The Rt Rev’d David E. & Helen R. Richards Upcoming Events Peer Coach Training- March 20, 2014 PLEDGES FROM THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS Curriculum Review Committee- We are grateful to those who contribute financially towards the work of the College for Bishops. March 31-April 1, 2014 Annual Giving income totaled $103,831 in 2013. Thank you to the following active and re- College for Bishops Board Meeting- signed bishops who gave or made pledge payments in 2013: April 1-2, 2014 Gladstone B. Adams, III, Central New York W. Michie Klusmeyer, West Virginia Living Our Vows Residency- David Alvarez, Puerto Rico Edward J. Konieczry, Oklahoma 2013 Annual Report June 23-27, 2014 Marc Andrus, California Paul E. Lambert, Dallas J. Scott Barker, Nebraska Stephen Lane, Maine Conference on Orderly Transitions- Mark Beckwith, Newark Edward Lee, Resigned, Western Michigan October 27-31, 2014 Barry Beisner, Northern California Jeffery Lee, Chicago College for Bishops Board Meeting- Larry Benfield, Arkansas Peter Lee, East Carolina October 28-29, 2014 Scott Benhase, Georgia Gary R. Lillibridge, West Texas Fred Borsch, Resigned, Los Angeles Edward S. Little, II, Northern Indiana Living Our Vows Residency 2015- David Bowman, Resigned, Western NY William Love, Albany May 18-22, 2015 (The 2015 LOVR Thomas E. Breidenthal, Southern Ohio Jay Magness, Federal Ministries has been moved to May due to General Greg Brewer, Central Florida Santosh Marray, Alabama Convention taking place in July.) Diane J. Bruce, Los Angeles Dan Martins, Springfield Mariann Budde, Washington Jim Mathes, San Diego Joe Burnett Maryland J. Scott Mayer, Northwest Texas the COLLEGE for BISHOPS Otis Charles, Resigned, Utah Charlie McNutt, Resigned, Central PA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Coleman, Resigned, West TN Michael P. Miliken, Western Kansas The Most Rev’d Dr Katharine Jefferts Michael W. Creighton, Resigned, Central PA Steven Miller, Milwaukee James Curry, Connecticut James Montgomery, Resigned, Chicago Schori, Chair Pictured in photo from the left: The Rt Rev’d Calvin Schofield-Resigned, The Rt Rev’d Joe Doss-Resigned, The Rt Rev’d Leo Frade- Southeast Florida, The Michael B. Curry, North Carolina Linda Nicholls, Toronto Rt Rev’d Mary Gray-Reeves- El Camino Real, Mrs. Helen R. Richards, The Rt Rev’d David E. Richards, The Rt Rev’d F. Clayton Matthews- College for Bishops The Rt Rev’d Dr J. Neil Alexander, Clifton Daniel, Pennsylvania Robert O’Neill, Colorado President Andrew Dietsche, New York Todd Ousley, Eastern Michigan The Rt Rev’d F. Clayton Matthews, Herbert Donovan, Resigned, Arkansas Jacob Owensby, Western Louisiana BISHOP DAVID AND HOLLY RICHARDS HONORED Ian Douglas, Connecticut Henry Parsley, Resigned, Alabama Managing Director Andy Doyle, Texas William Persell, Resigned, Chicago It is now official. Check the masthead. It is now THE RT REV’D DAVID E. AND HELEN R. RICHARDS COLLEGE FOR The Rt Rev’d Lloyd E. Allen Phil Duncan II, Central Gulf Coast Kenneth Price, Resigned, Southern Ohio BISHOPS. The announcement was made at a Eucharist and Luncheon, held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Palmetto Bay, Florida on December 4, 2013 by the Rt Rev’d F. Clayton Matthews, the current Bishop for The Office of Pastoral Development for the Episcopal Mr. Leslie G. Callahan Dan Edwards, Nevada Brian Prior, Minnesota Thomas C. Ely, Vermont Lawrence C. Provenzo, Long Island Church and Managing Director of the College for Bishops. The College was established in 1993 and was built on several programs The Rt Rev’d C. Andrew Doyle Martin Field, West Missouri Rayford Ray, Northern Michigan created by Bishop Richards when he served as the church’s first Director of Pastoral Development, which was established by the House of The Rt Rev’d Duncan M. Gray III Douglas Fisher, Western Massachusetts Gregory Rickel, Olympia Bishops in 1968. The Rt Rev’d Mary Gray-Reeves Jeff Fisher, Texas Bavi “Nedi” Rivera, Eastern Oregon At age 92, Bishop Richards is the senior living bishop in the Episcopal Church. In 1951, when he was consecrated Bishop Suffragan of Robert L. Fitzpatrick, Hawaii John Said, Resigned, SE Florida the Diocese of Albany, at age 30, he was the youngest bishop in the Anglican Communion. His picture appeared on the cover of the July The Most Rev’d Colin R. Johnson R. William Franklin, Western New York William E. Sanders, Resigned, East TN 29, 1951 issue of THE LIVING CHURCH. The Rt Rev’d Don E. Johnson W. Nicholas Knisely, Rhode Island Gordon P. Scruton, Western Massachusetts Michael Garrison, Resigned, Western NY James Shand, Easton Richards was born in 1921 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, received his college degree from Lehigh University, and his S.T.B. and S.T.D. from The Rt Rev’d Jeffrey D. Lee Wendell Gibbs, Jr., Michigan M. Thomas Shaw, III, Massachusetts General Theological Seminary. He also holds an honorary doctorate from Seabury Western Seminary. He was ordained a priest in Panama Mr. Donald V. Romanik Frank Griswold, Resigned, PB Hary Shipps, Resigned, Georgia in 1945 and moved to Albany, N.Y. in 1950, where he served as archdeacon and then as Bishop Suffragan. Actually, he was elected twice. Dr Timothy F. Sedgwick Susan Goff, Virginia Prince G. Singh, Rochester Richards withdrew his name when his election was challenged by four dioceses on procedural grounds; he was elected a second time Duncan Gray, III, Mississippi McKee Sloan, Alabama without opposition. He served the Albany diocese from 1951-1957, when he was elected Bishop of Central America. The Rev’d Allison St. Louis Mary Gray-Reeves, El Camino Real Dabney T. Smith, Southwest Florida The Rt Rev’d Dean E. Wolfe Ambrose Gumbs, Virgin Islands Kirk Smith, Arizona Bishop Richards’ appointment to develop the Office of Pastoral Development came in 1967. “David had been trying for years to get the Douglas Hahn, Lexington Wayne Smith, Missouri House of Bishops to think in terms of help and support for clergy and bishops in times of trouble,” stated his wife, Helen (Holly). Dena A. Harrison, Texas Onell Soto, Resigned, Venezuela In 1968, he made a strategic decision to locate his office in Southeast Florida rather than at the Episcopal Church Center in New York, CONTACT INFORMATION Robert Hibbs, Resigned, West TX William “Chip” Stokes, New Jersey Rayford High, Fort Worth Eugene Sutton, Maryland where he would have been drawn into the operation of the Episcopal Church Center and where bishops and clergy seeking his services Administrative Office would have been highly visible. According to his former secretary, Jackie Fernandez, “He wanted his operation to be low key, and he Robert Hirschfeld, New Hampshire John Tarrant, South Dakota selected the La Palma, an old residential hotel in Coral Gables, which was about as low key as you could get.” The College for Bishops Herman “Holly” Hollerith, Porter Taylor, Western North Carolina 2857 Trent Road Southern Virginia Brian Thom, Idaho “The naming of the College in both Helen and David’s names,” noted Bishop Matthews, “is recognition of the fact the Richards’ New Bern, NC 28562 Mark Hollingsworth, Jr, Ohio Morris K. Thompson, Jr., Louisana ministry was a team operation.” Anne Richards Rothe, their daughter, underscored her mother’s role by recalling, “Some of the credit Whayne Hougland, Western Michigan Michael Vono, Rio Grande goes to my mother. Mom went down to Costa Rica not knowing the language, and with four little kids and father having to travel a Barry Howe, Resigned, W Missouri Charles vonRosenberg, South Carolina lot, she was a true partner in his ministry. Dad always said that Mother was perfect, and she is! She is perfect in so many ways to so Contacts Carolyn Irish, Resigned, Utah James Waggoner, Spokane many people. Everyone who encountered her … found a generous spirit.” On Helen’s 90th birthday Bishop Richards declared, “Her The Rt Rev’d F. Clayton Matthews, Russell Jacobus, Resigned, Fond Du Lac Catherine Waynick, Indianapolis only fault is that she just won’t act her age.” Managing Director Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop Terry White, Kentucky Continued on Page 2 James L. Jelinek, Resigned, Minnesota Arthur Williams, Resigned, Ohio Mrs. Betsy Jutras, Program Associate Colin Johnson, Toronto Dean E. Wolfe, Kansas Robert Johnson, Resigned, Western NC Robert Wright, Atlanta THE MISSION OF THE COLLEGE FOR BISHOPS Phone: 252-635-9004 Don E. Johnson, West Tennessee Wayne P. Wright, Delaware Fax: 252-635-5006 Shannon Johnston, Virginia George Young, East Tennessee To provide opportunities for education and formation that will strengthen bishops in their personal lives, as diocesan leaders in God’s mission and in their vocation to God as a community of bishops in service to The Episcopal Church. Email: [email protected] Charles “CI” Jones, Resigned, Montana Web: www.collegeforbishops.org To make a contribution to the College, visit www.collegeforbishops.org. BISHOP DAVID AND HOLLY RICHARDS HONORED Continued from Page 1 2013 COLLEGE FOR BISHOPS PROGRAM REPORT In Bishop Richard’s more than 19 years on the job, he developed support and training programs for bishops and clergy. Much 90-Day Companion Program: assigns bishop companions to bishops-elect to assist them in the transitional period between election and consecration. of the recommended process for electing bishops still bears his fingerprints. One of his most challenging programs required • 13 companion relationships were established in 2013 spending eight summers in Nairobi, Kenya, 1980-1988, setting up a training program for African bishops. It began with a presentation Richards made to the more than 600 Anglican bishops from around the world at the 1978 Lambeth Conference. New Bishops and Spouses/Partners Conference: assists the newly-elected bishops and their spouses in forming community and examining the transitional An invitation to visit Africa and to set up a program for training and supporting African bishops followed.