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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Daily
>April 6, 2009

Episcopal Life Online is available at  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - CENTRAL ECUADOR: Episcopalians, Lutherans
celebrate intercommunion agreement
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - COLORADO: Colorado Springs parishioners celebrate
Palm Sunday homecoming
* MISSION - Minneapolis cathedral ready to partner with new Cuban  diocese
* DAYBOOK - April 7, 2009: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Where Mercy Fails: Darfur's Struggle to Survive

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

CENTRAL ECUADOR: Episcopalians, Lutherans celebrate intercommunion  agreement

>By Chris Morck

[Diocese of Ecuador] The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ecuador and
the Episcopal Diocese of Central Ecuador celebrated an agreement of
intercommunion and fraternity in the Lutheran Church in Quito on April
3.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_106724_ENG_HTM.htm

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COLORADO: Colorado Springs parishioners celebrate Palm Sunday homecoming

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] It was Palm Sunday but, for parishioners
worshipping for the first time in two years at Grace and St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church, it already felt a lot like resurrection.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_106722_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MISSION

Minneapolis cathedral ready to partner with new Cuban diocese

>By Joe Bjordal

[Episcopal News Service] If a plan to divide the Episcopal Church in
Cuba (Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba) into two dioceses succeeds, the new
eastern diocese will not begin its new life in isolation. It will
benefit from an international Anglican partnership years in the
making. St. Mark's Cathedral, Minneapolis, has accepted an invitation
by interim Cuban Bishop Miguel Tamayo-Zaldivar to establish a formal
companion relationship with the new diocese.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_106695_ENG_HTM.htm

More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

>On April 7, 2009...

* 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 April 7, 1199, England's King Richard I, the
"Lionhearted," died at age 41. Richard, as one of the three leaders of
the Third Crusade, negotiated Christian access to Jerusalem.

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>CATALYST

"Where Mercy Fails: Darfur's Struggle to Survive" from Church
Publishing, Inc., by Chris Herlinger & Paul Jeffrey, 150 pages,
paperback, c. 2009, $25

[Church Publishing, Inc.] This new work provides a graphic and literal
context for understanding the current tragedy in Darfur and describes
a framework for how people of faith are responding to the crisis.

Jeffrey's photos depict daily life in the camps, showing both the
challenges faced by the displaced, as well as their unguarded moments
of joy and hope. The images show the people of Darfur as real,
three-dimensional people, subjects of their history, not as objects or
victims in an overly simplistic conflict.

The text by Herlinger makes clear that the crisis in Darfur cannot be
explained easily, glibly, or in a simplistic fashion. It includes
personal stories of those uprooted and currently living in the camps.
Additional sections examine the debates surrounding Darfur, including
concerns over genocide, the debate over "protection" and
"responsibility" by the international community, and the role of
activists and religious communities in the ecumenical humanitarian
response.

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800-903-5544 -- or visit
your local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm

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