Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, August 7, 2007. The Church calendar remembers John Mason Neale, priest (1818-1866).
* 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 1831, F.W. (Frederic William) Farrar, dean of Canterbury, was born in Bombay, India.
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TEACHING
Women's Ministries Minneapolis gathering to present Beijing Circles
[ENS] The Office of Women's Ministries
(http://www.episcopalchurch.org/women.htm) at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City is beginning a new series of brief conferences across the country to introduce people to Beijing Circles (http://www.episcopalchurch.org/41685_73656_ENG_HTM.htm).
Beijing Circles grew out of the work of the Anglican Women's Empowerment (AWE) at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) (http://www.episcopalchurch.org/uncsw.htm) and refers to the groups that have formed around the issues of the Beijing Platform for Action (http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform).
The first conference is set for October 12-13 at the Episcopal Church of St. James on the Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Participants interested in focusing on Millennium Development Goal #3 -- promote gender equality and empower women -- will benefit from this gathering.
Registration is $25 and includes dinner, breakfast, lunch, and the Beijing Circles Resource Booklet. Checks should be made payable to DFMS and mailed to: St. James on the Parkway, 3225 East Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55417-1498, attn: Beijing Circle Conference by September 14.
Hotel accommodations are available for $99 at the Residence Inn by Marriott. Call 952-876-0900 and reserve a room under the Beijing Circle Group before September 14.
Further information is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/41685_88348_ENG_HTM.htm
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_88833_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "The Stem Cell Debate" from Augsburg Fortress, by Ted Peters, 133 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $7
[Source: Augsburg Fortress] The worldwide debate about stem cells involves religion, ethics, politics, and medicine. It calls for people of faith to learn deeply, think carefully, and contribute fully. Peters' lucid and penetrating book reliably and accessibly relates the science of stem calls and regenerative medicine in lay terms. It also traces the strongly divided ethical debate to three very different moral frameworks and shows the deepest and legitimate concerns of each, alongside the secular ethical framework employed in most medical ethics. Peters' work is not only a unique guide but also a real model for how honest, religiously informed ethics should be practiced today.
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