[ENS] VIDEO - Reclaiming the tradition of St. Nicholas, Jim Rosenthal brings festive cheer to all

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Date Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:21:10 -0500

>Episcopal News Service
>December 16, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Episcopal Church news publications to cease with January
issues
* VIDEO - Reclaiming the tradition of St. Nicholas, Jim Rosenthal 
brings
festive cheer to all
* WORLD REPORT - JERUSALEM: Heads of churches issue Christmas message
* DAYBOOK - December 17: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History

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>TOP STORY

Episcopal Church news publications to cease with January issues

>Episcopal News Service continues online

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal News Monthly, a newspaper printed 
in
conjunction with diocesan partners, and Episcopal News Quarterly, a
supplement to certain diocesan quarterly news magazines, will cease
publication with the January 2011 issues.

The final issues of both publications, which will be produced before
Christmas, mark the end of the Episcopal Church's 50 years as a
newspaper publisher. Episcopal News Service will continue to operate
online, offering a mix of news stories, commentary, photos and video
reports. The ENS website is due for a major redesign in 2011.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_126247_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>VIDEO

Reclaiming the tradition of St. Nicholas, Jim Rosenthal brings festive
cheer to all

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] Each December, the Rev. Canon James Rosenthal
dons beard and mitre in an effort to raise and appreciation of the
lesser-known St. Nicholas, patron saint of children, versus the more
familiar Santa Claus or Father Christmas.

>Video: http://bit.ly/haXXxf

More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WORLD REPORT

JERUSALEM: Heads of churches issue Christmas message

[Episcopal News Service] The heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem,
including Anglican Bishop Suheil Dawani, have issued a joint Christmas
message for 2010 condemning violence in any form and saying that peace
and reconciliation requires the active participation of people of 
faith.

Full message: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_126233_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On December 17, 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 December 17, 1538, Pope Paul III excommunicated
Henry VIII of England. On December 17, 1917, the tune "St. Dunstan's"
was written by C. Winfred Douglas while returning by train from New 
York
to his home at Saint Dunstan's cottage in Peekskill, New York. Douglas
became an Episcopal priest in 1899. He edited the New Hymnal in 1918,
and helped develop the 1940 Hymnal as well.