Episcopal Life Online Newslink April 17, 2007
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Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - Lambeth Conference to go ahead as planned, Archbishop of Canterbury says * TOP STORY - After Virginia Tech shootings, Episcopalians join country in prayer * DIOCESAN DIGEST - EL CAMINO REAL: Fifth nominee added to slate for diocese's third bishop * WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Williams bemoans loss of listening to Scripture * WORLD REPORT - UGANDA: Churches join 'save forest' cry, but denounce racial attacks * OPINION - A matter of faith: As it has before, the church should stand up for its beliefs in battle for inclusion * ARTS - Worship without words: Youngsters transport congregation into the Passion with mime Stations of the Cross
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TOP STORIES
Lambeth Conference to go ahead as planned, Archbishop of Canterbury says
By Solange De Santis
[Anglican Journal] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, considered canceling the 2008 Lambeth Conference of the world's Anglican bishops due to the sexuality debates roiling the church, but decided against it.
"Yes, we've already been considering that and the answer is no. We've been looking at whether the timing is right, but if we wait for the ideal time, we will wait more than just 18 months," he told the Anglican Journal in an exclusive interview.
Williams spoke during a break on April 17 at a day-long retreat for the Anglican Church of Canada's bishops at the Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. On April 18, the bishops move into a business session and on April 19, they will vote in a closed session to choose candidates for the next primate, or national archbishop, of the Canadian church. The primate, who will succeed the retiring Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, will be elected at the church's General Synod convention in June.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_85040_ENG_HTM.htm
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After Virginia Tech shootings, Episcopalians join country in prayer
By Mary Frances Schjonberg
[Episcopal News Service] As the enormity of the deadliest shooting in United States history settled on the country, Episcopalians participated in prayer vigils and other remembrances.
A gunman opened fire in a dormitory and then a classroom building at Virginia Tech early in the morning of April 16, killing 32 people.
On April 17, law enforcement authorities identified the killer as Cho Seung-Hui, 23, a South Korean who was a resident alien in the United States and in his senior year at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University as an English major. Cho later killed himself. Reports still vary about whether Cho was the only person who fired either of the two guns found in the aftermath of the killings.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_85034_ENG_HTM.htm
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
EL CAMINO REAL: Fifth nominee added to slate for diocese's third bishop http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_85005_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
CANADA: Williams bemoans loss of listening to Scripture http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_85031_ENG_HTM.htm
UGANDA: Churches join 'save forest' cry, but denounce racial attacks http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_85009_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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OPINION
A matter of faith
As it has before, the church should stand up for its beliefs in battle for inclusion
By John Lane
[Episcopal Life] The presiding bishop and president of the House of Deputies (HoD) each has given her initial response to the recent primates' meeting. The president of the HoD's response pleases me more.
The House of Deputies consistently has taken the side of the down-and-out, arguing, advocating and producing special funds for the poor in 1967, insisting on civil rights for blacks in the 1950s and 1960s, supporting the full inclusion of women in the church in the 1970s and 1980s, and gradually doing the same for gays and lesbians beginning in 1979.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_85016_ENG_HTM.htm
More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm
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ARTS
Worship without words
Youngsters transport congregation into the Passion with mime Stations of the Cross
By Sharon Sheridan
[Episcopal Life] Sometimes, it pays to get the silent treatment.
Church of the Saviour in Denville, New Jersey, commemorated Good Friday with a service portraying the Stations of the Cross in mime. In what has become an annual tradition, an intergenerational troupe of parishioners silently re-enacted the Passion, freezing in tableau at each station. Three readers provided narration, reflection and prayer for each station, while the congregation sang a Taize chant between stations.
The 11 performers -- most aged 8 to 14 -- dressed completely in black except for James Mathison as Jesus, who wore a white shirt. An oval of white makeup highlighted each face; Mathison's makeup added a black vertical line beneath each eye, resembling tears.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_85029_ENG_HTM.htm
More Arts: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_ENG_HTM.htm
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