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>Episcopal Life Daily
>November 30, 2009

Episcopal Life Online is available at  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - House of Deputies president condemns proposed Uganda
anti-homosexuality legislation
* TOP STORY - Bulletin inserts for Dec. 6 observe the feast day of St.  Nicholas
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - MASSACHUSETTS: Clergy may solemnize same-gender
marriages, bishop says
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Anglican, Lutheran bishops express dismay
over Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Court rules church properties remain with New
Westminster diocese
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Archbishop Desmond Tutu launches online
Advent calendar
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury releases World AIDS
Day video message
* WORLD REPORT - INDIA: Bishops join mass sit-in to support Christian  Dalits
* WORLD REPORT - PHILIPPINES: Faith leaders want end to 'private
armies' after election massacre
* WORLD REPORT - SUDAN: Provincial Standing Committee warns on
faltering peace process
* MISSION - ARCIC to embark on third phase of Anglican-Roman Catholic  dialogue
* OPINION - Vatican concerns and errors of the media
* DAYBOOK - December 1: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Mini Advent Cards

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>TOP STORIES

House of Deputies president condemns proposed Uganda
anti-homosexuality legislation

Integrity USA, Canadian bishops also call for opposition

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] The pending Ugandan legislation that would
imprison for life or execute people who violate that country's
anti-homosexuality laws would be a "terrible violation of the human
rights of an already persecuted minority," Episcopal Church House of
Deputies President Bonnie Anderson has said.

Anderson was responding to a Nov. 16 request that Presiding Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams,
Archbishop Henri Orombi of Uganda and she speak out against the
legislation. Anderson is the first to issue a statement.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_117435_ENG_HTM.htm

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Bulletin inserts for Dec. 6 observe the feast day of St. Nicholas

[Episcopal News Service] In many parts of the world, the feast day of
St. Nicholas, Dec. 6, is the beginning of Christmas observances.
Episcopal Life Weekly bulletin inserts for Sunday, Dec. 6, note the
history of the beloved saint, as well as a special appeal from the
American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem for children in
western countries to remember the children of the Holy Land, many of
whom live in war-torn areas.

Bulletin inserts may be downloaded here:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

MASSACHUSETTS: Clergy may solemnize same-gender marriages, bishop says

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Clergy in the Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts may now solemnize same-gender marriages.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_117422_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WORLD REPORT

CANADA: Anglican, Lutheran bishops express dismay over Uganda's
Anti-Homosexuality Bill

[Anglican Church of Canada] The bishops of the Anglican Church of
Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have added their
voices to those that are expressing dismay over a proposed bill
currently before the Ugandan Parliament that, if passed, would extend
prison sentences for homosexuals and introduce the death penalty in
certain cases.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117401_ENG_HTM.htm

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CANADA: Court rules church properties remain with New Westminster  diocese

>By staff

[Anglican Journal] The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled Nov. 25
that the Anglican Church of Canada's Diocese of New Westminster
retains possession of four church properties worth an estimated CAN$20
million (US$18.91 million). Members of congregations in these
churches, who voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada and join
the more conservative Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC), claimed these
properties were held in trust for them.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117402_ENG_HTM.htm

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ENGLAND: Archbishop Desmond Tutu launches online Advent calendar

[Church of England] The Church of England is inviting all to take five
minutes to change the world this Advent by following the "tread
gently" challenges and video stories behind each door on an online
calendar launched with a special message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The Advent calendar is available at www.whywearewaiting.com.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117403_ENG_HTM.htm

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ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury releases World AIDS Day video message

[Lambeth Palace] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has released
his 2009 World Aids Day video, in which he speaks with the Rev.
Patricia Sawo, a church leader and mother from Kenya, about her
experiences of living with HIV. The video highlights the plight of
expectant mothers who are HIV positive and the support they need to
prevent the transmission of HIV to their babies. World AIDS Day is
Dec. 1.

The video is available here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAofR3tmmrM

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117405_ENG_HTM.htm

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INDIA: Bishops join mass sit-in to support Christian Dalits

>By Anto Akkara

[Ecumenical News International, Bangalore, India] Church leaders in
India say they are more optimistic about the success of a campaign to
end to discrimination faced by Christian Dalits, people from low
castes treated as untouchables under an officially outlawed system.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117410_ENG_HTM.htm

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PHILIPPINES: Faith leaders want end to 'private armies' after election  massacre

>By Maurice Malanes

[Ecumenical News International, Manila] The massacre of more than 50
people in election-related violence in southern Philippines has
shocked Christian and Muslim leaders, who have called for the
government to disarm private armies.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117412_ENG_HTM.htm

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SUDAN: Provincial Standing Committee warns on faltering peace process

[Episcopal News Service] The Provincial Standing Committee of the
Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS), meeting Nov. 23-27 in Rumbek,
issued a statement saying that the peace process is on the brink of
collapse and urging renewed national and international focus on the
political processes of the upcoming elections and referendum.

Full statement: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_117414_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MISSION

ARCIC to embark on third phase of Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue

[ACNS] Following the meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop
of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Vatican on Nov. 21, at which they
reaffirmed their desire to strengthen ecumenical relations between
Anglicans and Roman Catholics, a preparatory committee met on Nov. 23
to prepare the third phase of the Anglican-Roman Catholic
International Commission (ARCIC). It has been decided that this phase
will begin within the coming year.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_117407_ENG_HTM.htm

More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_ENG_HTM.htm

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>OPINION

>Vatican concerns and errors of the media

>By Bishop Pierre Whalon

[Episcopal News Service] The Vatican, through its Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, has just released the norms for the integration
of Anglicans in Roman Catholic dioceses, with their own Anglican-style
rite and non-geographic jurisdictions. Cardinal Levada, former
Archbishop of San Francisco and now head of the Congregation,
announced this initiative on October 20, 2009.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_117416_ENG_HTM.htm

More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On December 1, 2009, the church remembers Nicholas Ferrar, deacon.

* 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 December 1, 1847, the Rev. Michael Fackler
baptized James McKinlay, marking the first recorded service using the
American Book of Common Prayer in the Pacific Northwest.

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>CATALYST

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