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Daybook -- Today is Thursday, November 9, 2006.
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation: http://www.forwardmovement.org/todaysreading.cfm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1986, Roman Catholic and Episcopal bishops from the United States issued a statement at the conclusion of their ecumenical pilgrimage to London, Canterbury and Rome where they met with Anglican leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie and Pope John Paul II. http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=94191
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Diocesan Digest
A round-up of news from Episcopal dioceses since November 2:
MAINE: Convention dispatches business quickly in the face of wind storm http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79378_ENG_HTM.htm
MINNESOTA: Convention called to move boldly forward in mission 'singing' together http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79510_ENG_HTM.htm
NORTHWEST TEXAS: Keep talking to everyone, bishop urges convention http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79517_ENG_HTM.htm
PITTSBURGH: Convention backs Duncan's desire to leave Province III, achieve alternative primatial oversight http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79381_ENG_HTM.htm
ROCHESTER: Convention decries Resolution B033, Iraq war and Darfur genocide http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79515_ENG_HTM.htm
SOUTH CAROLINA: Episcopal Forum calls for caution in consent process http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79434_ENG_HTM.htm
SPOKANE: Convention adopts MDGs and seats first 16-year-old convention delegate http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79190_ENG_HTM.htm
VIRGINIA: Bishop Peter Lee released from hospital, awaiting additional test results http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79514_ENG_HTM.htm
WESTERN NEW YORK: Diocese readjusts its constitution and canons, looks to future http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79181_ENG_HTM.htm
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World Report
ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury to meet with Pope Benedict XVI http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79508_ENG_HTM.htm
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People
Joe Thoma appointed executive director of Associated Church Press http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_79433_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Praying: The Rituals of Faith" from Church Publishing, Inc., by Lucinda Mosher, 200 pages, paperback, $16
[Source: Church Publishing, Inc.] -- Praying is the second in a series of books that offer Christians a new way of understanding what it means to live and worship among America's many faiths, and introduces them to the religions that make up the American neighborhood. Praying will explore public, family, and individual worship in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Baha'i, Zoroastrianism, American indigenous spiritualities, Chinese spiritualities (Confucianism, Taoism), Shinto, and Afro-Caribbean religions.
Praying answers and discusses questions such as these: How does your religion understand/measure the passage of time: daily, weekly, annually, over the course of a lifetime? What is the vocabulary of ritual and practice in your religion? (e.g., worship, prayer, meditation, pilgrimage, feasting and fasting) Is there a distinction between public and private/individual worship/practice in your religion? What are this religion's most distinctive practices? What makes them so significant?
Praying includes a quick guide to each religion, a glossary, and recommended reading.
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