[ENS] MARYLAND: Majority of Baltimore congregation votes to join Roman Catholics / Charles A. Perry,

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>Episcopal News Service
>October 27, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - MARYLAND: Majority of Baltimore congregation votes
to join Roman Catholics
* MISSION - Jubilee Ministry grants applications now accepted for
church programs, mission work
* PEOPLE - Charles A. Perry, former cathedral provost and seminary
dean, dies at 81
* OPINION - Blessed are the weak, by Tom Ehrich
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS - October 31, 2010 - Twenty-Third Sunday After
Pentecost, Proper 26 - Year C
* DAYBOOK - October 28: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "New Proclamation: Year A,
2010-2011 Advent through Holy Week"

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

MARYLAND: Majority of Baltimore congregation votes to join Roman 
Catholics

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] A majority of the members of Mount Calvary
Episcopal Church, Baltimore, voted Oct. 24 to separate from the
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland and become an Anglican-use parish within
the Roman Catholic Church.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_125437_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

Jubilee Ministry grants applications now accepted for church programs,
mission work

[Episcopal News Service] Applications for 2010 and 2011 Jubilee
Ministry grants are now being accepted in six categories for mission
and ministry throughout the Episcopal Church, according to a press
release from the Episcopal Church's Office of Public Affairs.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_125439_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Charles A. Perry, former cathedral provost and seminary dean, dies at 
81

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Dr. Charles A. Perry, former
Washington National Cathedral provost and Church Divinity School of
the Pacific seminary dean, died Oct. 23 of a heart attack while on a
trip to Asheville, North Carolina. He was 81.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_125440_ENG_HTM.htm

More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm

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>OPINION

>Blessed are the weak

>By Tom Ehrich

[Religion News Service] When Jesus stood in the valley and taught his
disciples, he stood among many who were sick and lost, and troubled by
evil spirits. He called them "blessed."

In this large assembly, he also saw some who were rich, well-fed,
happy, and held in high regard. To these winners in life he said, "Woe
to you," for hard days lay ahead.

He wasn't threatening them, as much as speaking the truth that nothing
lasts. Good fortune comes and goes. Empires rise and fall.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_125425_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>CALENDAR

A round-up of upcoming special events, services, concerts and diocesan
conventions taking place throughout the Episcopal Church is available
at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/calendar.htm

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>SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS

October 31, 2010 - Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 26 - 
Year C

>By Jason Sierra

(RCL) Isaiah 1:10-18; Psalm 32:1-8; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; 
Luke 19:1-10

[Sermons That Work] Hookworm. Largely eradicated in the U.S. for
nearly a century, these tiny parasites are one of the leading causes
of maternal and child mortality in the tropics and subtropics.
Debilitating the immune system, they are a known cause of anemia, and
hookworm infections can make the body more susceptible to malaria and
HIV.

But in 2004, David Pritchard, a British immunologist, applied a
bandage to his arm covered in hookworm larva, intentionally infecting
himself. This wasn't an act of self-destruction but was the beginning
of years of study into the possible benefits of the tiny parasites.

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_125066_ENG_HTM.htm

More Spiritual Reflections: 
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On October 28, 2010, the church remembers Saint Simon and Saint Jude.

* 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 28, 2006, John C. Bauerschmidt was
elected 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee.

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>EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK

"New Proclamation: Year A, 2010-2011 Advent through Holy Week"
Augsburg Fortress, Paperback, 256 pages, July 2010

by Robert P. Hoch (Author); Mary Lin Hudson (Author); Craig Satterlee
(Author); Susan Marie Smith (Author); David B. Lott (Editor)

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