A conversation featuring The Most Rev’d. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

Sponsored by:
The American Friends of the Anglican Centre in Rome
www.americanfriendsacr.org

Hosted by:
Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
Thursday, September 20, 2018
2:30 p.m. in the Main Sanctuary
8011 Douglas Avenue, Dallas, TX 75225
www.saintmichael.org/Bishops

The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata, Rector of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal, moderated a conversation centering on love and reconciliation--topics playing a primary role in the platform and priorities of both the Archbishop and Presiding Bishop.

ABOUT THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
The Most Rev'd. and Rt. Hon Justin Welby became the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013.

Before he began training for ministry in 1989, Archbishop Justin worked in the oil industry for 11 years – five in Paris and six in London.

Archbishop Justin has three main priorities for his ministry – Evangelism and Witness; Prayer and the Renewal of Religious life; and Reconciliation. He is a member of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards and a High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation for the United Nations. He is the author of Reimagining Britain and Dethroning Mammon, both published by Bloomsbury.

ABOUT THE PRESIDING BISHOP
The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry is Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church.  He is the Chief Pastor and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as Chair of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church.

Presiding Bishop Curry was installed as the 27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church on November 1, 2015.  He was elected to a nine-year term and confirmed at the 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City, UT, on June 27, 2015. 

The descendant of enslaved Africans brought to North America by way of the trans-Atlantic slave routes,  Presiding Bishop Curry was born in Chicago, IL, on March 13, 1953.  Presiding Bishop Curry’s father was an Episcopal priest and his mother was a devout Episcopalian. She died at a young age, and Presiding Bishop Curry, along with his sister, was raised by his father and his grandmother. His father, mother and grandmother grounded him in Christian beliefs and practices through their example and their teachings. 

ABOUT THE MODERATOR
The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata was called to be the eighth Rector of Saint Michael and All Angels in June, 2016 and started his ministry at Saint Michael on August 15, 2016. Previously, Chris served as Rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, a position he had held since 2012. Prior to becoming rector at Calvary, he was Associate Rector at St. Luke’s in Birmingham from 2008 – 2012, and as a seminarian served at The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., and at St. John’s in Chevy Chase, MD. He is recognized as a leader in the Episcopal Church, presenting regularly at church-wide conferences, seminars and retreats, and the Consortium for Endowed Episcopal Parishes. Chris is a native of Florida, a classically trained musician, and an amateur cook. He and his wife, Nicole, have three children.

ABOUT THE SPONSOR
The American Friends of the Anglican Centre in Rome are men and women, priests and lay people, the newly curious as well as committed ecumenists, young, old and everything in between.  We hold a diversity of views on social, political, and theological positions, and have many different ways of trying to understand unity between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.  Most of all, each and every one of us is committed to a dialogue between our churches that is never dull, that is alternatively frustrating and rewarding, and that’s always worth the effort.

ABOUT THE HOST
Saint Michael and All Angels in Dallas is all about people—people who care for one another. People who learn and share experiences together. People who believe that we can make a difference in our community—around the world—and in our individual lives. We are a vibrant Episcopal Church started in 1945 in a Boy Scout hut located on the grounds of the University Park YMCA. Several months later, on the Feast Day of Saint Michael and All Angels, the group, which by then had become several hundred persons, executed the charter and formed Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. Today our community is one of the largest in the country, seeking to help those around us in need, and deepening our personal faith in a pursuit of Jesus Christ.

COMPASS ROSE SOCIETY
The Compass Rose Society supports the programs and ministries of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), the organization that sets the goals and direction for the Communion.