Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, June 5, 2007. The Church calendar remembers Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, and martyr (c. 672-754).
* Today in Scripture:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1991, Bishop Ronald Haines of Washington, D.C., ordained Elizabeth Carl, an open lesbian, to the priesthood at the Church of the Epiphany in downtown Washington. http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_numbe r=9 1137
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TEACHING
North American Association for the Diaconate to meet June 21-24 in Seattle
[ENS] Opportunities for continuing education, fresh ideas for ministry, and networking to expand the vision for mission in the new millennium are the backdrop for the 2007 Conference of the North American Association for the Diaconate (NAAD).
The NAAD is an organization in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada that promotes renewal of the diaconate, supports deacons and dioceses with deacons, and engages in theological dialogue about diakonia.
"Being There: Mission for a New Millennium" is set for June 21-24 on the campus of Seattle University in Seattle, Washington. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will deliver the keynote address on June 22.
Karen McCarthy Casey, founder of "Inspired Action," will facilitate the first workshop, "Café of Hope Continuum," which will immediately follow Jefferts Schori's message and begin a conversation designed to access deeper wisdom, build on shared knowledge, and expand on collective capacities to serve churches and communities.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_86555_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscant, and Beyond" from Random House, Inc., by Linda Bird Francke, 266 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $15.95
[Source: Random House, Inc.] From Assisi -- a small Umbrian town that now draws two million visitors a year, making it second only to Rome as an Italian pilgrimage destination -- Saint Francis crisscrossed Italy for 20 years. And so too does the author travel through the "green heart" of Italy to hill towns and cities such as Siena, Bologna, Venice, Gubbio, and Rome, and to the many mountaintop Franciscan sanctuaries from La Verna and Le Celle di Cortona in Tuscany to the Rieti Valley.
Along the way, Francke movingly depicts the many miracles Francis performed and draws on the splendid beauty of the landscape that inspired the saint's love for nature and regard for all living things. Unlike Francis, however, whose asceticism caused him to add ashes to his food to deaden its earthly pleasure, Francke and her husband indulge in the fabled Umbrian cuisine, from wild boar to the region's famed black truffles, and the incomparable local wines.
On the Road with Francis of Assisi embraces the spirit and person of its legendary subject, and invites the reader to marvel at his spiritual intensity and follow in his footsteps through the timeless beauty of Italy.
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