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]