C020 (Petition to the 80th General Convention to add Howard W. Thurman to the Episcopal Church calendar)

House of Bishops Message #103

The House of Bishops informs the House of Deputies that on Jul 8, 2022 it considered resolution C020 (Petition to the 80th General Convention to add Howard W. Thurman to the Episcopal Church calendar). The house acted to:

Refer to an Interim Body


Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,

That the 80th General Convention to designate April 10 in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, or the supplement A Great Cloud of Witnesses: A Calendar of Commemorations as the annual celebration of the life and work of Howard W. Thurman, pastor, educator, theologian, and civil rights leader.