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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

May 25, 2005 -- Weekend: Celebrate Anglican Communion Sunday

This Sunday, May 29, is Anglican Communion Sunday, a day to raise
awareness
of and celebrate the Anglican Communion.

The Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is a member, is
composed of 38 worldwide member churches, or provinces, all of which are
in
communion with the See of Canterbury. Each province exercises
jurisdictional
independence but shares a common heritage concerning Anglican identity
and
commitment to scripture, tradition, and reason as sources of authority.

Unity and cooperation in the Anglican Communion are encouraged by the
Lambeth Conference which meets every 10 years. The work and vision of
the
Lambeth Conferences are continued between meetings by the Anglican
Consultative Council (ACC), the Communion's main legislative and only
representative body which includes bishops, clergy and laity from
Anglican
and Episcopal churches throughout the world.

The 12th meeting of the ACC, held in Hong Kong in September 2002, passed
a
resolution urging provinces to observe Anglican Communion Sunday, and
asked
that a special offering be taken for the work of the ACC on that day.

The Anglican Cycle of Prayer requests that prayers be said this Sunday
for
the Anglican Communion, the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), the
Secretary General, and the staff of the Anglican Communion Office, which
is
based in London, England.

The celebration falls on the Sunday closest to the feast of St.
Augustine,
first Archbishop of Canterbury (AD 597-604).

Further information about the Anglican Communion can be found online at
http://www.anglicancommunion.org.

Coming up Sunday, May 29, 2005...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- State Day prayers this Sunday will honor Oklahoma on
Sunday, May 29, at Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and
Wisconsin Avenues Northwest (Mount St. Alban), Washington, D.C., 20016;
202.537.6200; http://www.cathedral.org. Next Sunday, June 5: State Day
prayers will remember New Mexico.

ANGLICAN COMMUNION -- Following the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, this
Sunday is
Anglican Communion Sunday. Pray for the Anglican Communion, the Anglican
Consultative Council (ACC), the Secretary General and the Anglican
Communion
Office staff. The Anglican Cycle of Prayer can be accessed online at:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/main.cfm.

Coming up Monday, May 30, 2005 (Memorial Day)...

NEW YORK -- The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, led by assistant
conductor
Xian Zhang, will perform its 14th annual free Memorial Day concert at 8
p.m.
on Monday, May 30, at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New
York.
The program includes Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture and
Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
	Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The doors will open
at 7 p.m. Additional seating will be available, weather permitting, on
the
Pulpit Green adjacent to the Cathedral. Further information, call the
Cathedral's Visitors' Center at 212.316.7540.
	Please note: The estimated concert duration is 1 hour and 15
minutes. This concert will be performed without intermission.
	Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, New York,
NY 10025. Tel: 212.316.7540. www.stjohndivine.org.

Looking ahead:

Coming up Friday, June 3, 2005...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- An evening of Broadway music will be performed
by
St. Paul's Choir, featured soloists, and guest musicians, at 7:30 p.m.
on
Friday, June 3, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The
concert is open to the public and free of charge. A reception will
follow
the performance.
	St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 261 South 900 East, Salt Lake City,
Utah 84102 (801) 322-5869. http://www.stpauls-slc.org/

SEWANEE, Tennessee -- Education for Ministry (EFM) will hold its 30th
Anniversary Celebration at the University of the South's School of
Theology
in Sewanee, Tennessee, June 3-5.
	EFM students, graduates, mentors, coordinators, and trainers will
gather to celebrate a program of theological education and reflection
that
has touched the lives of more than 60,000 people around the world.
	The conference will include lectures, presentations, workshops, and
idea swapping, with plenty of time for networking and fellowship.
	Registration and a detailed description of the event are posted on
the EFM website at http://www.sewanee.edu/EFM/EFMhome.html. The
conference
qualifies as Alternate Mentor Training for eligible participants. The
cost,
which includes tuition, housing, and meals, is $229 for single
accommodations and $248 for double accommodations. Call 800.722.1974 or
e-mail efm@sewanee.edu to register.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The second annual Washington Early Music Festival,
"Spain and the New World," is set for June 3-26. The festival, which
offers
performances in downtown churches, among them the Episcopal parishes of
St.
Mark's and St. James', Capitol Hill, and Epiphany, D.C., will explore
the
early music of Spain and its former colonies, dance and visual arts.
The performances will showcase lesser-known music of an earlier era,
some of
which has languished unheard for years in archives at the Library of
Congress and the Peabody Library.
	This year's offerings include a concert by composer Tomas Luis de
Victoria, a Spanish Renaissance composer who created ethereal sacred
music;
a concert featuring Renaissance polyphony for "high voices" only --
alto,
countertenor and soprano; music unique to the remote reaches of Iberia;
traditional music of the Sephardic Jews in their language of Ladino or
Judeo-Espanol; and music from the Latin American Spanish colonies with
its
intermingling of native and Spanish influences.
	The festival will feature many local early music performers,
including both well established and new ensembles. Festival-goers can
join a
dance workshop or participate in an all day exploration of the music of
Phillippe Rogier, culminating in a performance of their own.
	St. Mark's, Capitol Hill, is once again hosting an arts show.
	The Washington Early Music Festival was founded in 2003. Further
information: www.earlymusicdc.org.

Coming up Saturday, June 4, 2005...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Episcopal Church and its Office of Government
Relations have joined in partnership with Bread for the World, Call to
Renewal and other faith organizations to hold the One Table, Many Voices
Conference -- a mobilization to end poverty and hunger -- in Washington,
D.C., June 4-7.
	"This important event is a call to action to fight hunger both at
home and abroad," said Maureen Shea, director of government relations.
"Activists, lay and clergy leaders, heads of communion will gather to
learn,
worship, and lobby together to feed the hungry. We hope many
Episcopalians
will join us."
	The Office of Government Relations will host pre-conference
workshops on Saturday, June 4, from 1-5 p.m. Episcopalians planning to
be
present at the conference are invited to attend workshops on current
legislation, the work of the Episcopal Church, and grassroots
organizing.
	The four-day conference will educate and train attendees on domestic
and global issues involving hunger and poverty. Participants will be
able to
meet anti-hunger and poverty advocates from around the country and world
in
plenary sessions and workshops.

	Featured speakers will include the Rev. David Beckmann, president of
Bread for the World; the Rev. Jim Wallis, convener and president for
Call to
Renewal; Bhante Dhammasiri, president of Washington Buddhist Vihara;
Grandmother Connie Mirabal, Elder of the Hopi Nation; and Ray Suarez,
senior
correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
	There will also be inspiring worship services, a reception at the
French Embassy (recognizing the 24 Millennium Challenge Account eligible
countries), and an Interfaith Convocation at Washington National
Cathedral
on Monday, June 6 at 7 p.m. with Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold
introducing
guest speaker Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane of Cape Town. The
conference
will culminate on National Hunger Awareness Day with a rally at the MCI
Center to kick-off the Hunger Lobby Day on Capitol Hill.
	To register please visit the One Table, Many Voices website
http://www.onetableconference.org

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