October 5–7

A Discernment Conference

Sponsored by Forward in Faith North America

About us

Called & Consecrated is a Vocations Discernment Conference sponsored by Forward in Faith North America (FIFNA) and hosted by the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). Conference Speakers represent a diversity of ministry backgrounds and dioceses within the Global Anglican Communion. Called & Consecrated meets yearly at the Parish of St. Mark’s in Loomis California. Musical Accompaniment is provided by the Choir of St. Andrew’s Academy in Lake Almanor.

“For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable .”

Romans 11:29

2026 SPEAKERS

  • The Rev. Ron Offringa | Holy Orders

    The Rev. Ron Offringa serves as Vicar of Rancho Cucamonga Anglican, a church plant and mission of the Diocese of Western Anglicans in the Anglican Church in North America. Fr. Ron holds an M.A. in Classical Theology from Talbot School of Theology.

  • Mr. Andrew Dittman | Sacred Music

    Andrew Dittman serves as choirmaster for The Chapel of the Cross in the Reformed Episcopal Church and serves on the Anglican Church in North America’s Music Task Force. Mr. Dittman frequently composes and arranges music, which has been performed by choral and instrumental groups of all levels.

  • Dss. Jill Nowell | Order of Deaconesses

    Dss. Jill Nowell currently serves as Executive Assistant to Bishop Walter Banek at Good Shepherd REC/Diocese of Mid America in Tyler, Texas.  "Helping women encounter the healing and hope found in Jesus Christ" is her calling and passion.  She holds a Master of Arts in Religion from Cranmer Theological House.

  • Sr. Mary Grace Lemmon, OSB | Religious Vocations

    Sr. Mary is the daughter of Fr. Bob & Mary Lemmon, from Casey County, Kentucky. She was homeschooled by her parents (as the 6th of 10 siblings) and trained in Christian living by assisting her dad's ministry in the Anglican Diocese of All Saints. Sr. Mary joined St. Benedict's Abbey, Bartonville at the age of 18 and took Solemn Vows on July 11, 2023

  • TBD | Theology as Vocation

    Elizabeth Conkle is a lay pastoral catechist and Canon for Catechetical Formation for the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin, where she serves as the director of the Anglican Catechist Training School (ACTS), a diocesan school that trains lay catechists and lay pastors. Her passion is to see people develop, grow and mature in order to become

  • The Rev. Mark Bleakley | Sacred Art

    The Rev. Mark Bleakley has worked 25 years in the stained glass industry as a site foreman in historic preservation, the lead designer for Willet Studios, and the owner of Bleakley Stained Glass. As a bi-vocational priest in a secular industry, Fr. Mark looks to see the Altar in the workbench, the parish in the workplace, and Gospel formation through apprenticeship. He holds an M.Div from Cranmer Theological House and serves as assisting priest at Redeemer Anglican Church in Franklin, PA.

“It is not, therefore, some few in the Church who have vocations, like the Clergy or Sisters, but all, are called of God.”

– St. Charles Grafton

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Called & Consecrated 2026