Evangelism was the theme of the convention of the Diocese of Honduras, Feb. 20-21 at the diocesan Santa Cruz Conference Centre in Muchilena, Omoa.

Workshops were led by the Rev. Canon John Macdonald, canon for evangelism, and the diocesan evangelism commission. Drawing on the Winter Olympics and the Central American Games, which had been held recently in the see city of San Pedro Sula, the convention slogan was: "Winning Christ is the best gold medal."

Convention delegates were bused to Puerto Cortes, where a procession began at the oldest church in the diocese, San Juan Bautista, and wound 15 blocks to the Casa de Cultura. The delegates were joined by several hundred more Episcopalians from various churches in Puerto Cortes and Omoa and who helped to hand out evangelistic tracts to spectators along the procession route.

An evangelistic service was held at the Casa de Cultura, which was attended by more than 500 people. The preacher for the event was the Rt. Rev. Anselmo Carral, who during his tenure as Bishop of Guatemala had been Bishop-in-charge of Honduras when the first Spanish-language work was started in the Omoa area.

The convention Eucharist included the consecration of the new open-air chapel of La Santa Cruz and the installation of new deans for all the deaneries of the diocese. The preacher was the Bishop of Honduras, the Rt. Rev. Leo Frade. This is the fourth church building consecrated in the diocese during 1998.

(The Ven.) John H. Park