[ENS] VIDEO - Arizona Bishop Kirk Smith on immigration, border visit

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>Episcopal News Service
>September 14, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop objects to House of Deputies
president's letter
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - VIRGINIA: Diocese plans listening sessions on
same-gender blessings
* WORLD REPORT - INDIA: Churches in appeal for Christians targeted in
Quran protests
* PEOPLE - Daniel H. Grossoehme, Episcopal priest and children's
chaplain, receives NIH research grant
* VIDEO - Arizona Bishop Kirk Smith on immigration, border visit
* DAYBOOK - September 15: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Psalms - A Spiritual Commentary"

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

PENNSYLVANIA: Bishop objects to House of Deputies president's letter

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Bishop
Charles Bennison has told House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson
that a recent letter she wrote about his re-instatement has made his
ministry in the diocese "more difficult."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124488_ENG_HTM.htm

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VIRGINIA: Diocese plans listening sessions on same-gender blessings

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia plans to
hold five sessions in the next several weeks titled "Listen and Be
Heard: Faithful Sexuality and the Blessing of Same-Gender Unions."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_124478_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

INDIA: Churches in appeal for Christians targeted in Quran protests

>By Anto Akkara

[Episcopal News Service] Churches in India are asking for support
after Christian institutions became the target of violent protests
linked to the reported desecration of a copy of the Quran in the
United States.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_124479_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>PEOPLE

Daniel H. Grossoehme, Episcopal priest and children's chaplain,
receives NIH research grant

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Daniel H. Grossoehme, an Episcopal
priest and staff chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical
Center since 2003, has been awarded a research grant from the National
Institutes of Health, according to a press release.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_124475_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>VIDEO

Arizona Bishop Kirk Smith on immigration, border visit

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Kirk Smith of the Diocese of Arizona
speaks about the House of Bishops pre-meeting visit to the
Arizona-Mexico border. The trip, organized by the Diocese of Arizona,
is intended to help bishops and their spouses experience first hand
the immigration crisis by visiting both sides of the border and
talking with people involved in the issues, Smith says.

>Video: http://bit.ly/db9dpu

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On September 15, 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 September 15, 1500, John Morton, archbishop of
Canterbury, died in Knole House in Kent, England. On September 15,
1514, Thomas Wolsey was appointed Archbishop of York.

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>EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK

"Psalms - A Spiritual Commentary" from Skylight Paths Publishing, by
M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, illustrations by Phillip Ratner, 149 pages,
paperback, c. 2006, 2008, $16.99

[Skylight Paths Publishing] Showing how the Psalms give profound and
candid expression to both our highest aspirations and our deepest
pain, the late, highly respected Cistercian Abbot M. Basil Pennington
shares his reflections on some of the most beloved passages from the
Bible's most widely read book. Pennington is once again joined by
Jewish artist Phillip Ratner, whose evocative works will lead you into
more meaningful contemplation of the inner spirit of the Psalms.

Pennington describes how the monastic tradition of regular reflection
on the Psalms -- a technique St. Benedict called the "work of God," or
Opus Dei -- can help you transform your everyday life into a powerful
life of prayer. Enriched by Jewish and Christian faith, the drawings
and meditations speak to every person wanting both to connect with
their most human longings and to forge a vital connection with the
Divine.

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