Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1982-C022
Title: Urge Congregations to Sponsor Reconciliation Forums on the Vietnam War
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 67th General Convention of the Episcopal Church recommend that a ministry of reconciliation be carried to the nation through the Dioceses and Parishes of the Episcopal Church within the United States of America, urging Parishes and Missions to sponsor public forums in their communities in which persons of varying war experiences and views can meet, talk, pray and offer to God the personal and generational wounds of the war in Vietnam; and be it further

Resolved, That the first step in this effort be to designate Sunday, November 14, 1982, as a day of special remembrance of all Americans who served in the Vietnam war, and as a day of prayer for reconciliation of these divisions in our nation caused by that war.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-126.