Holy Women Holy Men

By Charles Hoffacker • How did Frances Perkins understand the connection between Christianity and public life?

The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music is considering a deeper rethinking of the Episcopal Church’s calendar.

The House of Bishops approved Resolution D002 that would amend two canons to say that “gender identity and expression” should not be bases for exclusion from consideration for ordained ministry.

General Convention’s Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy, and Church Music has endorsed continued trial use of Holy Women, Holy Men.

In the 1990s, the liturgical calendar began to become a political football.

By Nigel A. Renton In June the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music’s weblog began listing names of folk to be considered for the latest iteration of the Episcopal Church’s Sanctoral Calendar (Holy Women, Holy Men, in trial use during this triennium). The list neglected a worthy nominee in Dag Hammarskjöld, who died in September 1961.