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>Episcopal News Service
>March 2, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* MISSION - Episcopal Women's Caucus reorganizes, plans communications  emphasis
* WORLD REPORT - PAKISTAN: Sikh beheadings show dangers minorities face
* WORLD REPORT - UGANDA: Petition opposing anti-homosexuality law
delivered to parliament
* PEOPLE - Episcopal Divinity School appoints two new faculty members
* DAYBOOK - March 3: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - A Walk In Jerusalem -- Stations Of The Cross

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>MISSION

Episcopal Women's Caucus reorganizes, plans communications emphasis

>By Sharon Sheridan

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Women's Caucus board emerged
from its annual meeting last weekend with new energy, fueled by a new
structure, streamlined mission statement and a commitment to enhanced
communications as a tool of advocacy for women.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_119962_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

PAKISTAN: Sikh beheadings show dangers minorities face

>By Anto Akkara

[Ecumenical News International, Bangalore, India] Christian groups in
Pakistan and India have joined political and other religious leaders
in deploring the recent beheading of two young Sikh men by a Taliban
group in Pakistan, and have demanded security for religious minorities
in the Muslim-majority nation.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_119963_ENG_HTM.htm

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UGANDA: Petition opposing anti-homosexuality law delivered to parliament

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] An online petition containing more than
450,000 signatures has been presented to the Uganda Parliament, urging
members to withdraw a proposed bill that, if passed, would broaden the
criminalization of homosexuality in the East African country and
introduce the death penalty in certain cases.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_120004_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Episcopal Divinity School appoints two new faculty members

[Episcopal Divinity School] The trustees of Episcopal Divinity School
have announced the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Patrick S. Cheng and
the Rev. Dr. Susanna J. Snyder as junior faculty members with initial
three-year contracts commencing July 1, 2010.

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

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>DAYBOOK

On March 3, 2010, the church remembers John and Charles Wesley, priests.

* 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 March 3, 1883, Leighton George Hayne, hymnist,  died.

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>EBAR PICK

"A Walk In Jerusalem -- Stations Of The Cross" from Morehouse
Publishing, by John Peterson, 64 pages, paperback, c. 1998, $8

[Source: Morehouse Publishing] Every Friday in Jerusalem, Franciscan
monks take groups of pilgrims down the Via Dolorosa, the road Christ
may have walked on his way to the cross. Stopping at each of fourteen
locations that mark events in the final days of Christ's life, the
pilgrims recall the Passion story and offer prayers for the world.

In A Walk in Jerusalem, the Rev. Canon John L. Peterson brings new
life to this centuries-old ritual known as the Stations of the Cross.
Illustrated with a map, 14 black-and-white photographs, and 14
pen-and-ink drawings, this helpful guide provides the appropriate
episode of the Passion story along with a meditation and brief liturgy
that apply that story to today's world.

Designed for use on Good Friday or general devotions, A Walk in
Jerusalem offers new insight into the Passion Narratives and
encouragement to live as Christ taught.

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