Evening star., 1923-11-03
RELIGIOUS EXHIBIT
DETAILS DISCUSSED
Meeting at st. Johns Episco-
pal Church Forecast
Synod Sessions.

A meeting was held in St Johns
Episcopal Church last Tuesday to dis
cuss details of the exhibit of the
work of the Episcopal Church in the
province of Washington in the field
of religious education. This exhibit
will be held in the parish hall of
Epiphany Church during the meet
1ngs of the synod of the province,
November 20, 81 and %.
The synod is the legislative body
or the province and meets every
year, except in those years In which
a meeting of the general convention
or the Episcopal Church is called.
1t is composed of all the bishops in
the province and four clerical depu
ties and four lay deputies from each
diocese, elected by the diocesan con-
yention. The diocese of Washington.
which includes the District of Colum-
bla and Montgomery, Prince Georges.
Charles and st. Mary's counties of
Maryland, together with the diocese
of MARYLAND, of which the See city
is Baltimore; the diocese of Easton.
comprising the eastern shore of
Maryland, the diocese OF Virginia,
which includes the counties north of
Richmond; the diocese OF southern
Virginia. centering at Norfolk, and
the diocese of southwestern Vir-
ginia, with the See at Roanoke. are
all part of the province of WASH
ington. The remainder of the prov
ince contains the five dioceses in
the state of Pennsylvania, namely.
Pennsylvania philadelphia and sub
urbs), Bethlehem. Harrisburg, Erie
and Pittsburgh; the diocese of Della
ware and the diocese of West Vir-
ginia.
Thirteen Dioceses I'm Province.
Thirteen dioceses are contained in
the province of Washington. Two OF
these. the diocese of Pennsylvania
and the diocese Of southern Vir-
ginia, have bishop co-adjutors in
addition to the regular diocesan
bishop. so that there are fifteen
bishops who will attend the synod
meetings in Washington.
Among other important matters
which will be discussed at the ses-
sions of the synod in November will
be the enlargement Of the RESPONSE
bilities of the synod and assignment
of duties in connection with the sup
port and prosecution on the mission
airy, educational, social service and
other work of the church. The pro-
gram will be arranged so as to give
an equal amount of time and atten-
tion to each of these departments of
the church's work.
Tuesday evening, November 20.
there will be a mass meeting in
religious education On Wednesday
evening, also at Epiphany Church,
a mass meeting will consider the
question of social service. Thurs
day evening there will be a mis-
sionary mass meeting in st. Johns
Church, 18th and H streets north
west, at which the Bishop of Kytyo,
president of st. Paurs University in
Toxic, will present the needs of the
church in Japan because of the dam
age done by the recent earthquake
and fire. The public is invited.
Bishop Freeman, Rev. DR.. Herbert
Johnston, rector of St. Johns Church;
Rev. DR.. George F. Dudley, rector of St.
Stephens Church, and Rev. D. w. Cur
ran, in charge of the church offices,
have been appointed a committee to
secure hospitality for the fifteen bishops
and more than two hundred other mem
bers of the Episcopal Church who will
visit Washington during the sessions.
This committee desires to know at
the earliest possible moment the names
of all people who will consent to receive
in their homes as guests one, two or
more delegates. Many of the delegates
will be accompanied by their wives, and
there will also be woman delegates to
the conventions of the women's organi-
cations which will meet at the same
time as the synod. The episcopal clergy
of the city are asked to give notice at
all their services on Sunday that this
information must be obtained at once
in order that hospitality worthy of the
District of Columbia may be shown to
our guests