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Daybook -- Today is Wednesday, August 16, 2006.
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation http://eds.libsyn.com * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1992, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii changed from mission to parish status. http://www.stmichaels-kauai.org/history.htm
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World Report
* AUSTRALIA: First woman appointed as administrator of Perth diocese * CANADA: Women are the new face of AIDS, conference speakers say * ENGLAND: Archbishop of York begins seven-day vigil for the Middle East * INDIA: Child labor ban requires enforcement, church officials say * LAMBETH PALACE: Archbishop of Canterbury to visit China * LAMBETH PALACE: Archbishop of Canterbury to welcome Chief Rabbinate to Lambeth * SRI LANKA: Civil conflict forces thousands to evacuate
Full report: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77239_ENG_HTM.htm
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Weeks Ahead
* WASHINGTON, D.C.: Cathedral State Day will honor Alaska * NEW ORLEANS: Interfaith service to remember Hurricane Katrina * NEW ORLEANS: Bishop Packard to preach at St. Paul's in New Orleans * NEW ORLEANS: Bishop Jenkins to speak at ecumenical service * BENNINGTON, Vermont: St. Peter's to host interfaith conference on disability * SEATTLE, Washington: Training opportunity set to counter violence against women * NEWARK, New Jersey: Newark diocese to meet in special convention
Full calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77240_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey" from Oxford University Press, Editors: Charles Hefling & Cynthia Shattuck, 614 pages, hardcover, $40
[Source: Oxford University Press] -- The Book of Common Prayer runs like a golden thread through the history of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer is the first comprehensive guide to the history and usage of the original Book of Common Prayer and its numerous descendants throughout the world. It shows how a seminal text for Christian worship and devotion has inspired a varied family of religious resources that have had an influence far beyond their use in the churches of a single tradition.
The Guide is unique. In it experts from every part of the globe and every branch of Anglicanism, as well as from the Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and Unitarian traditions, provide an unparalleled examination of The Book of Common Prayer and its lineage. From 1549 to the Twenty-first Century, The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer offers a fascinating journey through the history and development of a classic of world literature.
Much more than simply a history, this volume describes how Anglican churches at all points of the compass have developed their own Prayer Books and adapted the time-honored Anglican liturgies to their diverse local cultures. In the dozens of editions now in use throughout the world, the same texts - Daily Prayers, the Eucharist, Marriage and Funerals, and many others - resemble each other, and yet differ from each other in interesting ways. A brief look at "electronic Prayer Books" offers a glimpse at how this story of development and adaptation may continue in the Information Age.
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