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Daybook -- Today is Wednesday, February 28, 2007, in Lent (Ember Day).
* 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 1981, Herbert Alcorn Donovan, Jr. officially became the eleventh Bishop of Arkansas. http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_numbe r=80329
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Diocesan Digest
CENTRAL ECUADOR: Convention approves resolution recognizing Presiding Bishop's 'prophetic ministry' http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82852_ENG_HTM.htm
PENNSYLVANIA: Historic Christ Church awarded two preservation grants http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82845_ENG_HTM.htm
Province II announces new electronic newsletter http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82851_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_19507_ENG_HTM.htm
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World Report
A round-up of world news and reports from Anglican provinces since February 21:
AFRICA: CAPA launches second HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria strategic plan http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82853_ENG_HTM.htm
CANADA: Archbishop Hutchison says church must look 'seriously' at Primates' request http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82735_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Lambeth Palace library to go online
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82736_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Flight-free bishop wants environment at center of Christian faith http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82854_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Church leaders sign up to join pilgrimage Walk of Witness http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82855_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Archbishop's address at General Synod focuses on Primates' Meeting http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82840_ENG_HTM.htm
ENGLAND: Archbishop urges Churches to welcome and celebrate London Olympics http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82860_ENG_HTM.htm
PANAMA: Latin American Council of Churches elects first black president http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82858_ENG_HTM.htm
PHILIPPINES: Church leaders welcome release of report on 'extrajudicial' killings http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82859_ENG_HTM.htm
WORLDWIDE: Update - Episcopal groups react to Primates' communiqué http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82843_ENG_HTM.htm
WORLDWIDE: Update - Episcopal bishops offer Tanzania communiqué reflections, predictions for future http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82864_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77937_ENG_HTM.htm
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People
Ruth-Ann Collins named staff officer for Children's Ministries and Christian Education http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82861_ENG_HTM.htm
James B. Lemler featured during Lent on 'Day 1' http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82862_ENG_HTM.htm
More People news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_78001_ENG_HTM.htm
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Weeks Ahead
Full Calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82857_ENG_HTM.htm
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Events
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February 28, 2007
* BENNINGTON, Vermont: Lenten Program and Supper each Wednesday
March 2, 2007
* CHERRY HILL, New Jersey: Diocese of New Jersey to meet in convention * BATON ROUGE, Louisiana: Diocese of Louisiana to meet in convention * BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania: World Day of Prayer 2007 * AUGUSTA, Georgia: Healing Ourselves and Our Communities
March 3, 2007 * NEW YORK CITY: Finding a Daily Oasis * NEEDHAM, Massachusetts: Lenten Quiet Day * NATIONAL: Episcopal Church's director of mission featured on 'Day1' * FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania: A Celtic Service
March 8, 2007
* SEWANEE, Tennessee: ENTREAT environmental conference
March 9, 2007
* HINSDALE, Illinois: Magnetic Church Conference * WASHINGTON, D.C.: Ecumenical Advocacy Days
March 16, 2007
* WINNETKA, Illinois: Elaine Pagels to speak at Church of the Holy Comforter * WEST PARK, New York: Holy Cross Monastery to host Peace Vigil for Iraq * WASHINGTON, D.C.: Christian Peace Witness
March 18, 2007...
* WASHINGTON, D.C.: Cathedral State Day honors Arkansas
March 23, 2007...
* AUSTIN, Texas: Visitors weekend at Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest
March 27, 2007...
* SAN FRANCISCO: Grace Cathedral to host the Keiskamma Alterpiece
March 30, 2007...
* NEW YORK CITY: A Lenten Retreat with James Alison
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Music
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February 28, 2007 * NEW YORK CITY: Voices at St. Bartholomew's
March 2, 2007
* BEVERLY HILLS, California: John Tavener, Lamentations and Praises * NEW YORK CITY: Hip Hop EMass night prayers
March 3, 2007... * CHICAGO, Illinois: U2charist in Hyde Park
March 4, 2007
* BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania: Great Concerts for Great Causes continues
March 11, 2007... * CHARLESTON, West Virginia: Evenson for Lent
March 23, 2007...
* ATLANTA, Georgia: John Michael Talbot Concert
Full Calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_82857_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "The Souls of Black Folk" from Random House, by W. E. B. DuBois, 240 pages, paperback, c. 1989, $5.95
[Source: Random House] "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." Thus speaks W.E.B. Du Bois in The Souls Of Black Folk, one of the most prophetic and influential works in American literature. In this eloquent collection of essays, first published in 1903, Du Bois dares as no one has before to describe the magnitude of American racism and demands an end to it. He draws on his own life for illustration, from his early experiences teaching in the hills of Tennessee to the death of his infant son and his historic break with the conciliatory position of Booker T. Washington.
Far ahead of its time, The Souls of Black Folk both anticipated and inspired much of the black consciousness and activism of the 1960s and is a classic in the literature of civil rights. The elegance of Du Bois's prose and the passion of his message are as crucial today as they were upon the book's first publication.
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