Episcopal News Service Thursday, October 12, 2006
California Episcopal seminary awards honorary degrees, dedicates new guest house
Presiding Bishop-elect honored at dedication
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[ENS] The Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) awarded Doctor of Divinity degrees, honoris causa, to the Revs. Cynthia Black, Katherine Lehman, and Peter Sipple, and the degree of Doctor of Humane letters, honoris causa, to Margaret Sipple during the Episcopal seminary's annual alumni/ae convocation October 12.
California Bishop Marc Andrus presided at the Eucharist during which the degrees were conferred. Dr. Donn F. Morgan, CDSP dean and president, was the preacher.
The Eucharist concluded with a procession to Easton Hall, the building on CDSP's Berkeley, California, campus which has recently been renovated for use as a guest house and meeting facility. During the dedication, it was announced that the building's great hall will be known as the Katharine Jefferts Schori Great Hall.
Jefferts Schori, currently the bishop of the Diocese of Nevada and the Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop-elect, received a Masters of Divinity degree from CDSP in 1994 and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 2001. CDSP has collected more than $545,000 in capital campaign contributions designated for the Great Hall naming.
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