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Bishop Jim Curry, right, retired bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Connecticut, guides Washington Bishop Mariann Budde in hammering and shaping the metal of a former gun into a garden tool on Capitol Hill. Photo: David Deutsch [Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Jim Curry answered his phone Nov. 15 while driving his Toyota Highlander south down Interstate 95 toward Washington, D.C., with two colleagues on board. The vehicle was...

[Episcopal Diocese of Low Angeles] Elections were held at Diocesan Convention 2021, with delegates and clergy voting both in person and via the internet at the Diocese of Los Angeles’ first-ever hybrid convention, meeting on Nov. 13 in Riverside. Officers elected are: Director, Canterbury Irvine*Joyce Swaving Director, Canterbury USC*Catherine Wagar Canterbury Westwood*Artur Grigorian Commission on Ministry (clergy)The Rev. Kay...

Canon Melissa McCarthy moderates an online discussion among COP26 delegates from The Episcopal Church and interested Episcopalians on Nov. 11. Photo: Screenshot [The Episcopal News] Los Angeles Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy spent a week meeting virtually with national leaders like John Kerry, former U.S. senator and current special presidential envoy for climate, and with global activists, as part of Episcopal Church...

Flanked by Deacons Margaret McCauley and Dominique Piper (at left) and Archdeacon Laura Siriani (at right), Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce blesses the congregation at the end of the convention Eucharist – her last as bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles. Photo: Janet Kawamoto [The Episcopal News] As she prepares to take on a new role Dec. 1 as bishop provisional of the Diocese of West Missouri, Diane M. Jardine Bruce bid a...

The “triad” that has led the Diocese of Los Angeles since John Harvey Taylor (center) became bishop diocesan in December 2018 presides at convention for the last time as Bishop Diane M. Jardine Bruce (at right) prepares to take a new position as bishop provisional of the Kansas City-based Diocese of West Missouri. Canon to the Ordinary Melissa McCarthy is at left. Photo: Janet Kawamoto [The Episcopal News] Several hundred clergy and...