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The 154th Annual Diocesan Convention

Please mark your calendars for Fall 2024.

The 154th Annual Diocesan Convention will be held as a joint convention with the Diocese of Bethlehem, Fri. October 18th and Sat. Oct. 19th, 2024, at The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College, PA. 

Often parishes ask, "How many delegates can we send to Diocesan Convention?"

Convention Delegate Reports

C. The lay members shall consist of the Chancellor, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Registrar of this Diocese, if they be laypersons, one lay delegate from each Congregation, with one additional lay delegate for each 100 baptized members therein for the first 500 baptized members, and with one additional lay delegate for each additional 200 baptized members therein, as listed in the latest Parochial Report. The privilege to vote shall be denied any Congregation if any of the following occur, unless exonerated by the Convention: i. Failure to file a Parochial Report in accordance with the Canons. ii. Failure to employ a member of the clergy as its Minister for the space of one calendar year in accordance with the Canons. iii. Failure to pay its Diocesan Fair Share in accordance with the Canons. iv. Failure to pay the Church Pension Fund premiums for all prior years on or before the tenth day of January of the year in which the Convention is held.

D. Lay delegates to any Convention shall be elected in accordance with the Canons, and shall be baptized adult communicants of the Church in good standing.

More information to follow after January 2024.