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>Episcopal News Service
>May 14, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - ROCHESTER: Transitional home for women veterans
dedicated in Avon
* PEOPLE - Jack McKelvey appointed interim president of Colgate
Rochester Crozer Divinity School
* PEOPLE - John Danforth, James Scott Mayer receive honorary degrees
from Seminary of the Southwest
* OPINION - Unfinished business in Sudan
* DAYBOOK - May 17: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EBAR PICK - "I Will See You in Heaven"

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

ROCHESTER: Transitional home for women veterans dedicated in Avon

>By Lynette Wilson

[Episcopal News Service] Zion Episcopal Church in Avon, New York,
decided to expand its mission, converting the church's rectory into a
six-bed transitional home for women veterans when its rector and the
community realized women veterans, more so than men, can fall through
the cracks.

The idea for Zion House began to take hold a few years ago when Zion's
rector, the Rev. Mark Stiegler, was serving as a part-time chaplain at
Veterans Affairs hospital, and noticed a gap in services provided to
women veterans. He shared his observation with his church, and after
much planning, including securing a grant and renovating the rectory,
Zion House is planned to open next month, he said in a telephone
interview.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_122221_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Jack McKelvey appointed interim president of Colgate Rochester Crozer
Divinity School

[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Jack M. McKelvey, retired bishop
of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester, has been appointed as interim
president of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, according to a
May 11 announcement from its board of trustees.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_122215_ENG_HTM.htm

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John Danforth, James Scott Mayer receive honorary degrees from Seminary
of the Southwest

[Episcopal News Service] Seminary of the Southwest awarded honorary
degrees to former Missouri Senator John Danforth and Bishop James Scott
Mayer of Northwest Texas during its 59th commencement ceremony on May 11
at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_122217_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

>Unfinished business in Sudan

>By Richard Parkins

[Episcopal News Service] The next six months could be the most critical
for Sudan as those in the south move toward January 2011 when they will
be asked to determine their future, whether it be a separate state or a
part of a unified country. The seriously flawed national elections of
this past April serve as a preface to what lies ahead. There remains an
unfinished agenda which most believe deserves urgent attention if the
referendum in January is to be seen as a fair and credible verdict on
Sudan's future.

Controversy about the legitimacy of the elections hovers over the
process as many see the violations of international standards of fair
elections as symptomatic of the treachery of the Omar al-Bashir regime
and the likelihood that such mischief will plague attempts to carry out
a transparent and trustworthy referendum. However, whatever one's
assessment of the reliability of the government in Khartoum, those
committed to peace in Sudan must hope that the seemingly insurmountable
obstacles to an acceptable referendum can be overcome in order that the
long-hoped-for peace can become a reality. Otherwise, we are on the
precipice of a cataclysmic humanitarian disaster that will once again
commit the people of Sudan to suffering and upheaval.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_122212_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On May 17, 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 May 17, 1913, William Croswell Doane died. In
1869, Doane became the first bishop of Albany.

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>EBAR PICK

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