Bishop Search/Transition Update #15
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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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INVITATIONS and REGISTRATION for the CONSECRATION WEEKEND
April 5-6, 2019
Immediately after the consent process is complete (see below), invitations to the consecration of our new Bishop in Charge will be sent.
- They will be emailed to a large list of Convocation members and friends throughout the world. Everyone in the convocation is invited.
- Official formal invitations will be mailed to a smaller group.
RSVP and Registration will be requested for ALL attendees.
- The link to online registration will be included in the Invitations, which will lead to the registration area and information about the events.
- Online registration will also be available directly from the Convocation and Bishop Search websites.
- There will be a list of possible hotels available, but no blocks of rooms have been reserved, and we also recommend using one of the established hotel and travel booking websites.
Please note that the link to the RSVP/Registration area will be posted as soon the Consent Process is complete.
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CONSENT PROCESS CONTINUES!
It has been over a month since we started the consent process to obtain the approvals of a majority of the Standing Committees of all Episcopal dioceses and diocesan bishops to
the Rev. Mark D.W. Edington’s election as our Bishop in Charge.
We only received a handful of consents before Christmas, but since the new year they have picked up and with 39 to date, we are confident that we will cross the 50% hurdle by the end of January!
Only then will we be able to send out official invitations to the Consecration weekend and activate the registration process.
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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's the full, provisional 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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Here is an important way people can help.
Our next bishop needs a whole new wardrobe: crozier, pectoral cross, ring and vestments.
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The Presiding Bishop and Bishop-elect Mark Edington’s diocese and parish have offered some of them, but the vestments remain to be purchased. And they're not cheap. We hope to raise about $7,000 to cover the costs. We are asking all the Convocation churches and mission congregations to join together to do that. Some might contribute one Sunday of pledge receipts. Others may prefer to make a donation from their funds or ask members for contributions. Any choice is fine, and we can accept donations of any size, in dollars and euros. Individuals can contribute as well, of course.
If 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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