Communique’ Summer 2024 – Pre-Triennial
Table of Contents
Vol. 24 No. 5
Message from the President – see below
Reporte de Prensa
National Board at Opening Ceremony
Triennial Chaplain The Rev. Dr. Gayle Fisher-Stewart
Conociendo al capellán de la Trienal
The Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp
La Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp
Elaine Conger Triennial Musician
Elaine Conger Música para la Trienal
Kentucky Night Events Monday Evening
16 Workshops are Scheduled for Triennial
Triennial Quilt will be on display throughout the week – see below
The Square Triennial Thoughts
La Plaza Edición de la Trienal – 2024
Articles appearing within the Communique’ do not necessarily represent the opinions of the National Episcopal Church Women nor the Episcopal Church. The organization strives to provide a platform for women to present ideas and opinions that affect women’s issues. The editor may be contacted for comments or questions at: editor@ecwnational.org
Karen Patterson Episcopal Church Women President 2022 to 2024
Message from the President
Karen Patterson
National Episcopal Church Women President 2022 – 2024
This issue of the Communique is filled with information about Triennial. I know that you will find it interesting and informative. The board (as well as me) is looking forward to seeing each of you and renewing our friendships from Triennials in the past.
Our keynote speaker, Catherine Kroop, is someone who I think you will really enjoy and be informed by her presentation. The workshops are chock-a-block full of education, information, fun, and just plain good things. I appreciate each and every one of you and your contribution to the Episcopal Church Women organization.
Thank you all for allowing me to serve as your National President.
Reporte de Prensa
Karen Patterson
National Episcopal Church Women Presidenta 2022 – 2024
Esta edición del Comunicado está llena de información sobre la Trienal. Sé que la encontrará interesante e informativa. La junta (al igual que yo) esperamos verlos a cada uno de ustedes y así renovar nuestros lazos de amistad de las Trienales pasadas.
Nuestra oradora principal, Catherine Kroop, es alguien que creo que usted realmente disfrutará y que cuya charla encontrar bien informativa. Los talleres están repletos de educación, información, diversión y simplemente cosas maravillosas. Aprecio a todos y cada uno de ustedes y su contribución a la organización de Mujeres de la Iglesia Episcopal.
Gracias a todos por permitirme servir como su presidenta a nivel nacional.
Philadelphia Eleven Movie Screening at Triennial
In an act akin to civil disobedience, a group of women and their supporters organize their ordination to become Episcopal priests in 1974. The Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia welcomes them, but change is no small task. The women are harassed, threatened and banned from stepping on church property.
In this feature-length documentary film, we meet the women who challenge the very essence of patriarchy within Christendom and succeed in building a movement that transforms an age-old institution.
From the philadelphiaelevenfilm.com website
National Board at Opening Ceremony
As is customary, the national board dresses and enters the Triennial opening ceremony attired as a prior leader of the Church, the Bible, or historical figure. These representations illustrate ideals each board member wishes to share with the women gathered at Triennial. As you read through this issue of the Communique’, be aware of the blue ECW crosses. Each of the woman’s persona is marked with this cross.
Triennial Chaplain The Rev. Dr. Gayle Fisher-Stewart
Rev. Gayle’s spirit and determination are in constant motion. Her career in law enforcement and as a priest are entwined by the belief that God’s work is the direction for us all to follow. Her time on the police department showed her how fragile life is and how short it can be. Every day police officers leave home and don’t know if they will return. We need to learn how to value each and every day and to make each day count.
Conociendo al capellán de la Trienal
Rev. Gayle Fisher-Stewart
El espíritu y la determinación del reverendo Gayle están en constante movimiento. Su carrera en el ámbito policial y como sacerdote está enraizada en la creencia de que la obra de Dios es el norte para seguir por todos nosotros. En ese sentido, su paso por el departamento de policía le mostró lo frágil que es la vida y lo corta que puede llegar a ser. Todos los días los policías salen de casa y no saben si regresaran. Necesitamos aprender a valorar cada día y hacer que cada día cuente.
The Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp
Keynote Speaker
The Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp currently serves as Vicar of Christ Memorial Episcopal Church on Kaua’i in Kilauea, Hawai’i. She spent seven months in 2022-2023 as an international volunteer in north Lebanon at a safe house for vulnerable youth with Relief & Reconciliation.
La Rev. Catherine Amy Kropp
Oradora Principal
La Reverenda Catherine Amy Kropp actualmente se desempeña como Vicaria de la Iglesia Episcopal Memorial de Cristo en Kaua’i en Kilauea, Hawai’i. Pasó siete meses entre los años de 2022-2023 como voluntaria internacional en el norte del Líbano en una casa segura para jóvenes vulnerables por medio de la organización Relief & Reconciliation (Alivio y Reconciliación)
Elaine Conger
Musician for Triennial 2024
Music is Elaine’s life. Yes, she’s a performer but, the performance is driven by a continuous playlist that swirls in a place deep within her. It’s not the genre of music nor the audience that drives her musical life, it’s a desire to have expression or an emotion guide her in artistic directions.
She considers her style “contemplative” Christian music, but she also blends those well-loved songs and hymns from the past, making them sound new to a younger generation.
Elaine Conger
Música para la Trienal 2024
La música es la vida de Elaine. Sí, ella es una intérprete, pero la actuación está impulsada por una lista de reproducción continua que gira en un lugar profundo de ella. No es el género musical ni el público lo que impulsa su vida musical, es el deseo de expresar una emoción que la guían en direcciones artísticas.
Ella considera que su estilo es música cristiana “contemplativa”, pero también combina esas canciones e himnos muy queridos de otrora, haciéndolos sonar nuevos para una generación más joven.
Kentucky Night Events Monday Evening
June 24th 2024
Food Truck Rodeo 6 – 9 Affordable local food options + live music
God Talks: Conversations for being church together 6 – 7 North Lobby, KY Center for the Arts
God, Grace, & Horses: Life Lessons from the Saddle. A conversation with the Rev. Laurie Brock
The Rev. Laurie Brock is the Rector of St. Michael’s in Lexington, KY, equestrian, former attorney.
Sponsored by the Brennan Theological Fund of the Diocese of Kentucky
16 Workshops are Scheduled for Triennial
Workshops are for:
Delegates and Alternates …with Badge
Keynote and Workshop Presenters …with Black or Purple Ribbon
National Board Members ...with Red Ribbon
Badges and ribbons are checked at the door.
Workshop room assignments are posted daily in the Triennial Today as well as on the wall outside their respected rooms.
Seating is first come, first seated.
Triennial Quilt will be on display throughout the week
The Triennial quilt was made in 1988 and consists of 92 squares donated from diocesan Episcopal Church Women groups and other organizations such as the United Thank Offering, Church Periodical Club, and Daughters of the King.
Ms. Nita Shelby of Christ Church, Little Rock, Arkansas designed and handstitched the 13 feet wide by 9 feet long textile.
The quilt formed the display behind the podium at the 1988 Triennial Meeting and beautifully illustrated the ECW’s oneness made from many parts, with unity and diversity.
The Episcopal Church Women’s quilt, with several new additions from dioceses, provinces, and women’s organizations, also hung again at the 40th Triennial meeting in 1991.
Over the years, the quilt has clocked many miles as it traveled throughout the country to be displayed at diocesan and provincial meetings.
Prior to this year’s Triennial the quilt was cleaned and conserved for archival. At the close of the 51st Triennial the quilt will be transferred to the Episcopal Church Archives in Texas.
The Square Triennial Thoughts
Dennis Clark, PPP
NECW Parliamentarian
The year 2024 celebrates the one hundred and fifty-fourth anniversary of the National Episcopal Church Women. The society was authorized by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 1871. A set of bylaws was adopted that same year with the first Triennial meeting being held in New York in 1874.
La Plaza Edición de la Trienal – 2024
Dennis Clark, PPP
Parlamentario de la NECW
Este año 2024 marca los ciento cincuenta aniversarios de las reuniones Trienales de la Iglesia Episcopal de Mujeres a nivel nacional (NECW). La sociedad fue autorizada por la Convención General de La Iglesia Episcopal en 1871. Una serie de estatutos fueron adoptados ese mismo año con la primera reunión trienal llevada a cabo en Nueva York en 1874.