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Shaping Holy Lives - Trinity Institute Conference on Benedictine Spirituality

The proceedings of the recent national conference of Trinity Institute, the continuing education programme based at Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, held on April 28 and 29, can still be heard and seen on the web.

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Shaping Holy Lives - Address by Joan Chittister

Joan Chittister addressed Trinity Institute New York on the essential values of St Benedict, among them being creative work, holy leisure, humility, and peace.

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Shaping Holy Lives - Address from the Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, gave an address today as part of the annual conference of Trinity Institute.

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Human rights groups condemn Castro's crackdown on opposition in Cuba

Human rights and religious groups around the world - including the World Council of Churches and an ecumenical group of Cuban clergy in the US - have condemned a harsh crackdown on opposition in Cuba that drew stiff prison sentences for dissidents.

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Archbishop of Canterbury launches Trinity Institute

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, returned to "Ground Zero" in lower Manhattan for the first time since 11 September 2001, to preach a sermon on the spiritual significance of listening to God and to one another.

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Archbishop to address Trinity Institute

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, is to address the 34th National Conference of Trinity Institute this week.

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An Easter reflection from the Presiding Bishop of ECUSA

This Easter anthem, drawn from the liturgy of the Eastern Church, appears in our Prayer Book at the conclusion of the Burial of the Dead. It is to be sung as the body is borne from the church.

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Presiding bishop raises question of human rights in Sudan

Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold wrote to Ambassador John Negroponte, United States representative at the United Nations, expressing his "deep concern about the situation in Sudan."

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Cuban Episcopalians reverse decision on rejoining ECUSA

Anglicans in Cuba have decided against seeking to rejoin the Episcopal Church of the United States

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Churches take Iraq war concerns to Kofi Annan

An ecumenical delegation has met with United Nations General Secretary, Kofi Annan, to stress the importance of getting humanitarian aid to Iraqi civilians trapped inside the expanding war zone.

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Statement from the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship

"Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness toward anyone." Our concern, as Christians, is not only for our own Forces, but also for all the people of Iraq and throughout the Middle East.

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The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan makes grant in solidarity with Canadians

The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan recently sent a check for US$500 to the Diocese of Keewatin, Canada.

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Virginia Theological Seminary celebrates 26 years of Women in the Priesthood

More than 150 women clergy, VTS students and staff recently filled the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Auditorium to hear the first woman Supreme Court Justice speak.

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An alternative to war

It is the eleventh hour, and the world is poised on the edge of war. Church leaders have warned of the unpredictable and potentially disastrous consequences of war against Iraq - massive civilian casualties, a precedent for preemptive war.

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In the Shadow of War: A pastoral letter from the House of Bishops of ECUSA

We, your bishops, write to you in perilous times. We do not know what the next days will bring. War and the threat of war make many afraid for the welfare of all that they love, and all those whom they hold dear. Such fear gnaws at the edges of consciousness.

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Help for victims in Sudan

Episcopal Relief and Development is providing critical food supplies to the Western Equatoria region in southern Sudan devastated by drought and war.

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Message from the Presiding Bishop of ECUSA: Finding Our Way: A Christian Perspective

All through these many months of debates and discussions about our government's policy and actions toward Iraq I have expressed my opposition to war. Joined by leaders and members of other faith communities, I have supported the alternatives to war that would both address the legitimate concerns of our nation and recognize that war at this point is not the solution.

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West African church leaders plead for help in peace efforts

A high-level delegation of eight church leaders from West Africa - including two Anglican bishops - is spending several weeks in the United States, at the invitation of Church World Service, for intensive consultations with government and church officials, pleading for help with peace efforts in their troubled region of the world.

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Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold speaks to the Muslim community

Many Muslims were moved by the words of Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold on his recent trip to Chicago. Abdul Mujahid, President of Sound Vision (Television and Multimedia Production), said that he found hope in the Presiding Bishop's message and was encouraged that a Christian faith leader would be so supportive of the struggles in the Middle East.

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American bishop urges prayers and aid for Iraqi Christians

The Rt Revd Pierre W. Whalon, bishop of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe, received an invitation to Iraq February 19-23 to pray with, meet and talk with the leaders of major Christian groups in that country.

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Columbia crew's faith and courage remembered at National Cathedral, Washington

Vice President Dick Cheney, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, Bishop John Chane, a local Episcopal priest and a rabbi were amongst those who paid solemn tribute to the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia at a memorial service on 6 February at Washington National Cathedral.

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Columbia astronaut was Episcopalian

"If I'd been born in space I would desire to visit the beautiful Earth more than I ever yearned to visit space. It's a wonderful planet," wrote Capt David Brown to his parents in the last e-mail they'd receive from him.

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Meeting in the Dominican Republic influences decisions of Executive Council

Members of the Episcopal Church's Executive Council gathered in the Dominican Republic 27 - 30 January for a rare meeting outside the United States - and the setting made a substantial difference in some of the council's decisions.

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Bishop Griswold urges multilateral approach to Iraq, praises Bush for AIDS initiative

Presiding Bishop Frank T Griswold released a statement today responding to President George W Bush's State of the Union message and calling on the administration to "exhaust all diplomatic and multilateral initiatives" as the alternative to a unilateral assault on Iraq.

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Dialogue with separated Anglican churches moves forward

In an historic meeting that took important first steps to dispel years of ignorance and suspicion, delegations from the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC), the Anglican Province of America (APA) and the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA), met at St Paul's College in Washington, DC, 15-16 January.

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Episcopal Peace Fellowship: From Violence to Wholeness

The Episcopal Peace Fellowship are looking for Episcopalians who have a passion for non-violence, have experience or the capacity to facilitate groups and have the time to promote and run workshops and retreats. They are offering facilitator training 13 - 16 March in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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Bishop Griswold calls church to God's mission of reconciliation

Marking his fifth anniversary as presiding bishop on January 12, Frank T Griswold told the congregation at the Washington National Cathedral that "the work of repair, rebuilding and renewing" the world is one to which every Christian is called at baptism. That work, said Bishop Griswold, calls for "adopting God's point of view" instead of the limited perspective of self or nation.

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Virginia Theological Seminary and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church sign agreement

Virginia Theological Seminary's Bishop Payne Library chosen as site for the deposit and preservation of collection that documents the history of African American Episcopalians

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Rowan Williams: will bring intellectual rigor, chart theological path

by Geralyn Wolf

The Most Revd Rowan Williams was recently named as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishop Williams was the Archbishop of Wales. When he is enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on February 27th, he will be the first bishop from outside the Church of England to hold this post.

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Advent: time for personal and corporate repentance

Sermon preached by the Most Revd Frank T. Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the USA, on 8th December 2002 at All Saints' Church, Margaret Street, London

Readings: Isaiah 40:1-11; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8

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