Episcopal Life Online Newslink May 14, 2007
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Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - New York Times ad notes Episcopal Church history, mission * DIOCESAN DIGEST - VERMONT: Rock Point Summer Camp dates, activities announced * WORLD REPORT - ZIMBABWE: World Christian group condemns arrest of students * FEATURES - The Blessing Way: Navaho-inspired ministry helps ex-inmates reintegrate into society
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TOP STORIES
New York Times ad notes Episcopal Church history, mission
[Episcopal News Service] The op-ed page of May 12 editions of The New York Times carried a display ad marking the beginnings, 400 years ago, of the Jamestown Colony and the Episcopal Church's heritage and mission in North America.
A pdf of the ad is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/documents/newYorkTimes_opAd.pdf.
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
VERMONT: Rock Point Summer Camp dates, activities announced http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_85951_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
ZIMBABWE: World Christian group condemns arrest of students http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_85953_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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FEATURES
The Blessing Way
Navaho-inspired ministry helps ex-inmates reintegrate into society
By Karen Bota
[Episcopal Life] Prison chaplain and Episcopal priest Joyce Penfield was in her second year working at the Adult Correctional Institution in Cranston, Rhode Island, when she noticed the inmates in the women's division were starting to look familiar.
Penfield was seeing prison statistics reflected in their faces. "Not many people talk about the recidivism, but when you can name and recognize 50 to 60 percent of the new female admits, something's not right," she said.
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections releases back into the community 350 men and women a month. Past statistics predict that 50 percent of those released will return within three years -- 30 percent within the first six months. Almost three quarters of the people in prison have a drug problem, which plays a significant role in their return to crime and to prison after release.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_85925_ENG_HTM.htm
More Features: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78936_ENG_HTM.htm
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