The XX Synod of the Original Province of the Diocese of the Anglican Catholic Church took place in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Newport Beach, California, USA on 23rd & 24th October 2013. The Administrative Council, College of Bishops and Trustees met on the 21st and 22nd. The host Parish was St Matthews and the main Synod Mass took place at the Church on the evening of Wednesday 23rd and the Synod Banquet, at which our Diocesan Secretary was presented with the Jack Lane Memorial Award was on 24th October.