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Episcopal News Weekly Scan to subscribe to The Episcopal News WWW.EPISCOPALNEWS.COM SERVING THE SIX-COUNTY DIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES AUGUST 23, 2015 Pilgrims honor Jonathan Daniels 50 years after 1965 martyrdom early 50 years after Jonathan Daniels was killed by a special deputy from NLowndes County, Alabama, pilgrims came to Hayneville Aug. 15 to remember the seminarian’s martyrdom. Some 1,500 people from across the Epis- copal Church and elsewhere walked the path that Daniels, 26, Richard Morrisroe, also 26, Thelma Bailey, 19, and Ruby Sales, 17, took on Aug. 20, 1965, the day Daniels died step- ping in front of a shotgun aimed at Sales.

PHOTOS / ELLEN HUDSON, DIOCESE OF ALABAMA DIOCESE OF PHOTOS / ELLEN HUDSON, Morrisroe, who was a newly ordained Roman Remembering Jonathan Daniels: Pilgrims kneel in prayer at the site where Catholic priest and was seriously wounded Episcopal seminarian Jonathan Daniels was killed in 1965 when he pushed a fellow civil rights worker, that day, returned to Hayneville for the event. 17-year-old Ruby Sales, out of the way of a shotgun blast and was killed in her stead. Below left: Presiding The pilgrimage, which began at the Bishop-elect Michael Curry, who preached at the Eucharist that concluded the pilgrimage, assists Richard Lowndes County Courthouse, included stops Morrisroe during the pilgrimage. Morrisroe, a Roman Catholic priest, was seriously wounded by the same at the jailhouse where Daniels and others gunman who killed Daniels, but later recovered. Below right: The site of the store from which the deputy were held for six days, readings about Dan- shot Daniels and Morrisroe was designated during the pilgrimage as an Alabama state historical landmark. iels’ life, prayers and the dedication of an Alabama historical marker at the site where Daniels was murdered. The pilgrims then returned to the court- room where Daniels’ killer, special deputy Thomas Coleman, was found innocent of a manslaughter charge. Pilgrims packed the courtroom. The judge’s bench served as the altar where Diocese of Alabama Bishop John McKee Sloan presided at the Eucharist. Two large tents pitched on the courthouse lawn sheltered others who watched on large televi- sion screens. “We are not here because we think good thoughts, or simply because we are nice peo- ple, although we are. We are here because we who have been baptized ... were consecrated to Online bishop coadjutor survey open to end of August radical discipleship, into the Jesus movement he Bishop Coadjutor Search Committee chair of the search committee, the survey is to change this world,” said Presiding Bishop- Tof the Diocese of Los Angeles has created meant for those who were not able to attend elect Michael Curry during his sermon. “The an online survey to continue the “listening a listening session. Comments made by those same movement that called Jonathan, and process” that began earlier this summer with who did attend have already been noted, and Mary, Queen Esther, Moses, Abraham and a series of meetings throughout the diocese. do not need to be repeated, he said. Sarah and Hagar, the same movement that The survey — available in English and Span- To take the survey in English, visit the moved the world into being.” ? ish — asks six questions that also were asked search committee web page at www.ladiocese. — From an Episcopal News Service story at the listening sessions. org/coadjutorsearch.html. The survey will re- by Mary Frances Schjonberg; read more about According to the Rev. Canon Julian Bull, main available throughout August. ? Daniels at episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens. FROM THE BISHOPS

for community investment such as a coalition Black economic realities matter, too of religious leaders is doing in South Los An- By J. Jon Bruno geles, in part through the new Neighborhood Good Alliance. There we are working togeth- he statistics are disturbing: “The black- August 18, 2015, by the federal Board of La- er to bring afterschool tutoring and enrich- white wealth gap has reached a 24-year bor Statistics,3 the unemployment rate among ment programs to two church sites, one near Thigh,” the Huffington Post reports.1 black teens is 28.7%, essentially the same as the historic Watts towers, and the other near “The median wealth of black households the 29% rate in 1965, the year of the Watts Jordan High School and the Jordan Downs dropped an astonishing 34 percent from 2010 Revolt, and just after President Johnson’s dec- housing complex. The seeds we are planting to 2013, according to Pew’s analysis of Fed- laration of the War on Poverty. Meanwhile, in will create four part-time jobs and begin the eral Reserve data. That of white households 1965 there were some 27,000 black persons wider work of creating a new path to college grew slightly over the same period. In dol- in state and federal correctional facilities, but and career readiness for deserving urban el- ementary and secondary school students, a first step to increased economic advance- Clearly, poverty continues to hold too ment. In the process, we are restoring com- munication between networks of clergy and many of our sisters and brothers in a lay leaders, bringing together partnerships from across the city to encourage and support vice-grip of limited opportunities. long-standing service providers in South Los Angeles. Watch for Neighborhood Good’s lars, that meant the median white household today nearly 1 back-to-school appeal in the coming weeks as was worth $141,900, while the median black million are so together we unite to address economic issues household was worth just $11,000. Wealth imprisoned.4 that matter deeply. ? was defined here as the difference between Clearly, poverty continues to hold too many the value of the household’s assets — like a of our sisters and brothers in a vice-grip of 1 Kaufman, Alexander C., “Black-White Wealth Gap Has house and stocks — and its liabilities.” limited opportunities, and very little progress Reached 24-Year High,” The Huffington Post, Dec. 12, 2014. Likewise, Forbes magazine reports:2 “The has been made to increase jobs, education and 2 Shin, Laura, “The Racial Wealth Gap: Why A Typical White typical black household now has just 6% of social services as identified in the McCone Re- Household Has 16 Times the Wealth Of A Black One,” Forbes, the wealth of the typical white household; the port that followed the Watts Revolt of August March 26, 2015. typical Latino household has just 8%, accord- 1965. How can we remedy this situation, and ing to a recent study called The Racial Wealth what kind of world will we create for the next 3 United States Board of Labor Statistics, “Employment and Unemployment Among Youth Summary – Summer 2015,” Gap: Why Policy Matters, by Demos, a pub- 50 years? As Dr. King said, “Our goal is to table A-2 cited in news release of Aug. 18, 2015. lic policy organization promoting democracy create a beloved community, and this will re- and equality, and the Institute on Assets and quire a qualitative change in our souls as well 4 United States Department of Justice, “Race of Prisoners Admitted to State and Federal Prisons 1926-1986,” by Patrick Social Policy.” as a quantitative change in our lives.” A. Langan, published May 1991, and NAACP Criminal Justice According to most recent figures released Achieving that change involves partnering Fact Sheet, www.naacp.org. AROUND THE DIOCESE

—SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 — 6 p.m. Jazz on the Patio Conciliation process to begin St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church 280 Royal Avenue, Simi Valley A message to the diocesan community Information: 805.526.5141 he coming fall season will bring a peri- tion Sole in regard to the future of property — WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 — Tod of prayerful reflection and consulta- in Newport Beach. Under the canons (Title 7 p.m. Screening: The Salt of the Earth tion regarding mission and ministry in the IV.10, as found in IV.6.Sec.8b), the reference Church of the Messiah south coastal Orange County region of the panel of three bishops, including the Presid- 614 N. Bush Street, Santa Ana 92701 Diocese of Los Angeles. In this area we are ing Bishop, has determined that, of the op- Information: 714.543.9389 approaching a new strategic building plan tions available to it, a conciliation process — SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 — in Costa Mesa and the beginning of at least will be initiated. Both those who filed the 9 a.m. Year-round Stewardship Seminar one rector search process, as well as the complaint and I await appointment of the Cathedral Center of St. Paul much-publicized property-related issues in conciliator and further information as to 840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles Newport Beach. Each of these matters will how this process will unfold. The canons Information/Reservations: [email protected] engage our attention for many months of call for all parties to demonstrate confiden- the coming year. tiality, and being mindful of that I will keep More listings are at www.ladiocese.org. Select you apprised of the process as I am able and “Calendar” on the navigation bar. In accordance with the canons, the Pre- as is appropriate. THE VOLUME 4, NUMBER 33 siding Bishop’s Office has processed a com- Weekly plaint that was filed by some who disagree Together in Christ, Episcopal News with the decisions I have made as Corpora- Bishop J. Jon Bruno ? Editor: Janet Kawamoto, [email protected] Advertising: Bob Williams, [email protected]