Episcopal Life Daily March 11, 2008
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:
* TOP STORY - Presiding Bishop's Message for Easter 2008 * TOP STORY - Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission publishes final report * DIOCESAN DIGEST - DALLAS: Bishop suffragan candidates announced * DIOCESAN DIGEST - RIO GRANDE: Standing Committee chooses William Frey as assisting bishop * WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Women confront funding challenges * WORLD REPORT - CENTRAL AFRICA: Renegade Anglican cleric praises Mugabe as 'prophet of God' * WORLD REPORT - NIGERIA: Province criticizes article implicating Akinola in 2004 massacre * OPINION - Responses to 'Lambeth invitation not possible for Robinson' * DAYBOOK - Today in Scripture, Prayer, History * CATALYST - 33 Things Every Girl Should Know about Women's History
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TOP STORIES
Presiding Bishop's Message for Easter 2008
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's message for Easter 2008 is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_95591_ENG_HTM.htm. The message is also included in the March 23 (Easter Sunday) bulletin inserts available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_95591_ENG_HTM.htm.
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Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission publishes final report
[Episcopal News Service] The third Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission has published its final report, "Communion, Conflict and Hope: the Kuala Lumpur Report."
Since the 1998 Lambeth Conference, Anglicans have had reason to focus attention on the nature of their Communion and on questions about how the Church's unity can be sustained during times of intense disagreement, said an Anglican Communion Office release announcing the report's publication. The third Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission, appointed after 1998 and chaired by Bishop Stephen Sykes, had these questions as part of its mandate and Communion, Conflict and Hope is the outcome of its deliberations, the release said.
"The Kuala Lumpur Report demonstrates the underlying foundations upon which Anglican identity is built -- attention to the Bible, the vocation towards holiness, respect for local cultures, the gifts of discernment and diversity, mutual accountability and the development of appropriate competencies to articulate the mind of the Church. These principles are themselves the subjects of current debate; the contention of this report is that clarifying such issues not only maintains communion, but actually enriches the sense of common life and purpose that the Communion seeks. Written within a strong narrative framework, the report invites readers to participate in just that process.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_95596_ENG_HTM.htm
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Daily Accounts from the House of Bishops
[Episcopal News Service] Daily Accounts from the House of Bishops March 7-12 retreat meeting in Navasota, Texas are available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80263_93217_ENG_HTM.htm.
The accounts are prepared by bishops who serve as briefing officers each day through an initiative of the House of Bishops Planning Committee and the Church Center Office of Public Affairs. The bishops' annual Lenten retreat meeting and its study sessions are closed to media and other visitors.
The Daily Account for March 11 will be posted following the House of Bishops evening session.
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
DALLAS: Bishop suffragan candidates announced
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_95589_ENG_HTM.htm
RIO GRANDE: Standing Committee chooses William Frey as assisting bishop http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_95587_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
CANADA: Women confront funding challenges
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_95592_ENG_HTM.htm
CENTRAL AFRICA: Renegade Anglican cleric praises Mugabe as 'prophet of God' http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_95593_ENG_HTM.htm
NIGERIA: Province criticizes article implicating Akinola in 2004 massacre http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_95594_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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OPINION
Responses to 'Lambeth invitation not possible for Robinson'
[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Life Online has received several responses to the news that the House of Bishops was informed March 10 that full invitation is "not possible" from the Archbishop of Canterbury to include Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire as a participant in this summer's Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops. Those responses are available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_95597_ENG_HTM.htm
More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm
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DAYBOOK
On March 12, 2008, the Church calendar remembers Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome (c.540-604).
* 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 March 12, 1685, George Berkeley was born in Kilkenny, Ireland. http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/berkeley.htm
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CATALYST
"33 Things Every Girl Should Know about Women's History" from Random House, Inc., edited by Tonya Bolden, 240 pages, paperback, c. 2002, $12.95
[Source: Random House, Inc.] Here's the perfect book for anyone interested in learning more about girls and women in the United States from the 18th century to the present. Featuring contributions from a wide variety of women, including well-known nonfiction writers, a children's librarian, historians, and many more, this latest addition to the 33 Things series provides an engaging, inspiring, informative look at the role women have played in shaping American history.
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More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm