An Indian Rite Mass will be held at 2pm on January 19 at St. John's Cathedral, 514 W. Adams Blvd., in Los Angeles.
The Mass is to be in the tradition of Bede Griffiths and the Indian Rite of the Church of South India. The Mass will include Arati (the Service of Light) and Kirtan (congregational chanting of the Holy Names). Music will be provided by the Temple Bhajan Band. Spiritual leaders of the Los Angeles Hindu community will be honored guests.
This Mass will be hosted by the Bishop Diocesan J. Jon Bruno, who will take this opportunity to ask for deepening dialogue with the leaders of the Hindu community and offer an historic apology for the religious oppression that has been imposed on Hindu by many Christians.
The Diocesan Hindu-Episcopal Dialogue Group and the Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious Concerns and its chairperson, the Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord, are sponsoring this service.
Celebrant and homilist for the Mass will be the Rev. Karen MacQueen, who is an oblate of Shantivanam Ashram, a Camaldolese Benedictine community in India, made famous by its former prior, Bede Griffiths.
An Indian vegetarian meal will be served after the Mass. For more information, contact Robin Spearman at 213.747.6285.
