Action Item Votes
ACTION ITEM #01:
Do the members
approve financial assistance to the Archdiocese for the Military Services in
the form of a national collection to be taken up every three years proximate to
Veteran's Day or a similar strategic date beginning in 2013?
VOTE: Majority Vote
of those Members Present and Voting
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 123, No: 42, Abstain: 8)
ACTION ITEM #02
Do the members accept
the recommendation of the Committee on Priorities and Plans for the addition of
one staff position in the National Religious Retirement Office?
VOTE: Majority Vote
of those Members Present and Voting
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 174, No: 49, Abstain: 2)
ACTION ITEM #03
Do
the members accept the recommendation of the Committee on Priorities and Plans
for the addition of one staff position in service to the Subcommittee on Native
American Affairs under the Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church
with the understanding that this position will be fully funded by the Black and
Indian Mission Collection?
VOTE: Majority Vote
of those Members Present and Voting
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 188, No: 40, Abstain: 6)
ACTION ITEM #04
Do the members
support the recommendation of the Committee on Priorities and Plans for the
approval and implementation of the 2013-2016 Strategic Plan for the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops?
VOTE:
Majority Vote of those Members Present and Voting
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 233, No: 0, Abstain: 4)
ACTION ITEM #05
Do the members accept
the recommendation of the Committee on Budget & Finance for approval of the
2013 Budget?
VOTE: Majority Vote
of those Members Present and Voting
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 200, No: 24, Abstain: 9)
ACTION ITEM #06
Do the members
approve the decree establishing the practice to be observed when promulgating
USCCB particular legislation?
VOTE: Two-thirds Latin
Church Members
RESULT: RESULT: Passed (Yes: 217, No: 3, Abstain: 1)
ACTION ITEM #07
Do the members approve the proposed Formal Statement: Preaching the Mystery of Faith: The Sunday Homily?VOTE: Two-thirds of the Conference Membership
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 227, No: 11, Abstain: 4)
ACTION ITEM #08
Do the Latin Church
members approve the "Scope of Work" for an amended edition of the English
translation of the Liturgy of the Hours
for use in the Dioceses of the United States of America? VOTE: Two-thirds of
the Latin Church Member
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 189, No: 41, Abstain: 1)
ACTION ITEM #09
Do the Latin Church
members approve the inscription of the Optional Memorial of Blessed
Francis Xavier Seelos as an addition to the Proper Calendar for the Dioceses of
the United States of America?
VOTE: Two-thirds of
the Latin Church Members with subsequent confirmation by the Congregation for
Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacrament
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 213, No: 1, Abstain: 1)
ACTION ITEM #10 (withdrawn)
ACTION ITEM #11
Do the members
approve the proposed Special Message on Work,
Poverty and a Broken Economy?
VOTE: Two-thirds of
the Conference Membership Present and Voting
RESULT: Failed (Yes: 134, No: 85, Abstain: 9)
ACTION ITEM #12
Do the members
approve the proposal to establish a new position of public affairs director?
VOTE: Majority Vote
of those Members Present and Voting
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 202, No: 25, Abstain: 4)
Canonical Consultation on cause for canonization of the Servant of God Dorothy Day
ACTION REQUIRED: Formal Vote (voice)
RESULT: Passed (by voice vote)
ACTION ITEM #13
Do the members
approve the proposed letter of pastoral exhortation to the faithful,
encouraging them to avail themselves of the Sacrament of Penance and
Reconciliation during Lent 2013?
VOTE: Two-thirds of
the Conference Membership
RESULT: Passed (Yes: 236, No: 1, Abstain: 0)