Post-hurricane
convention remains focused
on unity, mission Though
battered by Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne and anticipating a coming “ecclesiastical
hurricane”, the Diocese of Southeast Florida at its thirty-fifth
diocesan convention on Oct. 16 at Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach,
heard calls
for unity and perseverance, and renewed its focus on mission with
the adoption a formal statement of diocesan vision and mission.
The
convention also approved a 2005 budget of $2,560,885 (about $50,000
less than the revised budget for 2004) and called for “all parishes
and members to acknowledge our common mission and our recommitment
Originally
scheduled as a two-day event to be held at the Marriott on Hutchinson
Island, the convention was scaled back to one day and moved south to
Palm Beach after Hurricane Jeanne caused severe damage not only to
the hotel, but also throughout Martin County.
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-- Resolutions
-- Budget
-- Elected
at Convention
-- Bishop
Frade's Address to Convention
-- Youth
Commission President's Address
-- ECW
President's Address
-- Convention
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