The Standing Committee

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Office Description

Term: Four years, one term

The Standing Committee offers advice and counsel to the Bishop, upon request. It has canonical responsibili­ties listed below. The Standing Committee of this diocese customarily meets monthly on the first Thursday of the month at 4 pm at the diocesan offices on the cathedral grounds. The Standing Committee has four cleri­cal and four lay members, who each serve a four-year term. When a member has completed a full four-year term he/she must leave the Standing Committee for a minimum of one year. Each annual Convention elects one clerical and one lay member. In addition to serving as a Council of Advice to the Bishop, the Standing Committee:

• Works with the Bishop and Commission on Ministry to examine the qualifications of those seeking ordination, and ensures compliance with the canonical process. Members participate in initial discernment interviews, and the Standing Committee approves or disapproves applications for Postulancy and Candi­dacy, and offers (or withholds) its recommendation for ordination to Diaconate or Priesthood.
• Approves or disapproves all parish applications to encumber or dispose of property, according to established guidelines.
• Oversees canonical investigations into clergy misconduct and decides whether to issue presentments against clergy who have been charged with violations of canon law.
• Preserves all proceedings with regard to the ecclesiastical trial of clergy.
• Acts upon a request to consent to elections of all Bishops in this and other dioceses.
• In the absence or disability of our Diocesan, Coadjutor, or Suffragan Bishop, acts as the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese.
• Reports annually to Convention on its completed official acts (apart from those as a Council of Ad­vice to the Bishop).

Candidates

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Clergy (Elect one)

• The Rev. Duncan Burns
• The Rev. L. Kathleen Liles

Lay (Elect one)

• Mr. William Herrman
• Ms. Christina Batore-Hing