Committees, Commissions, and Boards: Standing Committee
The Standing Committee acts as a council of advice for the Bishop and also functions as a check and balance. Their advice and consent is needed for various appointments made by the Bishop and for the expenditure of certain trust funds.
They must approve all candidates for ordination to the diaconate and priesthood, and they vote on behalf of our Diocese in the process for approving the election of all bishops of the Episcopal Church. Their consent is needed before any church can sell or mortgage property. If any priest or deacon is charged with an offense, the Committee acts like a grand jury in deciding whether the case should be brought to trial.
Lay members of the Standing Committee must be communicants of a parish in union with the Convention. Clergy must be canonically resident in the diocese.
The Committee meets monthly, usually during the day.
Minutes
Below are the minutes from 2008.
Archives
If you'd like to read Standing Committee minutes from prior years, choose the year that interests you:
Materials regarding real estate, a Standing Commitee concern:
- Real
Estate Memorandum from the Standing Committee regarding
procedures for consent regarding real estate
- Real Estate Memorandum from the Standing Committee regarding the leasing of parish properties by nursery schools and outside organizations
Minutes (The most recent are first)
Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on May 15, 2008
- Consented to the Ordination of the Rev. Canon Eugene Taylor Sutton as Bishop of Maryland.
- Consented to the Ordination of the Rev. Paul Emil Lambert as Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas.
- Recommended David Lawson-Beck and Christopher Cox for candidacy to the vocational diaconate.
- Recommended Charlotte Wells for ordination to the diaconate.
Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René R. John, Secretary
Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on April 17, 2008
- Consented to the election of a Bishop Coadjutor for the Diocese of Ecuador Central.
- Recommended Justin Falciani, John Hartman, Matthew Tucker and Brent Bates for ordination to the diaconate.
- Approved the 2008 Financial Aid Awards.
Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René R. John, Secretary
Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on March 1, 2008
- Welcomed the newly elected members of the Class of 2012: The Very Rev. René John and Ms. Annette Buchanan.
- The Rev. Mark H. Chattin was elected President and The Very Rev. René John was elected Secretary of the Standing Committee for the coming year.
- The Honorable Robert Scott will coordinate the real estate business for the Standing Committee for the coming year.
- Consented to the appointment of the Rt. Rev. Sylvestre D. Romero as Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey.
- Consented to the election of The Rev. Dr. Prince Singh as Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester.
Respectfully submitted,
The Rev. Mark H. Chattin, Secretary
Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on February 21, 2008
- Endorsed re-appointment of John Wood Goldsack, Esq. as Chancellor.
Approved Pastoral Direction. - Approved the brochure for Aged and Infirm Clergy and Widows and Orphans of Clergy Fund.
- Consented to the election of a Coadjutor in the Diocese of South Dakota.
- Consented to the election of a Bishop Coadjutor in the Diocese of Texas.
- Unanimously recommended Joseph Sweeney and Carmen Viola for candidacy to the vocational diaconate.
- Thanked the members of the Class of 2008: The Rev. Terrence W. Rosheuvel, President, and Mr. Charles Perfater, who managed the property matters.
Respectfully submitted,
The Rev. Mark H. Chattin, Secretary
Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on January 24, 2008
- Approved the compensation package for Bishop Councell for 2008 as proposed by the Finance & Budget Committee and approved by Diocesan Council.
- Consented to create the position of Assistant Bishop and seek the approval of Diocesan Convention in accordance with Title III, Canon 12, Section 5.
- Consented to the Ordination of The Rev. Canon Stephen Taylor Lane as Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Maine.
- Unanimously recommended Rosemarie Broderick and Susan Cushinotto for candidacy to the vocational diaconate.
Respectfully submitted,
The Rev. Mark H. Chattin, Secretary