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The Standing Committee is made up of six lay and six clerical representatives elected in staggered terms of four years by the Diocesan Convention. The Committee elects a president from among its members.
Standing Committee is a council of advice to the Bishop and acts as the ecclesiastical authority in the event that the office of bishop is vacant or the bishop is incapacitated.
ARTICLE III.8 Standing Committee
SECTION 1. The Convention shall elect a Standing Committee of six Clergy and six Lay Persons. Members shall be elected to staggered terms of four years, and at each annual meeting of Convention there shall be elected the number required to replace those whose terms expire. Any member who has served a full term shall not be eligible for re election until after one year.
SEC. 2. No Cleric without seat, voice and vote in Convention nor any Lay Member who is not both a Confirmed Communicant in good standing and over the age of majority shall serve on the Standing Committee.
SEC. 3. The Standing Committee shall elect a President and a Secretary from its members and shall report to each annual meeting of Convention. Seven members shall constitute a quorum. In case of any vacancy, the Standing Committee shall appoint a successor to serve out the vacating member's unexpired term.
SEC. 4. The Standing Committee shall be a council of advice to the Bishop, summoned by the Bishop whenever he or she shall desire. It may also advise the Bishop of its own accord. All proceedings of the Standing Committee, when acting as a council of advice to the Bishop, shall be confidential, unless the Bishop and Committee shall otherwise determine.
SEC. 5. Whenever the Standing Committee functions as the ecclesiastical authority of the Diocese, it shall, in addition, exercise all the powers of canonical
administration except those which only a bishop may exercise. Only a bishop shall pronounce sentence upon a Cleric. The Standing Committee may call in a bishop for that purpose.
SEC. 6. The Standing Committee, after consultation with the Bishop, shall annually assess, and report to Convention upon, the state of the Diocese. This assessment shall be made in part from information supplied periodically, as reasonably requested by Standing Committee, from the Diocesan Office, COEDMO and other appropriate bodies.
SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Standing Committee shall keep a record of its proceedings, attest to its acts, preserve the originals of all letters and papers addressed to the Standing Committee, perform such other duties as it requires, and faithfully deliver into the hands of his or her successor all books, papers and letters relative to its concerns.
ARTICLE V.3 Implementation of Amendments
The Standing Committee shall determine both the scheduling and implementation
of amendments to this Constitution, including procedures for nomination, election, term of office and initial date of service. All such determinations shall be subject to ratification by the meeting of Convention at which the Amendments are adopted.
From the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese of Missouri, (Feb 2009).
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