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Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

June 14, 2005 - Tuesday to Note & To Read

Jonathan Daniels: August pilgrimage will mark 40th year after
seminarian's
death

Youth from the Holy Land to participate

[Episcopal News Service] The eighth annual Jonathan Myrick Daniels and
the
Martyrs of Alabama Pilgrimage for Peace takes place August 7-13 in
Hayneville, Alabama.

It marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Daniels, a 26-year-old
Episcopal seminarian who answered the call of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. to help register African-American voters in Alabama, only to be
shot and killed months later, on August 20, 1965, while shielding
16-year-old Ruby Sales from the shotgun fired by a sheriff's deputy.

Daniels was declared "a martyr and witness to the Gospel" and in 1994
his
name was added to the Episcopal Church calendar of saints and martyrs,
to be
remembered on August 14 each year.

Many have gathered in Hayneville on the Saturday near the date of
Daniel's
death to remember him and all the Martyrs of Alabama who gave their
lives in
the struggle for civil rights.

This year's event will also include a youth pilgrimage of peace made up
of
12 youth from Palestine who have lived their entire lives in the
Bethlehem
refugee camp. These young people, who are committed to peace building in
the
midst of overwhelming oppression, will live in community with youth and
youth leaders from Episcopal parishes across the United States.

During their week-long stay, they will work in housing rehabilitation,
engage in peace building education experiences, meet with veterans of
the
Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., and worship in the way of Taizé.

For further information contact the Rev. Bill King at 205.715.2060 ext
317
or email bking@dioala.org.

Note: The following title is available from the Episcopal Book/Resource
Center, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017; 800.334.7626;
212.716.6118 or
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org/

To Read: TIMELESS PRAYERS FOR PEACE: Voices together from around the
world
compiled by Geoffrey Duncan (Cleveland, Ohio: The Pilgrim Press, 2003;
319
pages; $18.)

>From the publisher: The prayers and readings in this collection echo a
heart cry that reaches around the world and across time. Focusing on a
theme
of perennial and universal concern, they resonate deeply in hearts and
minds
today as tensions within communities and between nations daily fill our
news
reports. As the clinical technology of modern weapons seems to increase
the
appetite for war and distances us from the personal devastation and fear
they inflict, they are a poignant reminder of the human cost of
conflict.

Writers from many countries join with voices from throughout history and
workers for peace in today's world to express a longing for the harmony
and
stability that are the birthright of every human being, created in God's
image.

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