Resolution Number: | 2006-A063 |
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Title: | Utilize Trial Commemorations in the Calendar of the Church Year |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That the 75th General Convention propose additional commemorations in the Calendar of the Church Year and authorize trial use thereof for the triennium 2007–2009, as follows:
January 8 – Harriet Bedell, Deaconess and Missionary, 1969
February 28 – Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, Educator, 1964
March 13 – James Theodore Holly, Bishop of Haiti and Dominican Republic, 1911 (or November 8)
March 24 – Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, 1980, and The Martyrs of El Salvador
April 7 – Tikhon, Patriarch of Russia and Confessor, 1925
October 10 – Vida Dutton Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace, 1954
December 30 – Frances Joseph-Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer, 1934
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Columbus, 2006 (New York: General Convention, 2007), pp. 689-690. |
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Legislative History
Author: | The Standing Commission on Liturgy & Music |
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Originating House: | House of Bishops |
Originating Committee: | Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music presented its Report #39 on Resolution A063 (Additional Calendar Commemorations) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A063)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 75th General Convention propose additional commemorations in the Calendar of the Church Year and authorize trial use thereof for the triennium 2007–2009, as follows:
January 8 – Harriet Bedell, Deaconess and Missionary, 1969
February 28 – Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, Educator, 1964
March 13 – James Theodore Holly, Bishop of Haiti, 1911
(or November 8)
March 24 – Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, 1980, and The Martyrs of El Salvador
April 7 – Tikhon, Patriarch of Russia, Confessor and Ecumenist, 1925
October 10 – Vida Dutton Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace, 1954
December 30 – Frances Joseph-Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer, 1934
The Bishop of Dallas moved an amendment.
Proposed Amendment:
In the line beginning with April 7, add the word “and” after “Russia” and delete the words “and Ecumenist.”
Motion carried
Amendment adopted
The Bishop of the Dominican Republic moved an amendment.
Proposed Amendment:
In the line beginning with March 13, add the words “and the Dominican Republic” after “Haiti.”
Motion carried
Amendment adopted
A vote was taken on Resolution A063 as amended.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #89)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music presented its Report #31 on HB Message #89 on Resolution A063 (Additional Calendar Commemorations) and moved concurrence.
The House of Deputies Committee on Dispatch of Business recommended, with no objection, to dispense with electronic ballots on votes by orders.
House of Deputies
Ballot #9—Vote By Orders
A Vote By Orders was taken on Resolution A063.
Ballot #9 taken by orders
Results of Ballot #9: Vote By Orders on Resolution A063
The Secretary reported the results of Ballot #9.
Type | Total | Necessary | Yes | No | Divided | No+Div | Results |
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Lay: | 106 | 54 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Carried |
Clergy: | 109 | 55 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Carried |
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #218)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, June 21.
Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, Reports to the 75th General Convention, 2006, pp. 130-225. |
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Abstract: | The 75th General Convention proposes and authorizes trial use of additional commemorations in the Calendar of the Church Year for the triennium 2007-2009. |