The Episcopal Diocese
of El Camino Real
B.V. Sargent House
154 Central Avenue
Salinas, CA 93901
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Mailing Address
PO Box 689
Salinas, CA 93902
Phone: (831) 394-4465
Email: info@realepiscopal.org
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Christmas is an open door Every year at Christmas, we listen to an old story; and each time, we are invited to…
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November 23, 2021 As we approach Thanksgiving Day, the diocesan staff and I are reminded of our gratitude to you all for…
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A day does not go by without a news story about how the Delta variant of COVID-19 is causing a rise in…
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Bishop Lucinda Ashby released the following statement this week regarding COVID-19 protocols. For more information, visit the COVID resources page. Dear People…
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We, the Episcopal Bishops of California, have watched the events of January 6th and following days with deep concern. As Christians we follow Jesus,…
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Dear people of El Camino Real, As we go toward this late stage on our Advent pilgrimage, I am reminded that this…
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November 6, 2020 Dear people of El Camino Real, This past Sunday, we celebrated the Feast of All Saints. The Feast commemorates…
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People who are suffering due to the wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic will benefit from emergency funds approved this week for the…
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The Bishop’s COVID-19 Fund has been expanded in response to the needs of communities impacted by the River, Carmel, Dolan, and Lightning…
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SEPTEMBER 11 UPDATE: People who are suffering due to the wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic will benefit from emergency funds approved this week…
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Read Bishop Lucinda Ashby’s May 23 statement on the status of in-person worship, and a Pastoral Letter from the Episcopal Bishops of…
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Bishop Lucinda Ashby delivers the latest message (below) from her home office between Zoom meetings. She continues a virtual visitation schedule with…
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Updated April 12 For the first time ever in its 40-year history, the Diocese of El Camino Real has joined together for…
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“El Camino Real, meet your new bishop!” With that joyful cry, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry introduced the Rt. Rev. Lucinda Beth Ashby…
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“The Hopes and Fears of all the Years are met in thee tonight.” This lyric from “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem” is…
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“A Call to Pilgrimage” was the theme of the annual diocesan convention, held Nov. 1-2 at Sherwood Hall in Salinas, although the…
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Everyone in the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real and the public is invited to a free art show on Sunday, October…
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All are invited to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Gilroy for a vigil liturgy on Friday evening, August 2, at 7 pm. Bishop Mary…
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“Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” Matthew 18:5 We, the bishops of the Episcopal Church in California, write…
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The fourth bishop of the Diocese of El Camino Real has a name: the Rev. Canon Lucinda Ashby. Canon Lucinda, Canon to…
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The Standing Committee is proud to announce the slate of candidates for the 4th bishop of The Diocese of El Camino Real. Read their biographies…
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The Rev. Kathey Crowe, a deacon in the Diocese of El Camino Real, is featured in a recent Episcopal News Service story about the “startling” problem…
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Nearly 100 diocesan clergy and lay leaders gathered on Saturday, January 12 for the Annual Leadership Summit, hosted by the Diocese of…
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This week the bishops of all six Episcopal dioceses in California issued the following message in cooperation with Episcopal Public Policy Network…
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The Rt. Rev. Rachel Treweek, bishop of the Diocese of Gloucester in England, our partner diocese across the pond, spent late November touring the Diocese…
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“You are beautiful.” Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves repeated this message again and again during her annual address during the 38th Convention of the Diocese of Camino Real on…
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A sanctuary is a place of refuge or safety. What it would mean for the Diocese of El Camino Real to become…
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This year’s 79th meeting of General Convention — the highest governing body of The Episcopal Church, meeting every three years and made…
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“Do good, do what is just, do what is kind, and you’ll be following Jesus.” – Presiding Bishop Michael Curry In mid-April,…
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