| Resolution Number: | 1994-A078 | |
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| Title: | Propose Commemorations to be Added to the Church Calendar | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the General Convention propose additional commemorations for inclusion in the Calendar of the Church Year and authorize trial use thereof for the triennium 1994-1997, as follows:
January 9 -Julia Chester Emery, Missionary, 1922
February 18 -Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546
April 9 -Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor and Theologian, 1945
July 19 -Macrina, Monastic and Teacher, 379
July 20 -Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman, 19th Century Liberators and Prophets
July 31 -Ignatius of Loyola, Priest, Monastic, and Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556 (transferring the commemoration of Joseph of Arimathea to August 1)
September 4 -Paul Jones, Bishop of Utah and Peace Advocate, 1941
September 10 -Alexander Crummell, Priest, Missionary, and Educator, 1898
September 17 -Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Mystic, 1170
December 29 -Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 1994 (New York: General Convention, 1995), p. 684. |
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