Bishop Search/Transition Update #16
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The Search/Nomination Committee and the Transition Committee are providing updates on the Search Process through these regular emails.
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CONSENT PROCESS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
At the beginning of this week, we were notified by the Secretary of General Convention that we have received the necessary number of consents from at least more than half of the diocesan Bishops of the Episcopal Church, as well as from the Standing Committees. This is great news, as we are now able to go ahead with the invitations to the Consecration weekend.
Everyone is invited, especially to the Celebration of Ministry on Friday, April 5 and of course to the Ordination and Consecration service on Saturday, April 6. You will find a full timetable for the weekend below.
Registration is requested for ALL attendees.
- To register, simply follow link button below to the online registration.
- A list of hotels us available on the Europe Bishop Search Website button
Please register as soon as you can, so the organizers can plan properly for the weekend events.
Parishes and missions are requested to bring culinary specialties with them for the celebration on Friday evening, and they have received an email from the transition committee to this effect. We also ask that all parishes and missions bring their banners with them, as they will form part of the procession into the cathedral.
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CONSECRATION WEEKEND
The whole Convocation is invited both to the farewell and welcome celebration on Friday evening and to the Ordination and Consecration on Saturday!
The chairs and members of the Council of Advice and the Search and Transition Committees will be acting as hosts. We hope especially to see the lay and clergy leadership of all our parishes and mission congregations, as well as leaders and members of all the Convocation commissions and committees. We ask that the parishes and missions please bring their banners with them again. For clergy and clergy spouses and partners there is also an additional event on Friday morning. If you are planning on coming, we suggest that you start making arrangements for travel and accommodation now! We have not pre-booked any hotels, but the various hotel and travel websites all have good offers … if you book in time.
Here
is a list of hotel options near the cathedral.
Here's the full timetable for the Consecration weekend:
Thursday, April 4:
Friday, April 5:
- 8:30 a.m. Council of Advice meeting.
- 10:00 a.m. Press briefing (Presiding Bishop and Bishop-elect).
- 11:00 a.m. Presiding Bishop meets with convocation clergy. Convocation clergy spouses/partners meet with Bishop spouse and Bishop-Elect’s spouse.
- 12:15 p.m. Presiding Bishop blesses the Cathedral’s Mission Lunch
- 12:30 p.m. Lunch for Presiding Bishop, convocation clergy and spouses.
- 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Consecration rehearsal, in Cathedral nave
- 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Farewell and Welcome Celebration for Bishop and Bishop-elect.
Saturday, April 6
- 10:30 a.m. Gathering celebration and music
- 11:00 a.m. Ordination and Consecration Service
- 1:30 p.m. Stand-up light reception lunch.
Sunday, April 7
- 11:00 a.m. Presiding Bishop celebrates and preaches at the Cathedral.
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GIFTS FOR OUR NEW BISHOP IN CHARGE
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A new Bishop requires many items to fulfil his duties in various liturgical settings – crozier, pectoral cross, ring and several different articles and colors of vestments. Historically these are given as gifts from institutions and individuals. In Mark’s case the Presiding Bishop, Mark’s diocese and parish, and his family and friends have offered many items and only some of the vestments remain to be purchased. The vestries of most of our Convocation congregations are organizing a donation in the name of the congregation as a whole. Please check with your rector/vicar/local coordinator about how and when this is happening.
Individuals are also welcome to donate. If you are part of a parish or mission, your congregation will pool these gifts from all the Convocation congregations to purchase the missing items. If not, and you are interested in contributing, please contact
nancyjanin@gmail.com
for details.
Thank you for your support
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WHALON FUND FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS
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OUR GIFT
: The Whalon Fund for the Creative Arts
From The Rev. Sunny Hallanan....
"When I think about our going-away gift for Bishop Whalon, I’m reminded of the time I gave my mother a cat for her birthday. Of course it was her cat, but I and my whole family benefited from the gift for many years.
"In the same way, we will honor Bishop Whalon for years to come, and also benefit from this gift.
"In the next few months every congregation and group in the church will be encouraged to take a little time to think about how creative arts enhance our relationship with God, and how we might grow spiritually as well as reach beyond our church with more opportunities in the arts, inspired by our Bishop who is himself a musician, married to someone with is also artistic. You will be hearing more ideas and details in the Epiphany season."
Of course, you don’t have to wait to already begin to contribute to this fund. Just follow the instructions at
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Please continue to hold everyone involved in this process in prayer, especially the Transition Committee, the Office of the Presiding Bishop, Bishop Pierre and Bishop-elect Mark.
In Christ,
The Transition Committee
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More Information is on Bishop Search Website
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For further information about the Bishop-elect Mark Edington see
This site includes:
- Biographical and other information
- The Convocation Profile, which was developed by the Bishop Search and Nomination Committee, both in an on-line and a downloadable form.
- It also includes other information about the Convocation, which will assist persons who are interested in the bishop search process, including a description of the Convocation Parishes and Missions.
- The Bishop Search has engendered great interest in the Episcopal Church and elsewhere in the Anglican Communion.
Previous Bishop Search Update E-Mails....
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The Episcopal Church in Europe
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The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe
is one of four Anglican jurisdictions in continental Europe. The other Anglican jurisdictions in Europe are: the
Lusitanian Church of Portugal
, the
Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain
, and the
Church of England's
Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe
. The Convocation is a jurisdiction of the Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church,
the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry
. The Episcopal Church is one of 39 provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church is present in 16 countries around the world.
The Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, a suffragan bishop to the Presiding Bishop, is based at The American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris. There are congregations in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria. The Convocation functions both as a European Church with a legal corporate structure based in France, as well as being a diocesan-like jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church.
The Episcopal Church has been present in Europe since 1815. The Convocation was created by a Canon of General Convention in 1859, and Bishops in Charge were appointed by the Presiding Bishop. Some were diocesan Bishops or recently retired Bishops, who exercised oversight on a part-time basis. Bishops in Charge have been resident in Europe since 1960.
The first full-time resident Bishop in Charge was the Rt. Rev. Edmond Browning (1971-1974).
The first Bishop in Charge to be elected by the Convocation itself
and the first to be ordained and consecrated in Europe is our present Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Pierre Whalon, who was elected in 2001 and consecrated in St. Paul's Within the Walls Episcopal Church in Rome on November 18, 2001.
Bishop Whalon announced his intention to resign as Bishop in Charge effective July 2019. This initiated a Search Process for our second elected Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.
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The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe | 23 avenue George V, 75008 Paris, France
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