Episcopal Life Daily March 28, 2008
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Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:
* TOP STORY - San Joaquin diocese prepares for its future * DIOCESAN DIGEST - OREGON: Bishop transfers ecclesiastical authority to Standing Committee * WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Primate, national native bishop visit remote Oji-Cree chapel * WORLD REPORT - HONG KONG: Migrant workers to form international alliance * MULTIMEDIA - Video: Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem * OPINION - COMMENTARY: We made the mess; now we must clean it up * DAYBOOK - March 31, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History * CATALYST - Angel in Africa: Profiles of Seven Extraordinary Women
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TOP STORIES
San Joaquin diocese prepares for its future
Reorganization effort to continue by 'taking care of people'
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[Episcopal News Service] Members of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin are gathering in Stockton, California, March 28 to take two major steps in reorganizing the diocese.
The first step will be a "service for healing and forgiveness" at the Episcopal Church of St. Anne in Stockton, the temporary home of the diocese. House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson will preside at the service and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will lead the litany for healing. The Presiding Bishop and a number of other clergy will be available to anoint people during the service.
Prior to the service, St. Anne's will host a reception for Jefferts Schori and Anderson. After the service, the Presiding Bishop will engage members of the diocese in a question-and-answer session at the church.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_96056_ENG_HTM.htm
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
OREGON: Bishop transfers ecclesiastical authority to Standing Committee http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_96085_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
CANADA: Primate, national native bishop visit remote Oji-Cree chapel http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_96077_ENG_HTM.htm
HONG KONG: Migrant workers to form international alliance http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_96066_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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MULTIMEDIA
Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem
[Episcopal Life] Marking the annual Palm Sunday celebrations and the start of a week-long visit to the Holy Land, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori made Anglican history on March 16 becoming the first woman bishop ever to preach at St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem.
During the afternoon, singing, dancing and joyful celebration filled the streets as the Presiding Bishop joined pilgrims and local Christians from every denomination -- including the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem -- in the Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives.
A video stream of the Palm Sunday celebrations is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm
More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm
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OPINION
COMMENTARY: We made the mess; now we must clean it up
By Simone Campbell
[Religion News Service, Beirut, Lebanon] The humanitarian crisis unleashed by the Iraq war comes into dramatic focus inside a detention center beneath a highway in Beirut.
Packed cells hold scores of Iraqi refugees. Men and women who fled a shattered country now wait in silence underground as bureaucracies slowly churn and the world pays little notice. Nearly five years after the invasion of Iraq, this is what sanctuary means for some who survived bombings, beatings and hushed journeys across borders.
Traveling throughout Lebanon and Syria recently with several religious sisters and staff from Catholic Relief Services, I witnessed lives of desperation and quiet stories of hope. Our visits with Iraqi families, both Christian and Muslim, humanize numbing statistics that are staggering in scope.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_96069_ENG_HTM.htm
More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm
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DAYBOOK
On March 31, 2008, the Church calendar remembers John Donne, Priest, (1572-1631).
* 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 31, 1661, the Scottish Parliament passed the Rescissory Act, which repealed all church-state legislation created since 1633. The act restored the Anglican episcopacy to Scotland.
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CATALYST
"Angel in Africa: Profiles of Seven Extraordinary Women" from Harry N. Abrams, Inc., by Beth O'Donnell & Kimberly Sevcik, 192 pages, hardcover, c. 2006, $35
[Source: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.] This arresting and important volume documents seven African women working to overcome devastating problems in their communities. Through dazzling photographs and first-person accounts, their stories reveal the strength of the human spirit: A Tutsi woman brings together Hutu and Tutsi widows of Rwanda's genocide. A South African teacher's mentoring program keeps children in school. A Ugandan nun leads a dance troupe of AIDS orphans. A former teacher in Mozambique set up farming collectives to help peasants feed their families. The world is focused on the many crises Africa faces--Angels in Africa is a positive look at how individuals can foster real change.
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More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm