Convention Journal - Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh

RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED BEFORE CONVENTION
Resolution on the Anglican Communion
Resolved, that this 140 th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh:
1) accepts the Windsor Report (2004), and its corollary documents the Lambeth 1.10 text (1998) and the
Dromantine Communiqué (2005), as the basis on which this Diocese, the Episcopal Church in the
United States of America, and the Anglican Communion can go forward together; and
2) calls upon Pittsburgh’s deputies to the 76 th General Convention (June 2006) to do everything in their
power to help that Convention make a clear statement of submission to the teaching of, and a clear
statement of intent to abide by the requirements of, said Windsor Report and its corollary documents;
and
3) declares that, should the 76 th General Convention determine to continue its “walk apart” from the
Anglican Communion – by its failure to accept unreservedly the Windsor Report and its corollary
documents or to commit to a church life consonant with them – the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
will stand with all Anglican Churches, Dioceses and Provinces that hold and maintain the ‘Historic
Faith, Doctrine, Sacrament and Discipline of the one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church’ whatever
the costs or actions required to do so.
RESOLUTION #2
Proposed Resolution for Diocesan Convention 2005 ­ In Support of Women's Ministry
Whereas the Episcopal Church recognized in 1972 that women serving in the diaconate were a part of the
ordained ministries of this church; and
Whereas women have been ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican Communion since the historic priesting
of the Reverend Dr. Florence Li Tim­0i in 1944 and regularly so since the ordination of women to the
priesthood was re­established in 1971 by the Diocese of Hong Kong; and
Whereas 2006 will be the 30th anniversary of the General Convention decision to support women's
ordination to the priesthood; and
Whereas the Diocese of Pittsburgh was among the first to ordain women to the priesthood following the
1976 General Convention, when the Right Reverend Robert Bracewell Appleyard, fifth bishop of Pittsburgh,
priested the Reverend Beryl T. Choi on 8 January 1977; and
Whereas the Diocese of Pittsburgh has encouraged and ordained women called to the priesthood while
respecting those who have not come to this same theological position,
Therefore, Be it Resolved
That the Diocese of Pittsburgh commends all women in the diocese for their ministry, especially those who
are ordained; affirms its intent to continue raising up, ordaining, and supporting women as priests in this
diocese; and designates 2006 as a year of celebration of women's ministry in the diocese during which time
the diocese will make a special effort to encourage women in the discernment of their calls.
Rationale: Approximately 20 per cent of the clergy canonically resident in the Diocese of Pittsburgh are
women. They serve as rectors, priests­in­charge, chaplains, and in a variety of specialized ministries. One
serves as the Canon Missioner for the diocese, another as Provost of the Cathedral. The diocese has been
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