A007 Authorize Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2022

Resolved, That the commemorations proposed by the 79th General Convention and authorized for trial use (Resolution 2018-A065), be now finally authorized and entered in the Calendar of the Church Year (BCP, pp. 19-ff.) and in future revisions of Lesser Feasts and Fasts; and

That the commemorations as authorized for entry into the Calendar of the Church Year are as follows:

January

4          [Elizabeth Ann Seton, Vowed Religious and Educator, 1821]

5          [Sarah, Theodora, and Syncletica of Egypt, Desert Mothers, 4th – 5th century]

14        [Richard Meux Benson, Priest; and Charles Gore, Bishop, 1915 and 1932]

21        Agnes [and Cecilia] of Rome, Martyr[s], 304 and c. 230

31        [Marcella of Rome, Monastic and Scholar, 410]

 

February

4          [Manche Masemola, Martyr, 1928]

5          [Agatha of Sicily, Martyr, c. 251]

8          [Josephine Margaret (Bakhita), Monastic, 1947]

10        [Scholastica, Monastic, 543]

11        [Theodora, Empress, c 867]

19        [Agnes Tsao Kou Ying, 1856; Agatha Lin Zhao, 1858; and Lucy Yi Zhenmei, Catechists and Martyrs, 1862]

20        [Frederick Douglass, Social Reformer, 1895]

22        [Margaret of Cortona, Monastic, 1297]

25        [Emily Malbone Morgan, Lay Leader and Contemplative, 1937]

26        [Photini (The Samaritan Woman), c. 67]

 

March

15        [Vincent de Paul, Priest, and Louise de Marillac, Vowed Religious, Workers of Charity, 1660]

26        [Harriet Monsell, Monastic, 1883]

28        [James Solomon Russell, Priest, 1935]

 

April

3          [Mary of Egypt, Hermit and Penitent, c. 421]

5          [Harriet Starr Cannon, Monastic, 1896]

14        [Zenaida, Philonella, and Hermione, Unmercenary Physicians, c 100, c 117] 

15        [Damien, Priest, 1889; and Marianne Cope, Monastic, 1918]

16        [Peter Williams Cassey, Deacon, and Annie Besant Cassey, 1917, 1875]

17        [Kateri Tekakwitha, Lay Contemplative, 1680]

18        [Juana Inés de la Cruz, Monastic and Theologian, 1695]

22        [Hadewijch of Brabant, Poet and Mystic, thirteenth century]

23        [Toyohiko Kagawa, Social Reformer, 1960]

27        [Zita of Tuscany, Worker of Charity, 1271]

 

May

3          [Elisabeth Cruciger, Poet and Hymnographer, 1535]

5          [Martyrs of the Reformation Era]

11        [Johann Arndt, and Jacob Boehme, Mystics, 1621, 1624]

13        [Frances Perkins, Social Reformer, 1965]

15        [Pachomius of Tabenissi, Monastic, 348]

21        [Lydia of Thyatira, Coworker of the Apostle Paul]

22        [Helena of Constantinople, Protector of Holy Places, 330]

28        [Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mystic, c 1282]

 

June

4          [John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli), Bishop, 1963]

8          [Melania the Elder, Monastic, 410]

17        [Marina the Monk, Monastic, 5th century]

19        [Adelaide Teague Case, Educator, 1948]

26        [Isabel Florence Hapgood, Ecumenist, 1928]

 

July

2          [Moses the Black, Monastic and Martyr, ca. 400]

6          [Eva Lee Matthews, Monastic, 1928]

8          [Priscilla and Aquila, Coworkers of the Apostle Paul]

14        [Argula von Grumbach, Scholar and Church Reformer, c. 1554]

21        [Maria Skobtsoba, Monastic and Martyr, 1945]

23        [John Cassian, Monastic and Theologian, 435]

28        [Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer,1750]

 

August

3          [Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrh-bearing Women]

9          [Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), Philosopher, Monastic, and Martyr, 1942]

29        [The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist]

30        [Margaret Ward, Margaret Clitherow, and Anne Line, Martyrs, 1588, 1586, 1601]

 

September

3          [Phoebe, Deacon]

5          [Katharina Zell, Church Reformer and Writer, 1562]

6          [Hannah More, Religious Writer and Philanthropist, 1833]

7          [Kassiani, Poet and Hymnographer, 865]

8          [The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary]

15        [Catherine of Genoa, Mystic and Nurse, 1510]

23        [Thecla of Iconium, Proto-Martyr among Women, c. 70]

24        [Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, Deaconess and Teacher, 1947]

27        [Euphrosyne/Smaragdus of Alexandria, Monastic, 5th century]

28        [Paula and Eustochium of Rome, Monastics and Scholars, 404 and c. 419]

 

October

1          [Therese of Lisieux, Monastic, 1898]

3          [John Raleigh Mott, Lay Leader and Ecumenist, 1955]

7          [Birgitta of Sweden, Mystic, 1373]

12        [Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915]

25        [Tabitha (Dorcas) of Joppa]

30        [Maryam of Qidun, Monastic, 4th century]

 

November

8          [Ammonius, Hermit, 4th century]

9          [Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, and Margery Kempe, Mystics, 1349, 1396, and c. 1440]

15        [Herman of Alaska, Missionary, 1837]

21        [Mechthilde of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great, Mystics, 1298 and 1302]

24        [Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara of Nicomedia and Margaret of Antioch, Martyrs c. 305]

 

December

1          [Charles de Foucauld, Monastic and Martyr, 1916]

3          [Francis Xavier, Priest and Missionary, 1552]

12        [Francis de Sales, Bishop, and Jane de Chantal, Vowed Religious, 1622 and 1641]

13        [Lucy of Syracuse, Martyr, 304]

14        [John of the Cross, Mystic and Monastic Reformer, 1591]

15        [Nino of Georgia, Missionary, c. 332]

17        [Dorothy L. Sayers, Apologist and Spiritual Writer, 1957]

20        [Katharina von Bora, Church Reformer, 1552]