SECTION 1. The Diocese may establish a University Chapel at any institution of higher learning in The Diocese, and The Bishop shall appoint Chaplains and may appoint lay workers thereto. The establishment of a University Chapel shall be made by vote of The Convention acting upon the recommendation of The Bishop and the Diocesan Council.
SECTION 2. For the benefit of University Chapels and the care of the properties erected and used for their activities, or for consultation with an appointed Chaplain, there shall be an Advisory Committee composed of no more than ten members chosen in a manner agreeable to The Bishop and the Chaplain. Representation on the Committee shall include full-time students of the University or College and members of the faculty and staff of the institution, non-student Communicants of the Chapel and may include representatives from the local congregations.
SECTION 3. Each Advisory Committee shall elect from its membership one or two Wardens, who shall be confirmed Communicants in good standing and shall be eighteen years of age or older, and such other officers as it deems necessary. The duties of the officers of the Advisory Committee shall be those assigned to officers of Mission Councils by these Canons.
SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of such Advisory Committees to work with the Chaplain in planning and effecting the mission and ministry of the Church within the College or University to care for the properties of the Church, if there are any, and to inform the Diocesan Council of needed major repairs and improvement; to ascertain that the work of the Church within the College or University and the use of properties conform to such regulation as the local institution may require. The Chaplain, or in his absence a Warden, shall preside at meetings of the Advisory Committee.
SECTION 5. Salaries of Chaplains, together with the premiums due thereon to the Church Pension Fund, and other expenses shall be provided by the Diocesan Budget as well as funds rained by the Chapel membership. Each Advisory Committee shall submit a proposed annual budget to the Diocesan Council, indicating its request for Diocesan funds necessary to carry out a proper and effective ministry at the College or University.
SECTION 6. Each Chaplain shall record in a standard register all official acts performed at the Chapel, as provided in these Canons. Communicants enrolled upon Chapel Registers should be those persons and their families actually connected with the institution of higher learning as students, faculty, or staff members. Communicants may be transferred to or received from another congregation the manner prescribed by Canon for Communicants moving from one congregation to another. Each Chaplain shall see to transfer any Communicant permanently departing from the College or University community.
SECTION 7. Chaplains and Advisory Committees shall make Annual Reports to The Convention.