[ENS] Sudan delegation meets with UN secretary general, 'raises alarm' / Latino Ministries conferenc
From <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>Date Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:32:07 -0400
>Episcopal News Service >October 11, 2010 Episcopal News Service is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/episcopal_news >Today's Episcopal News Service includes: * TOP STORY - Sudan delegation meets with UN secretary general, 'raises ala rm' * TOP STORY - Latino Ministries conference is topic of Oct. 24 bulletin ins erts * TOP STORY - Archbishop of Sudan preaches at Trinity Church, Wall Street * DIOCESAN DIGEST - NEW JERSEY, NEWARK: Bishops decry Clementi suicide, 'invasion of intimacy' * WORLD REPORT - INDIA: Archbishop of Canterbury visits Mother Teresa's tomb * WORLD REPORT - INDIA: Archbishop of Canterbury preaches at Kolkota Cathedral on the MDGs * OPINION - Teaching gives new meaning to the Baptismal Covenant * DAYBOOK - October 12: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History * EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Isaías - Conozca su Biblia" >_____________________ >TOP STORIES Sudan delegation meets with UN secretary general, 'raises alarm' >By Lynette Wilson [Episcopal News Service, New York] An ecumenical delegation of Sudanese religious leaders met with U.N. officials and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Oct. 11 to express its fear of what might happen if the Jan. 9 referendum in which south Sudan is expected to vote for independence from the north is not carried out as planned. "We told him we came to raise an alarm to the United Nations," said Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church in Sudan during a press conference held at the Church Center for the United Nations, following a day of U.N. meetings. "We are the church, we are in the ground. We are with the people. And we are knowing every thing that is happening in the ground there. So because of that we are here," Deng said. Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_125063_ENG_HTM.htm >- - - - - Latino Ministries conference is topic of Oct. 24 bulletin inserts Nuevo Amanecer, a biennial conference co-sponsored by the Episcopal Church's Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries, will be held Nov. 14 - 17 at Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina. ENS Weekly bulletin inserts for Oct. 24 outline the conference schedule and its keynote speakers, the Rev. Alberto Cutié and the Rev. Miguelina Espinal. Inserts may be downloaded here: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HT M.htm >- - - - - Archbishop of Sudan preaches at Trinity Church, Wall Street >By Lynette Wilson [Episcopal News Service] Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan spoke from the pulpit at Trinity Church, Wall Street, Oct. 10, thanking the parish for its support of the church in Sudan both in times of war and peace, and explaining his visit to the United States. "Six years ago Sudan signed a Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the people in ... south Sudan and the people in the north," Deng said during his sermon at the parish's 11:15 a.m. Eucharist service. "And this agreement is coming to an end on the ninth of January 2011. We as the church ... we have fears that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the CPA, all the processes that were supposed to be done have not been completed ... The fear in the country is that Sudan will go back to war." Trinity Church was Deng's first stop on a 12-day visit to the United States, where he is joining an ecumenical delegation in promoting awareness and encouraging advocacy in advance of the Jan. 9 referendum to determine whether war-torn Sudan remains united or splits into two separate countries: north and south. Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_125038_ENG_HTM.htm More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens >_____________________ >DIOCESAN DIGEST NEW JERSEY, NEWARK: Bishops decry Clementi suicide, 'invasion of intimacy' >By Mary Frances Schjonberg [Episcopal News Service] Expressing "grief, alarm, compassion and outrage" over the suicide of Tyler Clementi, Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey Bishop George Councell and Diocese of Newark Bishop Mark Beckwith have called attention to what they term "the invasion of intimacy." Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_125043_ENG_HTM.htm More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm >_____________________ >WORLD REPORT INDIA: Archbishop of Canterbury visits Mother Teresa's tomb >By Anto Akkara [Ecumenical News International, Bangalore, India] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has begun a 16-day visit to India by paying tribute to Mother Teresa at her tomb in Kolkata, the north eastern city once known as Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal state. Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_125049_ENG_HTM.htm >- - - - - INDIA: Archbishop of Canterbury preaches at Kolkota Cathedral on the MDGs [Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preached on Oct. 11 at St. Paul's Cathedral in Kolkata during a service of thanksgiving to mark the Global Day of Prayer for the Millennium Development Goals. Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_125040_ENG_HTM.htm More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm >_____________________ >OPINION Teaching gives new meaning to the Baptismal Covenant >By Michael Drawbaugh [Episcopal News Service] The sun is setting on the prairie. I sit on the roadside on an abandoned tire. Next to me sits a 6-year-old Lakota boy named Tommy. I am tutoring Tommy in number comparison symbols after school, in his family's front yard. There is a glint in his eyes when he answers a question correctly. "'Teacher, I'm smart aren't I?'" "Yes, Tommy. You can do anything. You are a wonder." I am a Teach for America teacher. I teach in rural South Dakota, in a town of about 300 people. I teach 14 courageous, strong, compassionate first graders. From the day I boarded the airplane in my home of Portland, Oregon, to coming here, my Baptismal Covenant has been transforming my actions, choices and mindset. The Spirit has been hovering over my life, awakening me to those promises in that covenant I made so many years ago. Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_125046_ENG_HTM.htm More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm >_____________________ >DAYBOOK >On October 12, 2010... * 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 October 12, 1602, William Chillingworth was born in Oxford, England. >_____________________ >EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK "Isaías - Conozca su Biblia" from Augsburg Fortress, by Samuel Pagán, edited by Justo L. González, 216 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $15 >[Augsburg Fortress] ¡Conozca su Biblia! Una introducció sencilla, pero fresca y profunda, a cada uno de los libros de la Biblia. Escrita con miras a quieness se dedican a la pastoral, a la predicación y a la educación, así como al laicado en general, por personas comprometidas con la fe cristiana, experimentadas en el estudio bíblico y formadas en la cultura latina. >Know your Bible! A simple, but fresh and deep introduction to each book of the Bible. This book is to be used by those who are dedicated to pastoral care, preaching and education, as well as by the laity in general, for people who's Christian faith has been compromised, for those who have experimented with Bible Study, and those formed in Latino culture. To order, please visit Episcopal Books and Resources online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, call 800-903-5544, or visit your local Episcopal bookstore.