Evening star., 1943-10-11
Quarters for Bishop
In Cathedral Close
Will Be Asked
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS,
Star staff Correspondent,

governing body of Washington
Cathedral, to offer Office space and
living quarters in the Cathedral
Close to the Right Rev. Henry St.
George Tucker presiding bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Bishop Powell said this move will
be made at the next meeting of the
Cathedral Chapter Friday afternoon
in the Cathedral library. He said he
hopes the chapter will approve his
suggestion and invite Bishop Tucker
to accept the offer. Such facilities
easily could be made available at the
College Of Preachers, which has sub
stantial accommodations, including
dormitory, in the Cathedral Close,
Bishop Powell will take this step
IN his dual capacity as a member of
the Cathedral Chapter, and a new
member of the Committee on the
Presiding Bishops see of the national
church. This committee was re-
organized during the Saith tri-tennial
convention closing today, and held
Its first organization meeting last
night.
OltTS 10 De C0nSlQeTed.
The general convention had avoided
establishing a see for the presiding
blshop at Washington, but had con-
tlnued the Joint Committee with au-
thorlty to consider offers from any
dloceSeS. The resolution adopted bv
both the House of Bishops and House
OF Deputies asked the committee to
negotiate with any diocese that
may be willing to enter into some
arrangement for the purpose of
establishing such a designated see.
and to report to the next general
convention
Under direction of the convention.
the committee also is to confer with
the presiding bishop. Plans were
made today for such a conference
to be held in New York City Novem-
Der "A at the headquarters of the
National Council of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
The Rev. Clyde Brown of WASH
ngton, secretary of the committee.
said the attitude of the general
convention regarding presiding
blshop's see is gradually become
formulated in the minds of it's men,
bers and within the next three-year
period 1t is anticipated that this
might be crystallized"
Step Believed Practical.
An offer to Bishop Tucker to use
offices and living quarters in the
Cathedral Close pending final action
on his Official see at the next gen.
erdl convention three years hence.
Is believed here to be practical step,
especially i'll View Of the fact that
he was established in his seat at
washington Cathedral IN October,
l94l, under a specific order by the
general convention of Kansas City
three wears ago. This order also
speci1ed the presiding bishop should
be extended the use of Washington
Cathedral according to his needs
and desires.
Listing what they called sins" of
America and social misdoings,"
bishops of the church today were
sending throughout the country the
pastoral letter" which summarizes
the spirit of the general convention
and stresses the need for Christian
influence in troubled times
The Today general convention
was winding up mass of last-day
business, mostly of an administra-
tive nature and planned to adjourn
sometime today.
The pastoral letter was read yes
terday afternoon at an impressive
religious service in Trinity Cathedral
by Bishop Edwin A. Penick of North
Carolina. Copies are being sent
to rectors of all churches.
While this devotional service was
under way at the cathedral, the
deputies labored ahead all yesterday
afternoon at their auditorium in the
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church clear
Ing up accumulated business.
OF deep religious interest to
Episcopalians was adoption Of a
resolution which would authorize
the use of "intinction" as a means
of administering holy communion
and also the use of what is called
communion in one kind" which is
the use of the bread only without
wine. Intinction consists Of dipping
the bread in the wine, without sip
ping the wine from the common cup.
The resolution goes to the House
OF Bishops. 1t would be only ar
authorization for any parish to
Use either of these two forms of
holy communion, but would not
abolish the present custom. which
includes the common cup.
1ottoyc go Hoo
tionate greetings" to men Of the
armed forces, and paws tribute to
chaplains. 1t commends with graft !
tUde the stirring of Gods spirit
among the youth of the church. and
points out that victory in this war
will bring about a world condi-
ton of opportunity and need. This
means, continued the letter, that
everywhere there will be strong
feeling of dissatisfaction with what
Is or has been and a reaching out
after all available ways and means
or realizing aspirations for some
thing better"
Dangers of reconstruction" are
pointed out with the declaration that
they present unparalleled oppor-
tunities for making actual in the
life of mankind that redemption
which was made possible by the sac
riflce of Christ"
Sins" of the Day.
Pointing to the sins" of the day,
the pastoral letter declares:
Our church must prepare-With
all our hearts we believe that the
church is girding herself-to witness
to war-sick world, and then to a
postwar world by confessing now
her corporate sins which are grew
Gus and, in part, responsible for the
darkness that covers the earth. We
do not need to prolong the mourn
full category of our social misdoings
in order to feel convicted of our
corporate faults
The letter then listed these:
The concentration of wealth in
the hands of comparatively few peo-
,,le q cana ra fists po1jcv of ico1otior