Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Friday, September 21, 2007 (Ember Day). The Church calendar remembers Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. Today is the International Day of Peace, established by a 1981 U.N. resolution. Further information is available at http://www.worldpeace.org/peaceday.html.
* 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 1998, Rosemari Sullivan was appointed executive officer of General Convention.
[Editor's note: For in-depth coverage of the House of Bishops September 20-25 meeting in New Orleans, visit Episcopal Life Online at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/89878_ENG_HTM.htm.]
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Archbishop of Canterbury preaches in New Orleans
[Episcopal Life Online] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, preached at an Ecumenical worship service September 20 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, as part of the House of Bishops meeting.
A video stream of Williams' sermon is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/89878_27398_ENG_HTM.htm
An article is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_90220_ENG_HTM.htm.
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Catalyst: "Rome and Canterbury: The Elusive Search for Unity" from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., by Mary Reath, 158 pages, hardcover, c. 2007, $19.95
[Source: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.] Rome and Canterbury tells the story of the determined but little known work being done to end the nearly five hundred year old divisions between the Roman Catholic and the Anglican/Episcopal Churches. The break was never intended, has never been fully accepted and is experienced, by many, as a painful and open wound. It is a personal account that begins the story by reviewing the relevant history and theology, looks at where we are today, and concludes with some reflections on faith and belief in the U.S.
"Mary Reath has provided an invaluable service in describing, placing in historical context, and assessing the efforts of Anglicans and Roman Catholics to heal the breach which occurred at the time of the Reformation. Her lively and highly accessible account underscores the determination of the two ecclesial communities to give witness to the unity Christ desires for the Church. At the same time, Reath does not overlook the theological stumbling blocks that have occurred along the way. Rome and Canterbury is an important and timely contribution to ecumenical dialogue."-The Rt. Rev. Frank T. Griswold III, Past Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in America
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