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The Hunt for a Crozier, and other gifts for a Consecration

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Think of the outward symbols of a bishop and you might list mitre and cope, the crozier or pastoral staff, the bishop’s ring and pectoral cross. The mitre (head piece) is the symbol of bishop as the head and spiritual pastor of the diocese. The crozier is a symbol of bishop as spiritual shepherd of the diocese. A bishop’s ring is a sign of the bishop’s fidelity to the Church. At a bishop’s ordination he is clothed with the “vesture of the episcopate” and presented with ring, staff, mitre. (more…)

In addition to May flowers: Two Ordinations, and Confirmations at the Cathedral

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Ordinations and confirmations are exceptionally joyous events in the life of the diocese.

On Thursday, May 13th, by the grace of God, the Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith will ordain Eric J. Lobsinger to the Sacred Order of Deacons in Washington D.C. at Saint Paul’s Parish on K Street. (more…)

A message to the diocese from the Standing Committee

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

One of the duties of the Standing Committee is to consent to the election of bishops in the larger Episcopal Church. This may seem simple, and it often is. Other times, the conversation is more complex. (more…)

Ordination of Pamela Dolan to the Transitional Diaconate 12/18/09

Monday, December 14th, 2009

By the Grace of God
and with the Consent of the People
the Right Reverend George Wayne Smith
Tenth Bishop of Missouri
will ordain
Pamela Elisabeth Dolan
to the Sacred Order of Deacons
in Christ’s one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.

Your Prayers and Presence are joyfully requested.
(Clergy: Red Stoles)

Friday, Dec. 18, 2009, 6:00 pm.
Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust St., St. Louis, Missouri

Pamela Dolan is currently the Director of Formation for Children and Families at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Webster Groves. She has served as a lay professional in parishes for the past seven years here and in California. She leads Safeguarding God’s Children trainings and organizes diocesan formation events. Pamela is an active member of the National Association of Episcopal Christian Education Directors and serves on its credentialing task force. She has worked as a coach for Unbinding the Gospel, a national evangelism program for mainline denominations, and writes a religion blog for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Pamela holds the Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School and B.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley. She spent several years at New York University studying medieval literature and religion. She is currently working on the Doctor of Ministry degree from the University of the South, Sewanee.

Pamela and her husband John are the parents of two children, Annabel and Kate.