Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1997-A080
Title: Approve Commemorations for Calendar of the Church Year
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the commemorations of Julia Chester Emery, Martin Luther, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Macrina, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Ignatius of Loyola, Paul Jones, Alexander Crummell, Hildegard, and Thomas Becket, proposed by the General Convention of 1994 ( Journal, page 684) and approved for trial use, be now finally approved and entered in the Calendar of the Church Year (Book of Common Prayer, pages 15-30); and be it further

Resolved, That the commemoration of William Law be transferred from April 9 to April 10; and be it further

Resolved, That this resolution be sent within six months to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, to be made known to the Diocesan Convention at its next meeting.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), pp. 271-272.