The building seats 3,400 in theatre-style. The festive service, which will be multilingual and include diverse musical groups, begins at 10 a.m. Rev. Steven Charleston, president and dean of Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge Mass. will give the homily. Rev. Douglas Theuner, president of Province I and bishop of New Hampshire, will officiate. There will be a vigil before the ordinations , starting the evening of the 13th and ending the morning of the 14th.
Child care is available during the service of consecration, upon arrangement in advance.
There will be a short reception at The First Cathedral following the consecration service. The service will be videotaped and an edited version of the tape will be available for purchase. The Rev. Trevor R. Babb, rector of St. Mark's, Bridgeport, is chairman of the Transition Committee, which is overseeing plans for the consecration as well as working with the bishops and their families during their transition. Other committee members include the Rev. Laura Ahrens, Rodney Ayers, Jim Barry, Barbara Belden, Jeannette Brown, the Rev. Hank Burdick, the Rev. Canon Robert G. Carroon, Karin Hamilton, the Rev. Rob Hirschfeld, Kathleen McIntosh, Leslie Medina, Mavi Nadeau, Peggy Ornell, Paul Parvis, Hilda Quevedo, Deacon Marge Roccoberton, Bishop Andrew D. Smith, Kate Smith, Wendell Stephenson, the Rev. Bruce Torrey, the Rev. Hugh Tudor-Foley, the Rev. Jan Walden, the Rev. Christopher Webber, and others who may join particular subcommittees. All rights reserved.