As we continue to respond to this moment of unprecedented challenge with horrific ICE raids kidnapping our neighbors and the uninvited arrival of federal troops in our streets, All Saints remains committed to offering opportunities to engage in actions you can take to be the change we want to see in the world.

This page is offered as a place to connect with opportunities for engagement, to find information about upcoming rallies, protests and vigils, and to find spiritual resources to sustain us in the struggle.

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Faith in Action Opportunities:
Good Trouble Lives On: Memorial Park, Pasadena (5pm Thursday, July 17)
Part of a national day of nonviolent action calling for a moral reckoning and standing against the attacks on civil and human rights by the current administration. Susan Russell will be one of the event speakers.

Revolutionary Non-Violent Activism Training
“Skill Up” series sponsored by CLUE (Clergy United for Economic Justice)

Weekly Prayer Vigil for Those Disappeared by ICE
Every Tuesday at the L.A. Federal Building

Resource Links:
Sacred Resistance Website
CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights)

How to Help by Giving:

On Friday, June 6, fourteen beloved members of our wider church family were unjustly detained as part of the raids that wreaked havoc and terror throughout Los Angeles communities, targeting working-class, immigrant families at work, school, and home. These actions, and the level of militarization involved, are unconscionable. The church members detained, as far as we know, have been quickly transferred to various detention centers in Southern California.

The immediate need is for funds to ensure that we can secure rapid and adequate legal representation for all impacted. It is estimated that legal assistance will cost approximately $2000 per family, so please consider making a special donation to help cover legal fees of these individuals in our wider Episcopal Church community who have been detained by ICE donating to the Sacred Resistance Fund here which is coordinating the support. Join us as we stand on the side of the loving and liberating Jesus who calls us to be justice-seekers and peacemakers in the face of state violence and oppression.

Please stay connected as we react and reflect on rapidly unfolding events. We will provide updates on ways for the parish and the community-at-large to engage with and provide support for the disenfranchised among us. If you need further information, please call 626.796.1172 and our front desk will direct your call. Thank you for your commitment to justice and peace.

Finally, let us never forget we have the Spirit as a partner in all we do.

A Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe in a time of Fear and Injustice

Mother of Compassion, who stands in light with the God of All Creation,
we lift our prayers to you in this time of fear, displacement, and unrest.
You who revealed yourself to Juan Diego
as a sign of hope for the poor and oppressed,
draw near to us now.

We pray especially for our siblings in the Los Angeles community
who live under the shadow of ICE raids,
for families torn apart, for those in hiding,
and for those whose sleep is restless and whose peace feels out of reach.
Shelter them beneath your mantle of mercy.

Holy Mother,
you who know the pain of exile and the courage of resistance,
be a steadfast presence to those who are afraid.
Inspire us, your people, to stand in solidarity,
to work for justice,
and to be instruments of peace in a broken world.

Grant us the grace to see Christ in the faces of the vulnerable,
and to respond not with fear, but with fierce love and unwavering faith.
All this we ask
through your Son, Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with the Creator and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.