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>Episcopal Life Daily
>April 28, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - In light of swine flu outbreak, churches consider  procedures
* TOP STORY - Congo elects Henri Isingoma as primate
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - CENTRAL NEW YORK: Departing parishioners not
entitled to bequest
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop Bennison wants new trial or
charges dismissed
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Fifty refugee families will receive support
from PWRDF and federal government
* PEOPLE - Seminary of the Southwest to honor three Austinites at May
12 commencement
* OPINION - Blessings in hard times: Look for abundance amidst scarcity
*MULTIMEDIA - Video: Reflections from Executive Council
* DAYBOOK - April 29, 2009: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Take, Eat - Reflections on the Eucharist

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>TOP STORIES

In light of swine flu outbreak, churches consider procedures

>By Solange De Santis

[Episcopal News Service] As health officials around the world monitor
an outbreak of swine flu that has killed more then 150 people in
Mexico and spread to six other countries, Episcopal churches are
examining liturgical practices and reviewing emergency plans.

"Swine flu is currently being handled by the health authorities. We
are, however, prepared to respond through our church networks should
we be needed," said Abagail Nelson, senior vice president for programs
at the New York headquarters of Episcopal Relief and Development, the
church's disaster-relief and economic-development agency.

About 1,600 people have been sickened in Mexico and 50 cases have been
reported so far in the United States, but no deaths. After the
outbreak was confirmed on April 24, a number of churches in Mexico
City on Sunday, April 26 canceled services.

Information about preparing for a potential pandemic influenza
outbreak is available on Episcopal Relief and Development's website.
The site carries a list of questions and answers about pandemic
influenza and contains links to information and resources for church
people in the areas of preparation, care-giving, liturgy and spiritual
practice.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_ENG_HTM.htm

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>Congo elects Henri Isingoma as primate

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The Anglican Church of the Congo has elected
Bishop Henri Kahwa Isingoma of the Diocese of Boga as its next
primate, or national bishop.

Isingoma will succeed Archbishop Fidèle Dirokpa, who has served as
primate of the French-speaking province since 2003. A date has not yet
been set for Dirokpa's retirement or Isingoma's enthronement.

Isingoma was elected during an April 28 bishops' retreat in Goma out
of a field of two nominees. He received four of the seven votes cast
in a secret ballot.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_107129_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

CENTRAL NEW YORK: Departing parishioners not entitled to bequest

>Diocese can investigate property accounting

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] A New York state trial court justice has
ruled that members of Church of the Good Shepherd in Binghamton who
left the Episcopal Church over theological differences are not
entitled to keep a 1986 bequest of jewels and money.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_107130_ENG_HTM.htm

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PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop Bennison wants new trial or charges dismissed

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Claiming to have "over 200 letters" that
prove Diocese of Pennsylvania Bishop Charles Bennison "was deceived
and duped," the convicted bishop's attorneys have asked that the
charges against him be dismissed, or that he get a new trial.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_107134_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

CANADA: Fifty refugee families will receive support from PWRDF and
federal government

>By Leigh Anne Williams

[Anglican Journal] As celebrations of the Primate's World Relief and
Development Fund's 50th anniversary get under way, PWRDF
representatives and Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican
Church of Canada, met with Jason Kenney, minister of Citizenship,
Immigration and Multiculturalism, to discuss the federal government's
support for one of PWRDF's anniversary programs that will help
parishes and dioceses across the country sponsor 50 refugee families.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_107132_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>PEOPLE

Seminary of the Southwest to honor three Austinites at May 12  commencement

[SSW] The Seminary of the Southwest (SSW) in Austin, Texas will confer
two honorary degrees and a trustee's award during its commencement on
May 12.

The Rev. Charles James Cook, who retired from full-time teaching at
SSW at the end of 2008, and Austin-based writer J. Keith Miller will
receive honorary doctoral degrees. Carrielu Christensen, veteran
member of the seminary's board of trustees, will receive the trustee's
award. The Rev. Canon Charles K. Robertson, canon to Presiding Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori, will present the commencement sermon.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_107128_ENG_HTM.htm

More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm

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>OPINION

>Blessings in hard times

>Look for abundance amidst scarcity

>By Katharine Jefferts Schori

[Episcopal Life] How do we cope in tough economic times? How do we
nurture an enduring sense of hope in ourselves and in those around us?

Start with gratitude for what you are and have. Begin with the simple
(!) task of listing the blessings in your life ? shelter, family,
friends, skills and your breath. Include your hungers: for
relationship, greater depth in those relationships, the desire to be
of service and to give to others out of your blessings.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_107118_ENG_HTM.htm

More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

>Video: Reflections from Executive Council

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House
of Deputies Bonnie Anderson, offer their reflections at the close of
Executive Council in Portland, Maine.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On April 29, 2009, the church calendar remembers Catherine of Siena
(1347-1380).

* 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 29, 1607, English settlers established
the first Anglican church in the American colonies at Cape Henry,
Virginia.

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>CATALYST

"Take, Eat - Reflections on the Eucharist" from Canterbury Press
Norwich, by the Rt. Rev. Kenneth Stevenson, 85 pages, hardcover, c.
2008, $19.99

[Canterbury Press Norwich] In this short, reflective companion,
Kenneth Stevenson explores some of the Eucharist's many layers of
meaning -- as sacrifice, memorial, sustenance for the Christian
journey, sign of the new creation, anticipation of the heavenly feast
-- and more.

As a basic guide, he uses the Gospel of Luke in which feeding is a
particularly strong theme. Taking well known stories such as Jesus
eating with sinners, feeding the five thousand, the Last Supper and
the evening meal at Emmaus after the resurrection he grounds our
understanding of the Eucharist in scripture and shows how it can shape
our entire Christian experience.

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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