Resolution Number: 1991-A118
Title: Revise the Calendar of the Church Year
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Substituted and Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That certain commemorations proposed by the General Convention of 1988 ( Journal 1988, pages 590-592) and approved for trial use until the General Convention of 1991, be now finally approved and entered in the Calendar of the Church Year (Book of Common Prayer pages 15-30), being the following:

February 1 Brigid (Bride) of Kildare

June 15 Evelyn Underhill

August 27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle; and be it further

Resolved, That the proposals for inclusion in the list of Lesser Feasts and Fasts in [the original text of – ed.] A118 be referred back to the Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy to be resubmitted for discussion at the interim meeting of this House in 1992 and that the Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy be asked to prepare for the House of Bishops a rationale for decisions about this list.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 413.

Legislative History

Author: The Standing Liturgical Commission
Originating House: House of Bishops
Originating Committee: Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy

House of Bishops

Original Text of Resolution:

(A118)

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That certain commemorations proposed by the General Convention of 1988 (Journal pages 590-592) and approved for trial use until the General Convention of 1991, be now finally approved and entered in the Calendar of the Church Year (Book of Common Prayer pages 15-30), being the following:

    January 9 Julia Chester Emery
    February 1 Brigid (Bride) of Kildare
    May 18 Florence Nightingale
    June 15 Evelyn Underhill
    August 27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle

Proposed Committee Substitute:

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That certain commemorations proposed by the General Convention of 1988 (Journal pages 590-592) and approved for trial use until the General Convention of 1991, be now finally approved and entered in the Calendar of the Church Year (Book of Common Prayer, pages 15-30), being the following:

    January 9 Julia Chester Emery
    February 1 Brigid (Bride) of Kildare
    June 15 Evelyn Underhill
    August 27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle

Bishop Charles moved an amendment.

Proposed Amendment:

Add the following after "Kildare": "May 18 - Florence Nightingale."

Bishop Krumm moved a substitute resolution.

Proposed Substitute:

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the proposals for inclusion in the list of Lesser Feasts and Fasts now before us in A118 be referred back to Committee #14 of this House to be resubmitted for discussion at the Interim Meeting of this House in 1992 and that Committee #14 be asked to prepare for us a rationale for decisions about this list.

Bishop Davies moved the previous question.

Motion carried

Debate terminated

The House voted on Bishop Krumm's motion to substitute.

Motion carried

Substitute resolution adopted

The House voted on Proposed Substitute Resolution A118s.

Motion carried

Substitute resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #90)

The Bishop of Northern Indiana moved to reconsider Resolution A118s.

Motion carried by a two-thirds majority

The Bishop of Northern Indiana moved a substitute resolution.

Resolution A118s:

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the proposals for inclusion in the list of Lesser Feasts and Fasts now before us in A118 be referred back to Committee #14 of the House to be resubmitted for discussion at the Interim Meeting of this House in 1992 and that Committee #14 be asked to prepare for us a rationale for decisions about this list.

Proposed Substitute:

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That certain commemorations proposed by the General Convention of 1988 (Journal pages 590-592) and approved for trial use until the General Convention of 1991, be now finally approved and entered in the Calendar of the Church Year (Book of Common Prayer pages 15-30), being the following:

August 27 - Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle; and be it further

Resolved, That the other proposals for inclusion in the list of Lesser Feasts and Fasts in A118 be referred back to Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy to be resubmitted for discussion at the Interim Meeting of this House in 1992 and that the Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy be asked to prepare for the House of Bishops a rationale for decisions about this list.

Motion carried

Substitute resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #100)

House of Deputies

The Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy presented its report on House of Bishops Message #100 relating to Resolution A118s (Commemorations Proposed in 1988 Be Finally Approved) and moved concurrence.

Deputy Hitchcock of Newark moved an amendment to A118s.

Proposed Amendment:

Restore to the Calendar:

February 1 - Brigid (Bride) of Kildare

June 15 - Evelyn Underhill.

A vote was taken on the Hitchcock amendment.

Motion carried

Hitchcock amendment adopted

The ruling of the Chair was challenged and a division of the vote called for.

Chair Upheld

The question was called.

A vote was taken on A118s, with amendment.

The House concurred with amendment

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #297)

House of Bishops

The Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy presented its Report #28 on House of Deputies Message #297 on Resolution A118s (Commemorations Proposed in 1988 Be Finally Approved) and moved concurrence.

The House concurred

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #418)

Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.

Report Reference:   Standing Liturgical Commission, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 224-287.
Abstract:   The 70th General Convention requests that the commemorations for Brigid (Bride) of Kildare, Evelyn Underhill, Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Style be approved and entered in the Calendar of the Church Year.
Notes:  

Ed. Note: Bracketed information added for clarification.