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Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

March 9, 2005 - Week on Wednesday

Coming up Friday, March 11, 2005...

CAMP ALLEN, Texas - The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church will
meet
in Camp Allen, Texas, March 11-16 for its annual retreat, which will
include
private reflection and conversation.

SEATTLE, Washington - Mark Williams, director of music at St. Paul's
Cathedral School, London, will give an organ recital at 7:30 p.m. on
Friday,
March 11, at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington.
Williams' program will include music by Bach, Buxtehude, Byrd, Vierne
and Reubke.
	Williams became assistant sub-organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in
2000, at the age of 21. He received his early musical training at
Manchester
Cathedral and in his hometown of Bolton in Lancashire, before going on
to
spend a year as Organ Scholar of Truro Cathedral in Cornwall. In 1997 he
took up the organ scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he
was
also later awarded an academic scholarship. Since August 2000, he has
been
Organist-in-Residence at the International William Byrd Festival in
Portland
Oregon each summer.
	Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 students and seniors, and can
be purchased at 206.325.6500 or online at
http://www.ticketwindowonline.com.
	Further information: Heather Hodsdon, 206.323.0300, ext. 240.
	St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Avenue. Tel: 206.323.0300.
http://www.saintmarks.org.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The third annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global
Peace with Justice will be held March 11-14 in Washington, D.C.
	The conference theme, "Make All Things New," coincides with a new
presidential term, a new Congress and a new opportunity for people of
faith
to learn together and raise their voices in advocacy for a more just and
peaceful world.
	Participants gathered will address urgent global issues and examine
U.S. policy regarding the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America,
global
economic justice, global security, eco-justice and U.S. domestic issues.
They will also issue briefings and receive training in advocacy.
	Speakers will include Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love, Catholic University
of America, Washington, D.C.; Bishop Vashti McKenzie, African Methodist
Episcopal Church; and Baldemar Velasquez, founder/president, Farm Labor
Organizing Committee. Rick Ufford-Chase, Presbyterian Church, will
moderate.
	The Episcopal Church is one of several supporters of Ecumenical
Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice which highlights the urgency
of
pursuing wise and peaceful solutions to conflicts and the need for aid,
debt
and trade policies that benefit our impoverished brothers and sisters
throughout the world.
	For further information call 202.543.4150 or email
info@advocacydays.org.

Coming up Saturday, March 12, 2005...

SOUTH BEND, Indianapolis - "A Lenten Quiet Day: Passion and Promise"
will be
held from 9 a.m. til 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, at the Episcopal
Cathedral of St. James in South Bend, Indiana.
	The day will begin at 9 a.m. with coffee and conversation. There
will be two meditations in the morning, the Holy Eucharist at noon, and
a
sharing time about 1:30 p.m. After the first Meditation a little time
will
be spent in Lectio Divina, a reflective reading of Scripture, and after
the
second there will be a brief period of still prayer in preparation for
the
Eucharist. Luncheon will be served.
	"The general focus for the day will be on Christ's passion and on
the difference this incredible gift makes to our lives as we live them,"
says coordinator Kitty Clark. "Lent gives us chance after chance to
behold
Jesus, and, in the human cost of his living and dying, to see love,
self-giving, out-pouring love, at the very heart of the Godhead, the
very
core of who God is. The cross of Christ is God's love writ large across
the
sky."
	Clark is from St. Andrew's, Valparaiso, and is now living at the
DeKoven Center in Racine, Wisconsin, where for the last 10 years she has
been serving as volunteer program coordinator. She is a clergy widow,
mother
of five children, and English teacher, now retired. Clark brings a
lifetime's experience attending retreats, and in the last years leading
them, both in the Diocese and at the DeKoven Center. The bishop has
recently
named her an honorary Canon of the Cathedral of St. James.
	The Quiet Day is free and open to the public. Further information
and registration: 574.232.4837 or stjames@michaina.org.
	Cathedral of St. James, 117 N. Lafayette Blvd., South Bend, Indiana
46601.

THE PLAINS, UPPERVILLE, Virginia - Camerata Cantores and Brass Classique
will present two concerts of sacred music, March 12 and 13. "Sing To His
Name" will be presented at Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains,
Virginia on
Saturday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. The encore performance will be held
Sunday,
March 13, at 4:00 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville,
Virginia.
	The 28-member madrigal ensemble, founded and directed by Helen Dill,
will perform works from the 16th century as well as selections from John
Rutter's "Requiem" and Maurice Durufle's "Requiem," two twentieth
century
compositions.
	Brass Classique, founded and directed by Richard Dill, will join
Camerata Cantores in this program of sacred music.
	Guest organist Anne Timberlake of the Warrenton Presbyterian Church
will also accompany the group. Organ and brass will be featured in their
own
selections, and join Camerata Cantores to conclude the program in a
performance of "Sing To His Name" composed by Jane Marshall.
	Tickets are $15.00 and will be available at the door. For more
information, call 540.937.4044 or visit www.cameratacantores.org.
	Grace Episcopal Church, 6507 Main Street, The Plains, Virginia
20198. http://www.gracechurch.net.
	Trinity Episcopal Church, 9114 John S Mosby Hwy, Upperville,
Virginia 20184.

Coming up Sunday, March 13, 2005...

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - Yehezkel Landau, a man with outstanding
scholarly
and long-term peacemaking credentials, will deliver the 2005 Wallenberg
Tribute Lecture, "Healing the Holy Land: Interreligious Peacebuilding in
Israel/Palestine," at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, in Miller Forum,
Moyer
Hall, on the Muhlenberg College Campus in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
	This fifty-minute lecture, sponsored by the Institute for
Jewish-Christian Understanding at Muhlenberg College, is free and open
to
the public.
	Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104.
http://www.muhlberg.edu.

BOSTON - This week's Trinity Forum, "How I Keep My Prayer Going," will
be
presented by Brother Curtis Almquist, Superior, Society of St. John the
Evangelist, Cambridge, at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, in the church.
"Almquist's infectious Christian faith has touched many people. In this
Forum, he will discuss the ways in which daily prayer enlivens his sense
of
Christ's presence."
	This week's Sunday Night Forum, "Preparing to Walk through Holy
Week, Bible in Hand" will be held from 4:30-5:45 p.m. on March 13, in
the
Commons of Trinity Church, Boston. The Sunday Night Forum series during
Lent, "Dust Off Your Bibles: Basic Bible Literacy," will be a short
course
on the greatest love story ever told. The series will be conducted by
parishioner H. Mark Smith, who promises these sessions will be "less
about
dumping data, and more about unlocking mysteries."
	Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.
Tel: 617.536.0944. http://www.trinityboston.org/default.asp.

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas - Just in time for Spring Solstice, two
well-known
retreat leaders will help members of the Northwest Arkansas community
reflect on how changes in the seasons mirror their own spiritual
journeys.
	Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr, authors of a newly released book,
"The Circle of Life," will speak at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at St.
Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
	Wiederkehr, a Benedictine Sister at St. Scholastica Monastery in
Fort Smith, Arkansas, says that participants should come prepared to
celebrate the beauty of their own personal stories, hidden in each
season's
story.
	"The seasons of the earth: spring, summer, autumn and winter, circle
through our days, blessing both our inner and outer lives. Every
movement in
the circle of life is a dance of life and death ...and life. Each of the
external seasons is like a mirror for our soul's seasonal journey. As we
pass through these patterns of the year and of the heart, we are offered
graced opportunities for spiritual transformation," she says.
	Rupp is known for her work as a writer, retreat and conference
speaker and "spiritual midwife." She is a member of the Servite
(Servants of
Mary) community and has led retreats throughout North America, as well
as in
Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. She is the author of many books,
including the bestsellers Rest Your Dreams on a Little Twig, The Cup of
Our
Life, May I Have This Dance and Praying Our Goodbyes.

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, accompanied
by a
string orchestra, will sing the Indianapolis premiere of Scottish
composer
James MacMillan's Seven Last Words from the Cross at 4:30 p.m. on
Sunday,
March 13, at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis.
	Additional performances will include: Two psalms and a proverb by
Ned Rorem (for choir and string quintet); De Profundis by Arvo Part (for
choirmen, percussion and organ); Crucifixus pro nobis by Kenneth
Leighton
(for tenor soloist, choir, and organ).
	The choir and orchestra, under the direction of Frederick
Burgomaster; include Christopher Freeze, tenor soloist; and Marko
Petricic,
organist.
	Further information about Christ Church Cathedral and its
ministries, please visit www.cccindy.org.

SAN FRANCISCO, California - "At Odds with Stem Cell Research" will be
this
week's Forum at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, featuring Dr. Randy
Schekman, from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, at Gresham Hall,
on
the Crypt Level of the Cathedral.
	Cell and developmental biology has taken center stage in a
political, ethical, and religious debate that has invigorated
discussions of
national and international science policy. From state ballot measures to
the
presidential debates, this scientific breakthrough in treating disease
was
on everyone's mind. But is it, as some groups say, tantamount to
abortion?
	Schekman is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell
Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and will help unravel
the
science and controversy behind this medical marvel.
	For more information about this event please call 415.749.6360 or
email Larry Bisagni at larryb@gracecathedral.org. Grace Cathedral, 1100
California St. (at Taylor St.), San Francisco, California 94108. Tel:
415.749.6300. http://www.gracecathedral.org.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - State Day prayers this Sunday will remember West
Virginia
in liturgies at Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and
Wisconsin
Avenues Northwest (Mount St. Alban), Washington, D.C., 20016;
202.537.6200;
http://www.cathedral.org. The Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III will be the
preacher at the 11 a.m. service. Next Sunday, March 20: State Day
prayers
will remember Nevada.

ANGLICAN COMMUNION - Following the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, this Sunday
(5
Lent: Passion Sunday) you are asked to pray for the Most Rev. Badda
Peter
Sugandhar, Moderator, Church of South India & Bishop of Medak. The
Anglican
Cycle of Prayer can be accessed online at:
www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/main.cfm.

Coming up Monday, March 14, 2005...

NEW YORK - A public forum, "Beyond the Soup Kitchen," will be held 7-9
p.m.
on Monday, March 14, at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New
York.
	The forum, moderated by Bill Bell, religion columnist for The Daily
News, will address issues of hunger in our communities. Participants
will
include Jan Poppendieck, author of "Sweet Charity: Emergency Food and
the
End of Entitlement"; Janet Dorman, director of St. Mary's Feeding
Programs;
Gail Brewer, City Council member; and Joel Berg, executive director of
the
New York City Coalition Against Hunger.
	The forum is free and open to the public. Donations appreciated.
Further information: the Rev. Patti Welch at 212.316.7474 or
pwelch@cathedralnyc.org.

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