The Diocese of Albany adopted a resolution concerning the use of lay eucharistic ministers when it met in convention Oct. 8-9 at the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany.

The resolution was to memorialize General Convention, asking to remove the requirement of absence of clergy in order to allow lay eucharistic ministers to function.

The convention defeated a motion to change the vote by order to permit each deputy to have a vote rather than each congregation. It also restored the provision to pay the national church assessment in full.

The Rt. Rev. David S. Ball, diocesan bishop, spoke on "priestly sanctity to identify clearly the role of the priest," and Assistant Bishop Vincent Pettit spoke of the need for the church to keep up with the times, but to make changes carefully and prayerfully.