Easter is around the corner! Spring has arrived, as rains continue to replenish water reserves. Perhaps this year, we are being reminded of the cycle of life in ways that are beyond our control. The gift of life, and bounties of creation.

Dear Friends in Christ, Thank you for the warm welcome as your Interim Dean and Priest in Charge.

Join us for Holy Week! Our first service is Sunday, April 2nd.

Dear Friends in Christ, Greetings! I am so looking forward to our time together at St. John’s Cathedral, meeting all of you and hearing your stories.

As senior warden I'd like to take a moment to say how thankful I am for the ministries of Mo. Lyn and Deacon Margaret.

When I was asked to write an article about Black Episcopalians and our place in the kingdom of God and our role in bringing the kingdom of God, I immediately thought of this work by Kara Walker because in understanding how we have come to be Black Episcopalians in America I believe we must first understand how we got here, not just to our nation's shores, but how we have arrived at this place in time.

The vestry appointed Heather Ward to serve a one year term to fill a vacancy and elected Avie Kimbell to be our new junior warden. Thanks to both for their service to St. John’s and thanks to Michael Tracy who just completed his term.

Happy Black History Month! We are enjoying an informative and celebratory series of events. Thank you to the members of the Black History Committee chaired by Canon Earl Mounger.

During the past few weeks I have been what I’ll call spiritually busy. My focus was the rare and dynamic and dedicated lives of Reverend Absalom Jones and his lifelong spiritual colleague and friend, Reverend Richard Allen. For purposes here, I will concentrate on Reverend Jones.Reverend Jones was attracted to the Episcopal Church where in 1802 he became its first African American priest.What I will explore here is some ways in which in 2023 St. John’s Cathedral can make some aspect of the Jones legacy a viable and ongoing part of St. John’s Cathedral life.

St. John's Cathedral proudly celebrates a long history of Black African-American and Caribbean identity here in Los Angeles. It is especially fitting that we embrace Black History month as a spiritual community. Part of the way we express that identity every year in February is through our music.

St. John’s Cathedral proudly celebrates a long history of Black African-American and Caribbean identity here in Los Angeles.

Why an African American Hymnal? 

The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord

Welcome to St. John’s Celebration of African American History Month, we are celebrating our history because Absalom Jones who resisted segregation when he and other Blacks were asked to sit in a segregated section of his church after the White members became uncomfortable with the growing number of Blacks in the congregation of the church.

Meet our 2023 Vestry Candidates.

The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany

The Third Sunday After the Epiphany

The Second Sunday After the Epiphany

The Baptism of Our Lord

The Feast of the Holy Name

Click to read our parish-wide updates for Winter 2022.

Holiday Services

Join us for these holiday services!

Holiday Services

Holiday Services

Prepare your heart for the season of Christmas.

Think of the music, the candles, the smells and the sights of our Church adorned to proclaim the birth of our Savior into the world.

In a recent sermon Mother Lyn used one of my favorite mottoes: the attitude of gratitude.I believe that I have never met a committed disciple of Jesus who was not full of gratitude and thanksgiving.

The twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost.

The twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost.

The twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost.

The twentieth Sunday after Pentecost.

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The nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost.

This four week series will explore a way to practice the Presence that fits into the very busy lives we all lead.

Why bother to go to church? Clearly many people choose not to worship, and they have avariety of reasons for their choice.

Over a billion people around the world watched the funeral for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II last week, burial services firmly rooted in the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer.

I have just begun my time with you as Bishop-in-Charge, a position that is both a pleasure and an honor for me to hold. I thank you and Bishop Taylor for this opportunity.

We are off and running! The public schools and universities have opened their doors to welcome a new program year.

The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Every year the Cathedral has given emphasis to creation.

Dear St. John's community:This is our final weekly Dean's Note

At the Vestry meeting this week, we shared the good news that the Corporation of the Diocese gave its approval to our development plan.

During these weeks of summer, the liturgical cycle is typically simpler and focuses on the sequential reading of the Gospel stories of Jesus' mission in the world, this year from the Gospel of Luke.

As many of you know, the Bishops of the Anglican Communion meet every 10 years in Canterbury England for the Lambeth Conference.

A week from this Sunday, the lectionary appoints a reading from the 11th chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews.

Find Your Next Summer Read at St. John's!

Thursday, Los Angeles County director of public Health Barbara Ferrer noted that due to the rise in cases of the new Covid variant BA-5, an indoor mask mandate is scheduled to return on July 29.

This Sunday we launch our 2022 Adult Vacation Bible School with a focus on John's Gospel.

As we enter this Fourth of July weekend, please explore our Cathedral Life Summer 2022 newsletter.

As we come to the final months of our ministry at St. John's, we wanted to give you an update and the details for the months ahead.

The summer of 1969 was a significant moment in American culture.

Like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, every Christian is called to a life of transformation, to more clearly reflect the image of the risen Jesus.

Sunday July 10 through August 14

Three of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all mention that on the night before he died, Jesus took bread, blessed it, shared it with his disciples and said, "this is my body."

Every Christian is called to a life of transformation, to more clearly reflect the image of Jesus.

The Gospel of Luke is the first volume of a two book series, the Acts of the Apostles being the Second.

The murder of 19 students and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas this week is one expression of the culture of death and violence in our nation.

The days between the Feast of the Ascension and Pentecost are traditionally days of prayer for the Holy Spirit to empower our lives.

Next Sunday, we return to our weekly Christian Education program.

The earliest Christians proclaimed their experience of new life in Christ in an empire that didn't share their values.

Mothers day, this Sunday, is often a day many women celebrate with their families and children.

St. John's has the gift of being a cross-cultural community.

Rewatch all of our Holy Week Services by clicking the playlist below!

Join us this weekend as we continue to celebrate Holy Week and Easter Day!

Holy Week at St. John's is the center of our liturgical and community life.

After two years of not meeting physically, we will finally be able to come together in person for Holy Week.

On April 4 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a landmark speech not only opposing the war then raging in Vietnam, but connecting calls for peace to the need to respect the dignity of every human being, particularly the people of Vietnam who suffered as the victims of that war.

As we approach the third week of Lent, we also get closer to Jesus' journey to Jerusalem and to the cross.

As we enter deeper into the Season of Lenten and our focus turns toward Jesus' journey to Jerusalem, to suffering, and death, the cross becomes a central focus of the church's liturgy.

Come join us in our Lenten Book Study on Zoom each Thursday evening following Evening Prayer.

Walking the Stations of the Cross is a time-honored pilgrimage during Lent.

Every year on the First Sunday in Lent we hear one of the account's of Jesus' wilderness experience.

During Lent, in addition to the various opportunities for prayer and study at st. John's, check out these other online offerings:

The County of Los Angeles has lifted its mask mandate for indoor public spaces for those who are fully vaccinated

We publish this edition of Cathedral Life just as we are about to enter Lent.

This Sunday we come to the culmination of our Epiphany Season as we hear the story of Jesus' transfiguration from Luke's Gospel and prepare for our Lenten journey.

The weeks leading up to Lent have traditionally formed a short season.

What does Absalom Jones have to do with renewing your marriage vows?

This class will help in your understanding of the Christian message especially as we experience it in the Episcopal Church.

This week marks the 97th anniversary of the dedication of our church building.

All members in good standing of the congregation are invited to attend.

Last Sunday we heard a reading from the Book of Nehemiah read in the liturgy.

Every year at St. John's Cathedral we offer an opportunity for a basic class in Christianity seen through the lens of the Anglican tradition.

Take a deep dive into the Gospel of Luke, who we read throughout this liturgical year in our Sunday masses.

When Jesus begins his public ministry, as Luke tells the story, he goes to his hometown of Nazareth and attends the sabbath service in the synagogue and reads from the Prophet Isaiah.

At St. John's we are not engaging in a particular day of service, but engaging in a way of service in our community through serving particular neighbors in our particular community.

On Wednesday our nation remembered the one year anniversary of a very dark day in our democracy, the insurrection at the Capitol in Washington DC.

As we reflect on the challenges we have faced in 2021, we can come to this new year with hope.

Once again, the Covid-19 omicron variant challenges us as new cases in our city and county rise exponentially.

As we begin our celebration of Christmas, Covid has taken another turn with the Omicron variant moving through the population.

We invite you to come to our Christmas services at St. John's Cathedral.

Come explore the Old Testament readings for each Sunday.

Eleanor Farjeon’s poem reminds us that Advent is a spiritual preparation for Christmas which includes making our homes fair as we are able for the celebration – that is true also of our church home.

This Sunday the Church invites us to rejoice because the Lord is near.

Eleanor Farjeon’s poem reminds us that Advent is a spiritual preparation for Christmas which includes making our homes fair as we are able for the celebration – that is true also of our church home.

“Keep awake!” Jesus tells us, as if we could possibly let ourselves sleep right now.