The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1985-A092 | |
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| Title: | Add Commemorations and Request a Report on a Church Calendar Revision | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the Calendar of the Church Year (Book of Common Prayer, pages 19-30) be revised by the addition of certain commemorations, as follows:
| January 12 | Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 | |
| September 1 | David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon and Missionary of the Cheyenne, 1931 | |
| September 9 | Constance, Nun, and her Companions, commonly called "The Martyrs of Memphis," 1878 | |
| October 14 | Teresa of Avila, Nun, 1582 | |
| November 20 | Edmund, King of East Anglia, and Martyr, 870 | |
| November 25 | James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest and Monk, 1935 | |
| November 28 | Kamehameha and Emma, King and Queen of Hawaii, 1863, 1885; |
and be it further
Resolved, That the process by which additional Days of Commemoration are added to the Liturgical Calendar of the Church be referred to the Standing Liturgical Commission during the coming triennium for a report to the next General Convention containing suggested guidelines that are clear and detailed, by which new names are added in the future to the Days of Commemoration.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 587. |
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