
Bomb shakes Sri Lankan bishop’s home, but not his resolve
for unity
BY PAT McCAUGHAN
Someone
was unhappy with the Rt. Rev. Kenneth Fernando’s efforts at reconciling the
warring ethnic and religious factions in his native Sri Lanka— unhappy enough to
lob a bomb at the bishop’s home one night. Continue
reading...
THE MORAL AND THEOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF SECESSION
A STATEMENT BY
THE COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS LEADERSOF GREATER LOS ANGELES
06/26/2002
Welsh Primate
to Lead Anglican Communion
PHOTO FILE: The touring
Winchester Cathedral Choir performed at 4pm on Sunday, April 21 at All
Saints’ Church in Beverly Hills
05/08/2002
Headmistress Reports on
Ramallah School Status
05/01/2002
Episcopal churches damaged when powerful tornado hits
Maryland
04/26/2002
Trinity Institute seeks understanding at Ground Zero
04/23/2002 Mideast Update:
Jerusalem Bishop Details
Horrors of Current Situation in West Bank
04/04/2002
Court Case Could Eliminate Housing
Allowance for Clergy
03/19/2002
Bishops meet in climate of reconciliation at Texas retreat
center
03/06/2002
National Survey Puts Youth, Spiritual Growth as Top
Priorities
02/28/2002
National religious revival on its way,
according to pollster (and Episcopalian) Gallup
02/19/2002
Pasadena, New York City sites
for Feb. 19 teleconference on
waging reconciliation in Holy Land
02/12/2002
20/20 Strategy Group moves beyond mere numbers
01/11/2002
Ministry
at Ground
Zero
01/10/2002
Bruno cites FACTS of mission for his episcopacy
01/10/2002
Bishop provided impetus for action
01/10/2002
Diocesan Convention 2001
01/01/2002
Anglican leaders, press react to Carey’s retirement
amid speculation about who his successor will be
EPISCOPAL NEWS SERVICE
In the first week after George Carey's announcement that he will retire as
Archbishop of Canterbury in the fall of 2002, praise for his 11-year term
alternated with speculation about his successor. |
