Betsey Monnot
I see working within our disciplinary canons as similar to working within our liturgical rubrics in that we constantly need to maintain a dialogue between the details and the larger picture. In a disciplinary proceeding I see the larger picture as the mandate to do justice and love mercy, balanced with the details of the canonical procedures as laid out for us. I have worked with the disciplinary canons from several angles: as a member of the Ecclesiastical Court before the updated Title IV, as an Investigator, and now as a Bishop. I am able to keep track of canonical details and requirements and understand how they need to be followed in any living process. I am generally calm and clear-headed, and always seek to understand the positions of others, whether or not I agree with them. My goal is to work for agreement rather than a technical victory through a majority vote, even when the vote is what is required and recorded. I am capable of making hard decisions when necessary.