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Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in the liturgical season of Pentecost. The Church Calendar remembers the First Book of Common Prayer.
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation http://eds.libsyn.com * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1974, the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia (PDS) merged with the Episcopal Theological School of Cambridge, Massachusetts (ETS), to form the present Episcopal Divinity School (EDS). http://lib.harvard.edu/archives/0023.html
Note: There are seven days until the 75th General Convention opens June 13 in Columbus, Ohio. For information, see "Toward Columbus" reports [http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens] and the website of the General Convention [http://www.episcopalchurch.org/53785_ENG_HTM.htm].
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Toward Columbus: Human trafficking prevention aims for church's help
Women's committee produces educational materials
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[ENS] Concerned about the daily business of buying and selling human beings, the Executive Council's Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) is taking action and inviting the rest of the church to join the effort to stop modern-day slavery.
Some 10,000 packets of educational material are being readied for mailing and distribution to bishops, diocesan resource centers, deputies, every Episcopal congregation, and members of the Episcopal Church Women's triennial meeting.
The CSW had a mandate from the 2003 General Convention (Resolution A025) to identify and develop resource materials to be used by congregations and dioceses to address the domestic and international problem of trafficking in women, girls, and boys as well as any known local connections in trafficking.
[Full Story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_75336_ENG_HTM.htm
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Toward Columbus: Artists enliven General Convention's worship space
ECVA's Visual Preludes artwork now online
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[ENS] As the General Convention prepares for Eucharist each morning, the bishops, deputies and guests will be greeted by music and artwork, known as Visual Preludes, projected on large screens as the congregation gathers in the worship space.
The artwork, solicited and curated by the Episcopal Church and Visual Arts (ECVA), in conjunction with the church's General Convention Office, has been posted online at www.ecva.org for all to see.
[Full Story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_75333_ENG_HTM.htm
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Teaching: Rosenthal honored for long-standing service to Anglican communications
By Matthew Davies
[ENS] Canon Dr. James M. Rosenthal II was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Canon Law from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, on June 2, in recognition of his long-standing and venerable service to the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Prior to becoming director of communications for the Anglican Communion in 1993, Rosenthal was communications officer for the Diocese of Chicago, a position he held during Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold's 11-year term as Bishop of Chicago.
Phoebe Griswold, wife of Bishop Griswold and founding member of Anglican Women's Empowerment, read the citation at the commencement ceremony -- held at St. Luke's Church in Evanston -- during which she recognized Rosenthal as "a model of graciousness and goodwill" who has served the Church under the most adverse of circumstances.
"No one has expended greater effort during the last few decades in drawing the disparate provinces of the Anglican Communion together," Griswold said. "He has been effective not only in a public way, but through the exercise of graceful quiet diplomacy behind the scenes."
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_75332_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Seeing God in Each Other," new from Morehouse Publishing (an imprint of Church Publishing Inc.), edited by Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook, paperback, 80 pages, $11.95.
Morehouse Publishing:
http://www.morehousepublishing.org/booksmusicItemView.asp?bookID=12288
[Source: Morehouse Publishing] -- As neighborhoods, cities, and churches become gathering places for people from an astonishing variety of cultures, traditions, races, and ethnicities, racism us a profoundly spiritual concern and it's more important than ever for Christians to see the face of God in one another. This book takes a look at just what that means -- and how to help make it happen.
"Seeing God in Each Other" is rooted in an abiding hope that congregations are one of the few places where people can work together for positive human change. This book addresses that need, with a selection of essays by respected Anglicans including Frederick Borsch, Michael Battle, and Steven Charleston.
Also included are practical suggestions on what parishes can do to support the vision of an anti-racist church, as well as a leader guide useful for parish programs.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800.903.5544.
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