[Magdalen] MLK (was (Re: DT reads)

[Sibyl Smirl]

On 10/23/16 11:33 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> Perhaps this is due to the Episcopal Church and the C of E having different
> calendars of saints?  Do we not have completely different prayer books and
> hymnals?
>
> Perhaps the procedure for putting a name into the list is very different?
> Our procedure certainly differs with that of the RCC.

In ECUSA, the procedure (apart from the major traditional Saints, such 
as the Biblical ones, and ancient ones like Patrick, who are usually 
celebrated at least somewhere close to their traditional days, usually 
the death day, when known) involves at least two General Conventions 
voting for a new one.  Our sister, Carol Marsh, was involved in trying 
to get a saintly Martyr, a soldier (a chaplain) from New Mexico in WWII, 
who died in Japanese captivity, on the Calendar.  She and her group 
prepared quite a biography, including saintly acts he'd performed in the 
captivity, which she posted on Anglican, and I included at the time in 
my Saint series.  I believe that it was presented to GC that year, but 
am not sure.  He didn't make it all the way to the Calendar, mostly 
because of chaos in the Rio Grande Diocese, not at all involved with the 
man himself, but involving Carol.

I'd like to hear from Chad on this, he's the webmaster for the 
satucket.com sites, including the most recent list of our official 
Saints, the URL for which I posted earlier in this thread.


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