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>Episcopal Life Daily
>November 3, 2009

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>http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PITTSBURGH: Diocese releases 135 clergy
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - WESTERN NEW YORK: Diocese calls for bishop
nominations
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - NORTHERN MICHIGAN: Convention agrees on search
process outline
* PEOPLE - Compass Rose Society elects three new board members
* OPINION - Haunted by love: All Saints acknowledges how relationships
outlast death
* DAYBOOK - November 4: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - From Holidays to Holy Days - A Benedictine Walk through
Advent

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

>PITTSBURGH: Diocese releases 135 clergy

[Diocese of Pittsburgh] The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh said Nov. 3
that it had formally released 135 priests and deacons who have not been
active in the Episcopal Church since October 2008.

Provisional Bishop Kenneth L. Price Jr. wrote to each of the affected
clergy, which a diocesan news release said was its way of "making good
on its offer to release the individuals from their licensed ministry in
the Episcopal Church in a way that does not involve disciplinary
action."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_116346_ENG_HTM.htm

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WESTERN NEW YORK: Diocese calls for bishop nominations

[Diocese of Western New York] The Bishop Search Committee of the
Episcopal Diocese of Western New York has opened its application process
for its 11th bishop, according to a Nov. 3 news release.

The profile and nomination and application forms are available here. The
deadline for completed applications is Dec. 31, 2009.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_116351_ENG_HTM.htm

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NORTHERN MICHIGAN: Convention agrees on search process outline

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Participants in the Diocese of Northern
Michigan's 114th annual convention Oct. 30-31 set out the framework for
conducting another search for the diocese's next bishop.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_116290_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Compass Rose Society elects three new board members

[Episcopal News Service] The Compass Rose Society of the Anglican
Communion on Nov. 2 announced that it had elected three new members to
serve on its board of directors: the Rev. Canon John Peterson of
Hendersonville, North Carolina; the Very Rev. Dr. Michael Battle of San
Gabriel, California; and Beverley Paterson Wood of Aurora, Ontario.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_116343_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

>Haunted by love

All Saints acknowledges how relationships outlast death

>By Susan Palwick

[Episcopal News Service] One Halloween, long before I became consciously
Christian, I took a train from London to Edinburgh, Scotland. At
twilight, maybe 10 miles from our destination, the train passed through
fields lit by huge bonfires. It was an arresting and beautiful sight.

I later learned that the tradition of building bonfires on the evening
of Oct. 31 dates back to the ancient Celts, who believed that on this
evening the boundaries between our world and the next weaken. They built
fires to ward off dangerous spirits and welcome friendly ones.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_116288_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On November 4, 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 November 4, 1740, English priest Augustus
Toplady, author of the hymn "Rock of Ages," was born. On November 4,
1826, Timothy R. Matthews, priest and hymn writer, was born in
Colmworth, England.

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>CATALYST

"From Holidays to Holy Days - A Benedictine Walk through Advent" from
Church Publishing, Inc., by Albert Holtz, O.S.B., 127 pages, paperback,
c. 2008, $16

[Church Publishing, Inc.] Rather than criticizing trappings of the
holiday season, this book looks at them from the viewpoint of Christian
contemplation, once aptly described as "a long, loving look at the
real." The author, a Benedictine monk who lives in the center of
downtown Newark, New Jersey, invites the reader to join him on his daily
walks as he points out dozens of often-unnoticed connections between our
holidays and the spiritual meaning of Advent and Christmas. In a string
of colored lights, a crowd of shoppers, or the window of a toy store, he
uncovers such traditional Advent themes as watchful waiting, repentance,
and selfless love. On the bustling sidewalks, he introduces us to
Isaiah, John the Baptist, and Jesus himself, all speaking their ancient
Advent and Christmas messages of peace and hope and good will.

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