An early story about the budding �sanctuary movement� among U.S. churches includes news of the Episcopal Cathedral in Echo Park. An LA Times story Friday by Louis Sahagun said a coordinated effort to house immigrants facing deportation will be announced in late April. The whole �faith-based initiative� scenario has always made me shudder (and worse), so I am glad to see it turned around and reclaimed.

According to the story, Episcopal Cathedral may participate in hosting �families broken by broken laws� � i.e., people who have come here to work and live and are being ripped away from their news roots and their relatives. We'd be glad to have them in Echo Park.