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Daybook -- Today is Thursday, February 8, 2007, in Epiphany.
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation: http://www.forwardmovement.org/todaysreading.cfm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1693, King William III and Queen Mary II granted a charter to establish The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The college was originally intended to educate Anglican clergy and is America's second-oldest higher education institution. http://www.wm.edu/vitalfacts/seventeenth.php
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Diocesan Digest
A round-up of news from Episcopal dioceses since February 1:
FLORIDA: Bishop urges diocese to regroup, rebuild, find new leadership http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82049_ENG_HTM.htm
GEORGIA: Convention affirms Windsor process, hears bishop talk of 'roomy denomination' http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82184_ENG_HTM.htm
OLYMPIA: Diocese announces nominees for eighth bishop http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82048_ENG_HTM.htm
PITTSBURGH: Bishop Duncan reveals appeal for oversight to Global South Primates http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81984_ENG_HTM.htm
SOUTH CAROLINA: Bishop Skilton asked to resign by Standing Committee http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82174_ENG_HTM.htm
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: Diocese adjusts to new funding policy, supports MDGs http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81963_ENG_HTM.htm
TENNESSEE: Diocese consecrates John C. Bauerschmidt as 11th bishop http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81903_ENG_HTM.htm
WASHINGTON: Convention supports Presiding Bishop, hears warning against congregationalism http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81965_ENG_HTM.htm
VIRGINIA: Police arrest alleged Truro Church vandal http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_81990_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_19507_ENG_HTM.htm
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World Report
HAITI: Diocese to celebrate its founder James Theodore Holly http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82186_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77937_ENG_HTM.htm
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People
A round-up of People news since February 1:
Angela King, champion of empowering women, dies aged 68 http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82142_ENG_HTM.htm
Daniel R. Heischman appointed executive director of National Association of Episcopal Schools http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82010_ENG_HTM.htm
Gary Dorrien named Union Theological Seminary's Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82012_ENG_HTM.htm
More People news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_78001_ENG_HTM.htm _ _ _
Catalyst: "Questions on the Way: A Catechism Based on the Book of Common Prayer, Revised Edition" from Forward Movement, by Beverley D. Tucker & William H. Swatos, Jr., 139 pages, paperback, c. 2006, $5
[Source: Forward Movement] -- This book is a resource for inquirers, confirmands, and all who want to know more about the Christian faith as the Episcopal Church has received it. Responding simply and directly to the basic questions people have as they consider their religious lives, this book serves not to replace the catechism as found in the Book of Common Prayer, but to draw from it and urge all members of the church to know it well.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org or call 800-903-5544.
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