443 comments on “Accepting Nominations!”

1. Jean Donovan, Dorothy Kazel, Ita Ford & Maura Clarke - Martyrs of El Salvador

2. I nominate St Arnold [Arnulf] of Metz, patron saint of beer.

3. Jonathan Myrick Daniel (HWHM, August 14)
   Corrie Ten Boom

4. FD Maurice. But I'd also like to nominate Dante Alighieri -- if you need a write-up, I've done one as a member of TEC's SCLM and it is in process toward "Cloud of Witnesses" (successsor to HWHM). I won't argue the case for Dante here, but would be glad to forward the material to you. Cheers.

   1. Second the nomination of Dante!

5. I'd like to nominate Harry Holt, 1901-1964 of Creswell, Oregon whose love and caring for abandoned children has changed the lives of thousands. . Harry was a farmer and lumberman who lived in Creswell with his wife, Bertha and six children. In 1954, after seeing a WorldVision film about mixed race children abandoned in Korea after the Korean War, he went to Korea planning to adopt a child. He came home with eight, whom the Holts raised as their own. The family then began commuting to Korea, establishing facilities, rescuing children, selling off their own properties to do it. Harry, who had had a serious heart attack, died in 1964 in Korea just after bringing in an abandoned baby. Bertha, who had trained as a nurse but been a stay-at-home Mom, took over the project, relying on her Christian faith to run the show. She lived to be 96. The Holt agency has saved thousands of children, and now operates in 12 countries. If the Holts aren't yet on any calendar they are in the nightly prayers of children and families all over the world.

6. I would like to nominate Mr. Rogers. Fred Rogers brought neighborly calm to children (and their parents) for so many years. I am serving as Interim in Nantucket and have found out that he attended St. Paul's--and there is an icon of him near the pew in which he sat. He was a beloved member of the Nantucket community and thos who knew him say he was genuinely as kind as the person he appeared to be on TV. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister who knew his ministry was to children.

   1. i second this one, also....

7. On behalf of hundreds of students at St. Christopher's School (Richmond, VA), we would like to nominate Saint Christopher!

8. I nominate Heinrich Bullinger - an underappreciated reformer who was a saintly and devoted pastor.

9. Martin of Tours

   Brother Lawrence

   Thomas Beckett or Thomas Cranmer

10. This church archivist nominates St. Lawrence (aka San Lorenzo), patron saint of archivists, the poor, crops harvested in August, and cooks. The man was GRILLED! GRILLED! And had the wherewithal to make snappy comments to his torturers.

11. I'd like to nominate Aidan Bishop of Lindesfarne 651 (August 31) Trained at Iona he was a great evangelist for the church in Northern England. Aidan trained many monks and nuns several of whom went on to be church leaders.

12. I nominate three persons all included in Holy Women, Holy Men and who has been included in several provinces Feasts and Fasts for many years...

    Vincent de Paul, Religious and Prophetic Witness, 1660

    Enmegahbowh, Priest and Missionary, 1902

    John XXIII, Bishop of Rome and Ecumenist, 1963

13. Let's give Benedict of Nursa another shot at the Golden Halo.

14. Julian of Norwich

15. I nominate St. James, Bishop of Jerusalem, held the first Church Council.
    I would also be pleased to see John Donne on the list.

16. I nominate:

    Cyril of Jerusalem
    Cyril of Alexandria
    Cyril the Philosopher (paired with Methodius)
    Cyril of Turaw
    and Christopher, an early Christian martyr

17. I nominate the Four Chaplains, also known as the Dorchester Chaplains, who gave up their life vests and places in lifeboats to others during the sinking of the troop ship the S.S. Dorchester during WWII.

    Four Chaplains Day (Feb. 3) is a Feast Day on the ECUSA liturgical calendar, so they meet that stipulation. Their image is also present in numerous memorials, chapel windows, etc., including the National Cathedral's Heroes Chapel window.

18. I would like to nominate Saint Barnabas! He was a teacher and was known for encouraging others gifts; to do their best. He helped others find their talents and develop them. He is our parish patron saint and also at many other parishes.

19. I'd like to nominate:
    Quiteria
    Clare of Assisi
    Catherine of Siena
    Maria Goretti
    Edith Stein
    Joan of Arc

    1. Second Joan of Arc.

20. I would like to nominate The Rev. Henry Budd, the first indigenous person to be ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican tradition in North America. His commemoration in the Anglican Church of Canada is April 2. His legacy lives on in Henry Budd College for Ministry in The Pas, Manitoba where he came as a catechist to the indigenous people of the area in 1840. 2015-16 marks the 175th anniversary of the arrival of Henry Budd to northwestern Manitoba. The parish he established, Christ Church, The Pas, is still an active parish in the Diocese of Brandon. I believe the Rev. Henry Budd is a worthy candidate for the 2016 bracket.

21. I'd like to nominate St. Andrew, St. Zita, St. Margaret of Scotland, and St. Emily de Vialar

22. I nominate Elizabeth Ann Seton.

23. I nominate Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy. Priest, poet, prophet, and best-known chaplain in the British Army in World War One. Beloved by his soldiers, and nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" for the brand of cigarettes he gave them, his feast day is March 8 on the calendars of TEC and the C of E. After the war, he was an ardent advocate for justice for poor and working class people in the UK. He is the hero of my book which was published by Forward Movement in 2007. He is the author of Hymn 9 ("Awake, awake to love and work) in The Hymnal 1982.

24. I am pleased to nominate King Charles the Martyr.

    1. I second that emotion! As a member of the Society of King Charles the Martyr, I would love to see him in the bracket. People have very strong feelings for and against Charles. What a bloodbath it will be if he is in the competition!

25. I nominate St Jude Thaddaeus, the patron saint of desperate cases. Many times he has come through for those who have offered up prayers for people in seemingly hopeless situations.

26. I nominate Corrie Ten Boom............she and her family exemplify courage in the dark days of Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

    1. I second her. I read the book about her, The Hiding Place. She was so brave hiding the Jews, and she lifted others' spirits in prison even though she was sick herself.

    2. I'm a great Corrie Ten Boom fan. What a remarkable witness!

       1. I agree with the nomination of Corrie Ten Boom too!

27. I nominate Alcuin for his humility and friendships and contribution to preservation of acholarship. And he chastised Charlemagne for forcible conversions.

28. I nominate myself.

    1. (y)

29. William W. Mayo, Charles F. Menninger, St. John the Divine, Teresa of Avila, Christina Rosetti,, John of the Cross

    1. I'll second Christina Rosetti.

30. Julian of Norwich. Please!!!