A Celebration of Faith and Pride

SAN DIEGO - The colors of the rainbow will light up a church in Bankers Hill.

St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral will host the seventh annual Light Up the Cathedral interfaith pride gathering Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. The service will feature song and prayer as well as celebrating and honoring those who advocate for LGBTQ rights. The Very Reverend Penny Bridges, Senior Pastor of the Cathedral, says this year's Light of Pride award will be given to two groups who are on the front line of the immigration and refugee crisis.

"We are honoring those who take care of people at the border," said Rev. Bridges. "Refugees, asylum seekers, particularly those who are separated from their families and those who are LGBTQ."

One of the organizations being honored is El Faro, or The Border Church, which celebrates a bilingual, binational communion celebration at Friendship Park every Sunday afternoon. The other is Casa de Luz, a shelter for LGBTQ asylum seekers in Tijuana.

After the interfaith gathering, the cathedral campus will be lit up in rainbow colors for San Diego Pride Week.

You can watch the interfaith service and celebration live on the cathedral's website.

In this July 2021 photo, the Very Rev. Penny Bridges, Senior Pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, welcomes those gathered for the interfaith Pride service known as Light Up the Cathedral.

Photo: Eddie McCoven

In this July 2021 photo, St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Bankers Hill is lit up in rainbow colors in celebration San Diego Pride for the annual Light Up the Cathedral event.

Photo: Eddie McCoven

Photo: Eddie J. McCoven


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