The following is a true copy of a Resolution adopted by the Executive Council at its meeting from June 15 - 17, 2011 in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, at which a quorum was present and voting.

RESOLVED, That the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, from June 15-17, 2011, invites Episcopal communities of all kinds to open the doors of their institutions the weekend of September 10 and 11, 2011 to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the attacks with acts of prayer and remembrance, service, creativity, inter-faith cooperation, education, community building, and fellowship, offering our institutions as active, accessible sites of healing for our local communities.

I encourage our clergy and parishes to offer hope to the communities beyond our doors and to be a witness of God's love and grace for us all by offering services or other gatherings to commemorate 10th Anniversary of 9/11.   

The Rt. Rev. Philip M. Duncan, II

Bishop of the Central Gulf Coast