Glossary

The King of Hawaii, who with his queen, Emma, asked the bishop of Oxford to send missionaries in the mid-19th century, thereby establishing Anglicanism in the Hawaiian islands. Feast day: Nov. 28.

A 19th-century priest and professor of poetry, and one of the initiators of the Oxford Movement in England. Feast day: March 29.

The first missionary bishop of The Episcopal Church, who established seven Midwest dioceses in the 19th century. Feast day: May 24.

A 17th-century bishop and hymn writer in the Church of England. Feast day: March 21.

A 20th-century Baptist preacher and civil rights leader, and the United States’ most ardent proponent of nonviolent social reform. Feast day: April 4.

“Lord, have mercy.” An ancient Greek supplication, said or sung in response to intercessory prayers.