2017 Ministry Discernment Conference 

2017 Ministry Discernment Conference
 Saturday, February 4, 2017
8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, MA

(Snow Date is February 11.  Please check our website, www.diomass.org, for weather change information.)

The Ministry Discernment Conference is offered by the bishops and the Commission on Ministry and is intended to provide an in-depth look at the 2017 Ministry Discernment Handbook and to give potential applicants to the ordination process an opportunity to explore their sense of call and whether that call is to ordained ministry or committed lay ministry.

Any person considering applying for admission to the ordination process in 2017 is required to attend the Conference, along with his or her sponsoring priest and at least one member of the Parish Discernment Committee.  Discernment Committees are appointed by the sponsoring priest and should be named before the Conference so that as many members as wish to may attend.  One member of the Discernment Committee must be a member of the Vestry.  We also encourage inquirers to bring their spouses or partners to the Conference.

The cost per person is $20 and includes registration, conference materials and lunch. You may pay by check or credit card.  Checks payable to the Diocese of Massachusetts, designated Discernment, should be mailed to the attention of Edie Dolnikowski, at The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 138 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111 to be received no later than Monday, January 23.  For additional information, contact Edie Dolnikowski, Canon for Ordained Vocations, edie@diomass.org; 617-482-4826 ext. 514.

Online Registration Closes on Sunday, January 15, 2017