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>Episcopal News Service
>January 13, 2010

Episcopal News Service is available at  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens.

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Haiti earthquake prompts the desire to help, asks the
question of how
* TOP STORY - Haiti struck by devastating earthquake; diocese suffers
heavy damage (updated)
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - MONTANA: State's top court upholds 'right to die
with dignity,' questions remain
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PROVINCE II: Bishops issue declaration on the
Haiti earthquake
* WORLD REPORT - AUSTRALIA: Churches rally to support Egyptian  Christians
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Primate issues statement on Haiti disaster
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Bishops recommend Anglican covenant 'for
consideration' by General Synod
* WORLD REPORT - SOUTH AFRICA: Archbishop Makgoba writes to Haiti
bishop following devastating earthquake
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Presiding Bishop, ERD president respond to the
Haiti earthquake
* DAYBOOK - January 14: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Speaking to the Soul - Daily Reflections for the Christian  Year

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>TOP STORIES

Haiti earthquake prompts the desire to help, asks the question of how

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Whether it is a tsunami overwhelming
southeast Asia, hurricanes demolishing the U.S. Gulf Coast, or an
earthquake devastating Haiti, many people feel the need to give of
themselves to help those who suffer.

The question is how best to do that at each stage of the aftermath and
how best to meet the needs of those hurt by the disaster.

As people contemplated how to respond to those needs in the hours
since a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook the Port-au-Prince area to its
foundation at just before 5 p.m. on Jan. 12, governments and the
United Nations began moving bulldozers, cranes and hospital ships into
position.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_118432_ENG_HTM.htm

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Updated: Haiti struck by devastating earthquake; diocese suffers heavy  damage

Prayers, support urged for western hemisphere's poorest nation

>By Matthew Davies and Mary Frances Schjonberg

Editor's note: This version includes updated information about the
Episcopal Church missionaries in Haiti.

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Church leaders are urging prayers
and support for Haiti as the largest earthquake ever to hit the island
nation has caused widespread devastation amid fears that thousands may
have perished in the disaster.

Four people were killed by the earthquake during an Episcopal church
service in Trouin, about 23 miles southwest of Haiti's capital
Port-au-Prince, the Rev. Lauren Stanley, an Episcopal Church
missionary in Haiti who was home in Virginia at the time of the
earthquake, told ENS. The earthquake destroyed Cathédrale Sainte
Trinité (Holy Trinity Cathedral), the diocesan cathedral in
Port-au-Prince.

The magnitude 7 earthquake, whose epicenter struck 10 miles southwest
of Port-au-Prince at 4:53 p.m. local time on Jan. 12, was immediately
followed by two aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude. About a third of
Haiti's approximately 10 million people live in Port-au-Prince. With
power outages and phone lines down, communication is proving difficult
and the full extent of the disaster has yet to be determined.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_118410_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

MONTANA: State's top court upholds 'right to die with dignity,'  questions remain

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] The Montana Supreme Court may have ruled
Montanans have a right to die with dignity, but questions remain about
the future of the new law and its implementation.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_118412_ENG_HTM.htm

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PROVINCE II: Bishops issue declaration on the Haiti earthquake

[Episcopal News Service] The bishops of Province II have issued the
following declaration in response to news about the devastating
earthquake in Haiti. The declaration also is available in French.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_118425_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

AUSTRALIA: Churches rally to support Egyptian Christians

>By Kim Cain

[Ecumenical News International, Melbourne, Australia] Australian
Christians from many denominations are set to rally with the country's
Coptic community against violence directed towards Christians in
Egypt.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_118421_ENG_HTM.htm

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CANADA: Primate issues statement on Haiti disaster

[Anglican Church of Canada] Archbishop Fred Hiltz of the Anglican
Church of Canada has issued a statement in response to the widespread
devastation caused by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti on
Jan. 12.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_118428_ENG_HTM.htm

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CANADA: Bishops recommend Anglican covenant 'for consideration' by  General Synod

>By Marites N. Sison

[Anglican Journal] The Canadian House of Bishops has approved a
resolution recommending that the final text of the proposed Anglican
Communion covenant be presented for consideration to the General Synod
meeting in June.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_118416_ENG_HTM.htm

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SOUTH AFRICA: Archbishop Makgoba writes to Haiti bishop following
devastating earthquake

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican
Church of Southern Africa has written to Episcopal Diocese of Haiti
Bishop Jean-Zaché Duracin following news of the devastating earthquake
that hit the island nation Jan. 12.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_118417_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MULTIMEDIA

Video: Presiding Bishop, ERD president respond to the Haiti earthquake

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
and Episcopal Relief and Development President Rob Radtke speak about
the devastating earthquake in Haiti and how people can best respond to
the needs of those affected by the disaster.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On January 14, 2010...

* 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 January 14, 1985, Alice Elizabeth (Betsy)
Rodenmayer died. Rodenmayer served the Episcopal Church in several
women's ministry leadership positions for more than 50 years.

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>CATALYST

"Speaking to the Soul - Daily Reflections for the Christian Year" from
Church Publishing, Inc., by Vicki K. Black, 334 pages, paperback, c.
2009, $24

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This daily reader grew out of that column. It follows the Episcopal
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days as well as saints' days.

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Readings are taken from every century of the church's life, with
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