Inner City Conferences
Diocesan Press Service. February 8, 1963 [VII-12]
In response to Resolution Thirteen of the General Convention for a new program of work in the inner city, the National Council's Urban Program Committee has instigated a series of work-study conferences for bishops and their delegates. Two conferences have already been held: at Chicago under the Rt. Rev. Frederick J. Warnecke, Bishop of Bethlehem, and at New York under the Rt. Rev. John E. Hines, Bishop of Texas. A third conference will be held in San Francisco May 15-17, 1963, under the Rt. Rev. Richard S. M. Emrich, Bishop of Michigan.
The conferences are identical in subject matter and staff. At each conference approximately 15 bishops and their delegates are invited to participate, delegates including suffragan bishops, deans, archdeacons, and such rectors and lay persons in the diocese as the bishops look to and rely upon for leadership. The staff consists of National Council officers John Lassoe, The Rev. Daisuke Kitagawa, The Rev. Edwin Bennett, The Rev. John McCarty and The Rev. James Morton. Also, metropolitan planners Calvin Hamilton, city planner for the City of Pittsburgh; Perry Norton, consultant to the National Council's Home Department on City Planning and Urban Affairs; and James Banks, Commissioner for Relocation and Community Relations, Urban Renewal Administration, Washington, D. C. Dr. William Johnson, Professor of Theology at Trinity College, Hartford; The Very Rev. John Weaver of the Detroit Cathedral, and four professors from four different Episcopal seminaries complete the staff.
The bishops of Olympia, Oregon, California, Los Angeles, Northern California, Fond du Lac, Dallas, Texas, South Florida, and San Joaquin and their delegates have been invited to the San Francisco conference.