Evening star., 1934-05-05
DIOCESE TO HOLD
/. 39TH CONVENTION
Meeting to Be Held May 10
and II in Cathedral on
Mount st. AIban.

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ton of the Diocese Of Washington
will meet in the Cathedral on Mount
st. Alban May 16 and IT. DR.. G..
Freeland Peter, canon and chancellor
of the Cathedral, is chairman OF the
Committee on Arrangements. Clergy
and lay members of the various par
ishes and missions will take this oc-
casion to recognize the fortieth an
niversary of Bishop James E. Free
mans ordination to the diaconate,
which falls on Whitsunday, May 20.
The opening service Of the conven-
ton will be held in the Church of
the Epiphany, May IS. at 8 pm. Bis
hop Freeman will deliver his an
nual address through the convention
to the members Of the diocese. Un-
der a new plan, which has been rec
ommended by Bishop Freeman. the
vestries Of all the parishes and Of
ficers Of diocesan institutions and Or
ganizations will march with the
clergy and the full choir of Epiphany
Church in the procession.
Program Begins May 16.
The committee requests that the
clergy assemble in the robing room
of Epiphany Church not later than
7:45 pm, and that the lay members
Of the procession meet in the Sunday
school room of the parish house at
the same hour. Those organizations
having banners are requested to bring
them.
The program for the convention
will begin May 16, with celebration
of holy communion in the great
choir of the Cathedral at o'clock
Breakfast will be served to the dele
gates in the parish hall Of st. Al
bans Church on the Cathedral
grounds.
The first business session will be-
gin at 10 am. in the Bethlehem
Chapel The election of delegates for
the General Convention, which meets
next October in Atlantic City, N. j.,
will be one of the important items
on the agenda. Reports of the va
rious diocesan organizations will be
read at the Wednesday afternoon
session.
The anniversary Of Bishop Free
mans ordination will be uppermost
in the minds Of the delegates and
their guests when they assemble for
the annual fellowship dinner in st.
Albans parish hall on Wednesday
evening. DR.. ze Barney T. Phillips,
rector of Epiphany Church and
chaplain of the United States Senate,
will preside. Greetings will be tend
cred to Bishop Freeman by DR..
George F. Dudley, rector of St.
Stephens and the Incarnation par
ish, as chairman of the Standing
Committee of the diocese; Blair Lee
of Silver Spring, former United
States Senator from Maryland, and
Charles w. Wilson, chancellor OF the
diocense. representing the laity.
Delaware Bishop to Talk.
Right Rev. Philip Cook. Bishop of
Delaware, and assistant to the pre-
siding bishop, will deliver an address
on The Church Wide Endeavor,"
which was first announced from the
pulpit of Washington Cathedral. sew
eral months ago.
The convention will hold its final
sessions in the Cathedral May II.
Associated with Canon Peter. chair
man Of the Committee on Arrangements,
are DR.. Charles T. Warner, rector of
st. Adams parish and honorary
canon Of the Cathedral; Rev. henry
T. Cooke, rector of All Saints par
ish. Chevy Chase. Md: Maj. F. Gran
vile Munson and former United States
Patent Commissioner Thomas E. Rob-
ertson.
Special hospitality is being ar
ranged for clergy and lay members
Of the convention representing par
ishes in Southern Maryland Requests
for further information about the
convention program, services and the
commemoration of Bishop Freeman's
anniversary should be addressed to
Canon Peter. care of the Cathedral