Rev. Jefferts Schori to Take Questions at Webcast Ahead of Episcopal Convention

(Episcopal Church/Art Babych)Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori addresses General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada on June 8, 2010.

The Most Rev. Katharine Jeffersts Schori, along with other officials from the Episcopal Church will be participating in a live webcast next month focusing on the Church's General Convention 2012.

The event will be held on May 9 at 1 p.m. ET. And will originate from Indianapolis, the site of this year's General Convention. Viewers will be able to see the even on www.episcopalchurch.org.

Other participants will include President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson; Executive Officer and Secretary of the General Convention, the Rev. Gregory Straub; and Bishop Catherine Waynick of the Diocese of Indianapolis, the host diocese.

Questions will be accepted via e-mail at publicaffairs (at) episcopalchurch.org and from invited guests in the audience.

The general convention is held every three years and is the bicameral governing body of the Church. It consists of the House of Bishops, which includes 200 active and retired bishops and the House of Deputies, which include 800 clergy and lay representatives elected from 110 dioceses of the Church.

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