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.

Why an African American Hymnal? 

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

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.

The Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany

Meet our 2023 Vestry Candidates.

The Third Sunday After the Epiphany

The Second Sunday After the Epiphany

The Baptism of Our Lord

The Feast of the Holy Name

Holiday Services