Busy Days Ahead for P.B.

Posted on January 7, 2009 at The Living Church:P

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has a full calendar at the end of this month, starting with an Executive Council meeting in Stockton, Calif., scheduled for Jan. 29-31. This will be followed immediately by a meeting of the primates of the Anglican Communion in Alexandria, Egypt, Feb. 1-5, and a special reorganizing convention in the Diocese of Fort Worth, Feb. 6-7.

In mid-November, Bishop Jefferts Schori told Episcopal News Service that the Executive Council meeting in Stockton had been rescheduled to avoid a conflict with the primates’ meeting. The North Texans Remain Episcopal website notes that a reception in honor of the Presiding Bishop is scheduled in Fort Worth for the evening of Feb. 6.

As a matter of policy The Episcopal Church does not release information in advance about the Presiding Bishop’s travel plans, according to Neva Rae Fox, public affairs coordinator. Ms. Fox did confirm that the Presiding Bishop would be attending the primates’ meeting, but she said she did not know whether or for how long Bishop Jefferts Schori would be attending Executive Council or the special convention in Fort Worth.