Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Thursday, April 5. The Church calendar remembers Maundy Thursday.
* Today in Scripture:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1811, Robert Raikes, Anglican layperson and founder of English Sunday schools in 1780, died.
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PEOPLE
Griswold, Vergara to receive honorary degrees from CDSP
Former Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and the Rev. Dr. Winfred Bagao Vergara, the Episcopal Church's director of ethnic congregational development and Asian American missioner, are among those who will receive honorary degrees May 18 from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP).
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_84691_ENG_HTM.htm
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Peter Cheney accepts interim position at St. Richard's School, Indianapolis
[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Peter G. Cheney, executive director of the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES), will serve as interim head of school for the 2007-2008 year at St. Richard's School in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_84679_ENG_HTM.htm
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Linda Chisholm commencement speaker at Trinity University of Asia
Linda A. Chisholm, founder and past president of the International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership (IPSL), was the commencement speaker and recipient of the Degree of Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, at Trinity University of Asia (Philippines) on March 30, 2007.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_84694_ENG_HTM.htm
More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Make All Things New: Stories of Healing, Reconciliation, and Peace" from Morehouse Publishing, by Caroline Westerhoff, 131 pages, paperback, c. 2006, $14.95
[Source: Morehouse Publishing] Written with grace and sensitivity, Make All Things New is a collection of fourteen essays that focus on the themes of healing, peace, and reconciliation -- topics as timely today as they have ever been. Well-known Anglican writer and preacher John Westerhoff, the husband of the author, has written the introduction.
Each essay will close with questions for reflection and a brief prayer, making this book and excellent resource for parish study.
Caroline Westerhoff, formerly Canon for Congregational Life and Ministry and a consultant for the Alban Institute, is a writer and retreat leader. Her other works include Good Fences, Calling, and Transforming the Ordinary. She lives in Georgia.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org or call 800-903-5544.
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