443 comments on “Accepting Nominations!”

1. I nominate Blessed Xenia of Saint Petersburg (Russia, not Florida!).

2. Dorothy Day

3. I'd like to nominate St. Castulus, his wife Irene of Rome, and St. Sebastian, who Irene nursed back to health after he was left for dead.

4. I nominate Julian of Norwich, Mary Magdalene and Christina the Astonishing.

5. How about Anna the prophetess vs. someone like St. Olympias? That might be fun.

   1. Anna vs. Simeon?

6. Since I am also a student of the Russian language and history, how about St. Cyril?

7. I nominate Alexander Crummell -- the worthy heir of Absalom Jones -- and Samuel Ajayi Crowther -- the first African Anglican bishop.

8. I nominate the following:
   St. Aidan
   Anne, the grandmother of Jesus
   St. Stephen
   Maya Angelou
   Herb Brokering (the author of "Earth and all Stars")
   Bishop William "Bill" Gordon, Jr., Bishop of Alaska.

9. Although neither of them is honored on the C of E liturgical calendar, they both should
   be. And what a smackdown they would be:

   Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope

   1. Yes! Jane Austen 🙂

10. I would like to nominate Saint Bonaventure, an influential theologian and philosopher of the middle ages.

11. Martin of Tours, Thomas the Apostle

12. I nominate Padre Pio, Mother Teresa, & Thomas Merton

13. I would like to nominate Martin Luther.

14. I'd like to nominate the following
    The Beloved Disciple (who may or may not have been John Zebedee)
    Julian of Norwich
    The Dorchester Four

15. I hereby nominate:
    St. Kateri Tekakwitha (Born in 1656, died in 1680) was a layperson and a significant aboriginal figure in Canada with credit to numerous miraculous healings. She was beatified on June 22, 1980 and was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012. Her feast day is April 17 in Canada.

16. And two more Canadian Saints for your prayerful consideration:
    St. Marguerite d'Youville (1701–1771).This pious woman founded the religious congregation called the Sisters of Charity, known as the "Grey Nuns." Pope John Paul II canonized her in 1990. Her feast is celebrated on October 16.
    St. Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700) founded the Congregation of Notre Dame who are involved in providing Christian education to many parts of the world. She worked tirelessly to ensure the rights and welfare of women and children in New France and to ensure that young people received an education. Marguerite was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 31, 1982; her feast day is celebrated in Canada on January 12.
    And to give credit in this reply and my previous reply: This information came from the folks Wikipedia, God bless them!

17. I don't know W.H. Peterson, but definitely want to second the nominations of F.D. Maurice and Dante Alighieri.

18. JOHN Vianney..the Cure d'ARS

    jDamien the Leper

    Matt Talbott

19. I nominate Isaac Watts (1674-1748) English Christian humnwriter and theologian. Two of his most popular, better-known hymns include "Joy to the World" and "O God Our Help in Ages Past."

    1. I'll second that!

20. I nominate Eleanor Roosevelt for her work in human rights.

21. I think that Dietrich Bonhoeffer already listed But would like to reinforce consideration. His deep and abiding faith and sacrifice warrants serious attention.

22. St. Barnabas gets my nomination.

23. I second the nomination for the "unknown/SyroPhoenician woman" and add a nomination for "all the saints" (Nov 1)

24. And Thomas Cranmer! Sorry for the misspelling, W.H. Petersen.

25. G.K. Chesterton
    John Donne
    John Henry Newman
    Evelyn Underhill
    J.S. Bach
    Clare of Assisi
    Vida Scudder
    John Muir
    Julian of Norwich
    Thurgood Marshall
    Lancelot Andrewes

    1. I second Thurgood Marshall!!! Please put him in there next time around! 🙂

26. Sojourner Truth --"Aren't I a Woman?" and had the strength of reprove Frederick Douglass for lack of faith
    Pauli Murray
    Bertha--paved the way for conversion of Ethelbert
    Mother Jones even if she isn't official
    Benedict Biscop for putting together books to inspire Bede
    Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury
    Martin Luther--Without him, would Henry VIII have succeeded in the English Reformation. Also, where would we be without "A Mighty Fortress?"
    Jan Hus--dying for one's faith always is a step up
    John Donne--for poems and sermons, even if they are often quoted too much

27. Edith Stein
    Claire of Assisi

28. St. Veronica -- inspiration for how one fearless act of compassion can mean so much

29. With joy and anticipation, I nominate Saint Philip Neri -- one of the most humble and goofy of saints, "there are stories of him wearing ridiculous clothes or walking around with half his beard shaved off. The greater his reputation for holiness the sillier he wanted to seem. When some people came from Poland to see the great saint, they found him listening to another priest read to him from joke books." I would also like to nominate Saint Juniper, a closer follower of Saint Francis of Assisi and a man who many later researchers have suggested displayed many of the classic attributes of a person with Autism.
    Both of these saints truly lived in joyful humility -- a rare quality indeed! And, I would also add St. Thaddeus (a.k.a. St. Jude, patron saint of lost causes). Wow, never-ever expected to eagerly anticipate Lent!

30. I nominate Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who is listed in 'Holy Women Holy Men, Celebration of the Saints'. He is honored with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church on April 10th.
    Pierre Teilhard was a first class 20th Century paleontologist as well as a Christian mystic. His vision expressed in his writings saw evolution bringing together all matter into a final goal in which spirit and matter will coincide and God shall be all in all which he called the Omega Point.