Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-09-12 | Page 8 | Canon to Favor Married Women

Canon to Faror Married Women PORTLAND. Ore- ept 11 Married Mar-ried women will be eligible for appointment ap-pointment as deoconesses In tha Protestant Prot-estant Episcopal church. If new canon recommended In tha report of a joint commission la adopted by the convention here. Tha proposed canon la a departure from tha established cue torn of the church. Other changes recommended to elevate the office of deaooneas and give It permanence provide for special spe-cial courses of training and for an examination before a board of examiners. exam-iners. Providing such elaboration In the office of deaconess tha report specifically spe-cifically notes that there la no purpose pur-pose to suggest the elevation of deaconesses to tha priesthood of the church. Btahop Philip M. Rhyne-lander Rhyne-lander of Pennsylvania Is chairman of tha joint commission making tha report. re-port. Miss Grace Undtey of New York was reelected executive secretary of tha women's auxiliary of tha church. The fight for the next triennial convention con-vention waa carried Into the ranks of the women when Invitations wera given by Providence, R. L, and Philadelphia.