Old Catholic Union of the West

Old Catholic Union of the West A fully-affirming autocephalous liturgical Church in the Old Catholic tradition. All are welcome!

The Old Catholic Union of the West joins people of faith and goodwill in expressing shock and sadness following today’s ...
05/19/2026

The Old Catholic Union of the West joins people of faith and goodwill in expressing shock and sadness following today’s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.

We stand in solidarity with our Muslim siblings during this painful moment. Violence directed toward any faith community wounds all of us and strikes at the dignity and safety every person deserves.

As a faith community here in Southern California, we offer our prayers for the injured, for the congregation, and for all who are grieving or fearful tonight. We also give thanks for the first responders and community members who acted quickly in the midst of crisis.

Hatred and violence must never have the final word. May we continue to stand together as neighbors, united in compassion, peace, and care for one another.

One year ago today, the Church welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV.In this first year of his papacy, many have been mo...
05/08/2026

One year ago today, the Church welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV.

In this first year of his papacy, many have been moved by his reminders that the Church must remain open to all, rooted in mercy, and guided by love. We give thanks for his witness of compassion, humility, and care for those too often left at the margins.

Please join us in praying for the Holy Father. Ad multos annos!

While we have made statements condemning the war in Iran, it is not enough to speak. We are also called to pray.Prayer i...
04/15/2026

While we have made statements condemning the war in Iran, it is not enough to speak. We are also called to pray.

Prayer is not passive. It is a refusal to accept violence as inevitable. It is a way of placing ourselves, and our world, back into the hands of God when everything around us pushes toward fear, retaliation, and destruction.

We are called to pray continually, as we are able, not as an escape from reality, but as a way of confronting it with hope.

I invite you to pray with me:

God of Peace, pour out your Spirit over your world.

Cover her with the wings of your presence, so that all may know safety and rest.

Disrupt the cycles of violence we have come to accept.

Turn the hearts and minds of those who choose war, that they may walk in the way of peace.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

04/14/2026

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Not the loudest voices. Not the ones who win arguments. Not the ones who escalate conflict for the sake of power or optics. The peacemakers.

In moments like this, that beatitude isn’t abstract. It becomes a real question for us: who is actually working toward peace, and who is stirring division?

The Church does not take positions on specific criminal penalties or the mechanics of how governments enforce the law. That’s not our lane.

What we do insist on is this: every person is made in the image of God. Every person is worthy of dignity. And our posture toward one another must be rooted in love, not hostility.

That’s why the recent provocation by the President of the United States toward Pope Leo XIV is so deeply troubling. It is not just political theater. It reflects a tone that pulls us further away from the kind of world Christ calls us to build.

Christian unity is not about uniformity. It’s about recognizing Christ in one another, even across differences, even across traditions, even across nations.

And so we say this clearly:

We stand with all people of faith and goodwill who are seeking peace.

We stand with the Holy Father—not as a political figure, but as a teacher of the Gospel and a follower of Christ.

And we recommit ourselves to the harder path—the one that refuses to inflame, refuses to dehumanize, refuses to turn disagreement into contempt.

Because if we are not peacemakers, then we are not living the Beatitudes.

04/06/2026

Statement from the Old Catholic Union of the West

The Old Catholic Union of the West condemns in the strongest terms the recent rhetoric threatening violence against Iran, as well as the use of religious language in a way that demeans and inflames.

That this language was issued on Easter, the most sacred day of the Christian year, makes it all the more troubling. Easter proclaims life over death, mercy over violence, and hope over fear. To speak of destruction on such a day stands in direct contradiction to the heart of the Gospel we proclaim.

Words matter. When threats are made against civilian infrastructure and entire populations, they place human life at risk and deepen already dangerous tensions. When sacred language is used alongside profanity and violence, it dishonors what millions hold Holy across traditions.

We affirm the dignity of all people and the responsibility of leaders to speak with care, especially in moments of conflict. We call for restraint, for respect across religious traditions, and for a renewed commitment to peace.

Though we have little expectation that the president will change course, we place our trust in God and pray for a conversion of heart.

Christ is risen. Even now, life, not destruction, has the final word.

Easter Vigil across the OCUW!
04/05/2026

Easter Vigil across the OCUW!

Our Holy Thursday Schedule for Southern California10am: Immigration Vigil, Federal Building, 300 N. Los Angeles St.Noon...
04/01/2026

Our Holy Thursday Schedule for Southern California

10am: Immigration Vigil, Federal Building, 300 N. Los Angeles St.

Noon: Mass and Washing of the Feet, Hotel Cecil (limited space available, please message us or email [email protected])

7pm: Agape Meal, Trinity Lutheran Church, 997 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91106

7pm: Mass of the Lord's Supper, Washing of the Feet, Dignity Los Angeles, 126 S. Ave. 64, LA 90042





04/01/2026

Join us for Holy Week, the Easter Triduum in at the Spiritual Community of St. Mary Magdalene! MagdaleneAbq.org

Holy Thursday - Mass at 5PM

Good Friday - Way of the Cross on Friday at Noon (Private Residence, please contact parish for info)

Easter Sunday - Mass April 4 at 4pm (at the Church)

Today is Trans Day of Visibility.And the Church remembers Public Universal Friend.In the 1700s, after a near-death illne...
03/31/2026

Today is Trans Day of Visibility.

And the Church remembers Public Universal Friend.

In the 1700s, after a near-death illness, the Friend said they had died, and what remained was no longer bound by the name or gender given at birth. They refused gendered language. They lived, preached, and moved through the world simply as the Public Universal Friend.

No hashtags. No framework for it. Just conviction.

Long before we had the language, there were people who knew, deeply, that the image of God in them couldn’t be reduced to categories others insisted on. Scripture comes closer to that truth than we sometimes admit—reminding us that in Christ there is no longer male and female (Galatians 3:28), and that God does not see as we see, but looks upon the heart (1 Samuel 16:7).

Visibility isn’t about demanding attention.

It’s about telling the truth.

And the truth is this: people have always existed beyond the boxes we try to place them in. They have always carried the image of God: fully, wholly, without qualification.

Today, we name that.
We honor that.
We see you, authentic and true.

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