A127 Establish a Working Group to Update Biographies in Lesser Feasts and Fasts

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,

That the 81st General Convention authorize the creation of a small working group of church historians to review the biographies in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, taking note of changes in scholarship that have occurred since many of the biographies were first approved, and make any appropriate revisions; and be it further

Resolved, That the working group also examine any role that figures commemorated on the calendar might have had in issues including (but not limited to) the slave trade, indigenous boarding schools, and segregation, and recommend ways to appropriately address any concerns that are identified; and be it further

Resolved, That the working group report through the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, and be given two triennia to fully complete its work.