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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Bishop Lucinda has recorded a Christmas Message for 2022. Click the photo to watch the video.
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Dear Clergy and Wardens, Thank you for all that you are doing to prepare to greet guests and parish families during this…
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Bishop Lucinda has recorded an Advent Message for 2022. Click the photo to watch the video.
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Awakening to the news of the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs was painful and scary. Like probably many here, yesterday…
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July 19, 2022 Bishop Lucinda Ashby of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real brokered a very fruitful conversation yesterday between Dr.…
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has issued a pastoral statement about the shooting at St. Stephens in Alabama. Please click the link to…
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Dear Beloved of El Camino Real, Just a few minutes ago, we learned of another tragic school shooting, this time in Texas.…
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Don't miss our joyous Great Vigil of Easter, which premieres on the diocesan YouTube channel Saturday, April 16, at 6:00 pm. Congregations…
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Are you looking for some outdoor fun for your child(ren) this summer? Look no further than Camp Saint Andrews, the official camp…
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Episcopal Relief & Development continues to work with Anglican and ecumenical partners to provide aid to people displaced by the crisis in…
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In response to the Biden Administration’s announcement March 24 that the U.S. will admit 100,000 Ukrainians and others fleeing Russia, Episcopal Migration…
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Bishop Lucinda Ashby's long-awaited Seating of the Bishop service was held at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown San Jose on January 9,…
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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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Welcome to The Rev. Canon Martha Korienek, the new Canon to the Ordinary for the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real! Canon…
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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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Bishop Lucinda Ashby and the leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real have acknowledged with sadness the recent increase in…
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Bishop Lucinda Ashby sent the following message in response to the mass shooting today at the VTA light rail yard in downtown…
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The 51st Earth Day is Thursday, April 22. You might consider a Creation Care based service, educational event or activity as a…
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“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did…
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Don't miss our joyous Great Vigil of Easter, which premieres on the diocesan YouTube channel Saturday, April 3, at 6:00 pm. Congregations…
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Updated April 1: Bishop Lucinda Ashby and the diocesan staff have concluded "Tuesdays in Lent," a weekly noon prayer service streamed live…
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Updated with new deadline: The diocesan Episcopal Church Women "Honored Woman’s Day" is scheduled for Saturday, April 24. The event will be…
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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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