Covenant Renewal
May 13 at 7 p.m.
Since spring of 2007, the Cathedral Covenant Dialogue Group, a joint
committee of Roman Catholic and Anglican advisors to their
respective Missouri dioceses, was established to examine the present
state of the “Cathedral Covenant” agreement between the Roman
Catholic and Anglican Cathedrals of Kansas City, Missouri. Bishop
Robert W. Finn, Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-St.
Joseph, and Bishop Barry R. Howe, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of
West Missouri, appointed committee members under the co-chairmanship
of Very Rev. Terry White, Dean of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
and me, the Rector of Immaculate Conception Cathedral.
Over the course of approximately eight months, the Committee
considered a set of activities to mark the renewal of the joint
commitment of both cathedral communities to their original
“covenant” established on June 2, 1974 and renewed on June 2, 1999.
This covenant will again be renewed during a Vesper Service starting
at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Tuesday evening,
May 13, 2008 at 7 p.m. The congregation will process to Grace and
Holy Trinity Cathedral for the conclusion of the liturgy and a
reception.
With this renewal of the covenant, our two Cathedral Communities
have committed ourselves to work together around four areas of life
and worship: Prayer and Spirituality; Common Social Action; Cultural
Sharing; and Exchange of Belief and Practice.
Covenant Committee Members
The Very Rev. Terry White, Dean
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
Co-Chair
The Rev. Louise Baker
Rector Redeemer Episcopal Church
Ms. Ruth MaGill
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
Mr. Geoff Logan
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
Rev. Msgr. Robert Gregory, Rector
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Co-Chair
Rt. Rev. Gregory Polan, OSB, Abbot
Conception Abbey
Ecumenical Officer and Chairman
Rev. Dennis McManus, Georgetown University
Bishop Finn’s Representative to the Committee
Mrs. Frances Lillig
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Mr. Jim Kroman
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Mr. Richard Stucinski
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Be sure to join us for this special event in the lives of our faith
communities.