The Convention had ended and reviews were in: “What is undeniable is how welcoming and hospitable Texans were to the thousands of Episcopalians who made their way to Convention. In particular, the Diocese of Texas and its many volunteers went out of their way to make us feel at home ‚Äö√Ñ√¨ and we did,” the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Secretary of the General Convention, said in his remarks in the Convention Journal.