[ENS] VIDEO - Reclaiming the tradition of St. Nicholas, Jim Rosenthal brings festive cheer to all
From <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>Date Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:21:10 -0500
>Episcopal News Service >December 16, 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 - 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 >_____________________ >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 >_____________________ >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 >_____________________ >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 >_____________________ >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.