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>Episcopal News Service
>July 12, 2010

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

>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Bishop Wolfe advocates 'an attitude of gratitude' in
July 25 bulletin inserts
* TOP STORY - Church of England advances plans for women bishops
* TOP STORY - Nerva Cot Aguilera, Latin America's first woman bishop,  dies at 
71
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: Presiding bishop helps parish
celebrate 400th anniversary
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop asks victims of
abusive bishop to come forward
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: New governor general is an Anglican
* DAYBOOK - July 13: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "2010/11 Christian Planning
Calendar 16 months: September 2010 - December 2011"

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>TOP STORIES

Bishop Wolfe advocates 'an attitude of gratitude' in July 25 bulletin  inserts

"What an exciting time to be an Episcopalian!" writes Bishop Dean
Wolfe of Kansas in "Maintain an attitude of gratitude," the ENS Weekly
bulletin inserts for July 25. Wolfe writes about the vibrant
ministries of the Episcopal Church, and about the need for its members
to support those ministries in spite of a struggling economy.

Inserts may be downloaded here:  
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm

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Church of England advances plans for women bishops

Legislation passes with minor amendments, heads to dioceses for approval

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service, York, England] Following years of debate, the
Church of England July 12 backed legislation that paves the way for
women to become bishops, much to the dismay of traditionalists who had
hoped for more robust provisions for those in opposition.

Some 40 proposed amendments to an 11-clause measure were considered by
General Synod, the church's main legislative body, during its July
9-13 meeting in York, but only minor changes were given the nod.

Clause 1, that reaffirms synod's will for women to be bishops, passed
without debate. But the sticking point focused on Clause 2, which
outlines provisions for those opposed to women bishops.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_123415_ENG_HTM.htm

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Nerva Cot Aguilera, Latin America's first woman bishop, dies at 71

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Retired Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal
Church of Cuba Nerva Cot Aguilera died suddenly on July 10 after a
brief battle with severe anemia. She was 71.

Cot became the first female Anglican bishop in Latin America when she
was consecrated in Havana's Holy Trinity Cathedral in June 2007.

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said she is "deeply
saddened" by Cot's death.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_123406_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: Presiding bishop helps parish celebrate 400th  anniversary

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] St. John's Episcopal Church
(http://www.stjohnshampton.org) in Hampton, Virginia, celebrated its
400th anniversary July 10-11 as the city also celebrated a similar
milestone.

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached (LINK TO TEXT
HERE) during the July 11 anniversary service.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_123424_ENG_HTM.htm

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NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop asks victims of abusive bishop to come  
forward

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Saying that he had learned of "four credible
allegations of sexual abuse" by a deceased predecessor, Episcopal
Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania Bishop Sean Rowe asked July 11
that women who may have been sexually abused during their childhoods
by Bishop Donald Davis to come forward.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_123419_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

>CANADA: New governor general is an Anglican

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Canada's next governor general, David
Johnston, is an academic, a lawyer and an Anglican.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_123411_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On July 13, 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 July 13, 1819, Charles Kingsley, priest and
author, was born in Devonshire, England.  Kingsley's most famous work
is "The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby." On July 13, 1857,
"The Voice that Breathed O'er Eden" was written by John Keble, English
priest and poet and a prominent leader of the Oxford movement.

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>EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK

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