Weekly Update | March 30, 2025
Interim Dean and Priest-in-Charge's Note
This Sunday, on the fourth Sunday in Lent and Laetare Sunday, we welcome Canon Melissa McCarthy as our special guest preacher at both 8am and 10am, and we will commission the Vestry and Wardens of St. John’s Cathedral during the 10am service. Canon Melissa McCarthy is the Canon to the Ordinary for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, which is a position that she has held since May 2017.
When announced that Canon Melissa would serve with diocesan leadership, she shared, “I hold in common the desire to be servant leaders, grounded in prayer, with relationships of love and grace as central to this collective ministry to which we bring our different gifts and skills. Our hearts are hungry to empower collaborative, creative and prophetic ministry across the diocese.”
This was certainly the experience of the Vestry and staff of St. John’s felt when she led a retreat for us last year on the vision, mission and values that we have adopted as a Cathedral.
Join us, and let us celebrate and rejoice with grateful hearts on this Laetare Sunday.
