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Episcopal Journal October 2016 Anglican Digest Episcopal JOURNALMONTHLY EDITION | $3.75 PER COPY VOL 6 NO 10 | OCTOBER 2016 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protests pipeline Episcopalians join action By Lynette Wilson and David Paulsen Iowa10 ministry Episcopal News Service brings the sacred federal judge on Sept. 9 ruled to the secular against blocking work on a sec- tion of a four-state oil-pipeline FEATURE project that sparked Native- AAmerican protests in North Dakota that have generated national attention and drawn support from Episcopal leaders, among others. But within hours, three federal agen- cies said they would stop construction and asked the pipeline builder, Energy Transfer Partners, to “voluntarily pause” work on government land, which tribal officials say contain sacred burial sites and artifacts. S Smithsonian12 museum holds “What [U.S. District Judge James RT faith stories Boasberg] ruled on has become a moot A point,” said the Rev. John Floberg, canon missioner for the Episcopal Church com- Photo/Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline Opposition via Facebook munity on the Standing Rock reservation. Law enforcement officers block protestors who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. “The Department of Justice with the De- partment of the Interior and the [U.S.] Army tions specifically regarding the Dakota Access site under the National Environmental Policy Corps of Engineers called for construction to Pipeline and generally regarding the “pipeline- Act (NEPA) or other federal laws. Therefore, stand down 20 miles to the east and 20 miles related decision-making process.” construction of the pipeline on Army Corps to the west of Lake Oahe until all issues have “The Army will not authorize constructing land bordering or under Lake Oahe will not been adjudicated.” the Dakota Access pipeline on corps land bor- go forward at this time,” the agencies’ state- The federal agencies said they would stop dering or under Lake Oahe until it can deter- ment said construction in response to issues raised by the mine whether it will need to reconsider any of While participating in a clean-water rally Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal na- its previous decisions regarding the Lake Oahe continued on page 7 S Books14 trace footsteps of St. Francis ART Episcopal churches, community partners help educate and register voters PAID By Pat McCaughan With an Oct. 11 state voter PRSRT STD PRSRT US POSTAGE Bellmawr NJ PERMIT #1239 Episcopal News Service registration deadline approaching, Carlos Duarte, Mi Familia Vota’s Texas egistering voters in mid-Au- state director, said he hoped to reach gust at La Iglesia Episcopal additional voters who feel marginalized San Pablo in Houston was and who may not have engaged in the just the start of an Episcopal process previously. RDiocese of Texas and Mi Familia Vota “With Spanish-speaking communi- partnership to help get out the vote. ties, they are always torn in participat- Increased public awareness and in- ing in the political process because they terest, possibly due to a contentious feel that none of the political parties election season, sparked the initiative, represents their interests 100 percent,” said Paulette E. Martin, diocesan com- Duarte said. munications specialist.“People want to “They feel that one mirrors their be involved. The whole political arena position on abortion while the other right now is very important to them.” Photo/Paulette E. Martin agrees with their stand on immigration Maria Villenas from Mi Familia Vota registers residents to vote at “We figured it would be a good way to Houston’s La Iglesia Episcopal San Pablo. and acceptance and views for diversity. educate people and to give them tools They are always torn between those op- to register people to vote, and to encourage Others were trained and “deputized” to begin tions and sometimes that leads to paralysis.” their families and friends to help make a dif- canvassing local communities to help more Not so this year, he said.“This year, par- ference,” she said. residents make their voices heard in the Nov. ticularly, the presidential campaign has been Ten people at the event registered to vote. 8 general election, she said. continued on page 8 2 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL October 2016 ANGLICAN DIGEST Anglican Digest is a column of news and features WCC and the Roman Catholic Church from churches in the Anglican Communion. is a key focus of the September meeting of the group, co-moderated by Metropol- Bombing victims remembered itan Nifon of Târgoviște from the Roma- WCC, Roman Catholics he bishop of discuss relations Davao, Philip- The relationship between the World pines, Jonathan Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ro- Casimina, led a man Catholic Church was being reviewed candlelitT memorial service in a five-day meeting that began Sept. 13 at the site of a Sept. 2 terror- at the Ecumenical Centre in Switzerland. nian Orthodox Church and Archbishop ist attack at the Roxas Night The WCC is “a fellowship of 348 Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, the Roman Market. Some 14 people member churches who together rep- Catholic Church’s primate of Ireland. were killed and around 70 resent more than half a billion Chris- “One session in the five-day pro- injured when two impro- tians around the world,” according to gram aims to address ‘co-operation on vised explosive devices were its website. Most Anglican provinces are inter-religious relations, on refugees and detonated as people enjoyed members of the WCC, as are most of the migrants, and on justice and peace,’” the city’s vibrant night life. Photo/Diocese of Davao world’s Orthodox churches. Its mem- the WCC said. “There also will be dis- The market is home to street A candlelit memorial service honors terror attack bership also includes Lutheran, Baptist, cussions of Pope Francis’s exhortations stalls and cafes selling a range victims in Davao, Philippines. Methodist, African Instituted, Assyrian Evangelii Gaudium and Amoris Laetitia, of merchandise and food and and Evangelical churches. and of his encyclical Laudato Sí’. is a popular destination on the island. dignity, ease the pain of the survivors, The Roman Catholic Church has “Other topics before the group are A makeshift memorial shrine of and pursue justice.” never been a member, although it is part to include finding doctrinal common flowers and votive candles was built up The candlelit memorial service — of local ecumenical groups of churches ground, world mission and evangeliza- at the site alongside placards contain- Candles of Hope for Unity, Justice in different parts of the world. tion, marriage and the family, environ- ing messages of condolences for the and Peace — was held four days after In 1965, following what the WCC mental threats to God’s creation, the victims and bereaved families as well as the bomb attack “to gather all people calls “the ecumenical thaw in relation- ongoing ecumenical pilgrimage and words of hope and encouragement for of goodwill from all walks of life not- ships . encouraged by Pope John XXIII ‘building the agenda of the JWG for the the city in mourning. withstanding ethnic and religious dif- and the Second Vatican Council,” a Joint coming years.’” “Amidst the gloomy atmosphere of ferences to stand in solidarity with Working Group was established between fear and speculations, rays of hope still the victims, the bereaved and all who suffered from the deadly bomb blast,” members of the WCC and the Pontifical Women’s center opens shine through the darkness with the Council for Promoting Christian Unity. continued presence and demonstra- Brother Gilbert said. Last year, in a message to mark the in South Korea tion of solidarity and resilience among The diocese sent liturgy outlines group’s 50th anniversary, Pope Francis After 20 years of prayers, hopes and local residents rooted in their faith,” to partner churches and dioceses else- urged it to “become ever more of a ‘think fundraising, a new Women’s Mission Brother Gilbert Martinez from the Di- where in the Anglican Communion so tank,’ open to all the opportunities and Center opened in Seoul, South Korea in ocese of Davao said. “The outpouring that simultaneous candle-lit memorial challenges facing the churches today in early September. of support from all sectors both here services of prayer could be held. the mission of accompanying suffering Proposed at the Anglican Church of and abroad in responding to the plight The service in the Roxas night mar- humanity on their path to the kingdom, Korea’s Women’s Forum in 1993, the of the victims continued, and provid- ket included a message from Casimina by imbuing society and culture with gos- project launched in 1995 but only now ing support to the city’s immediate and and was built around the Lord’s Prayer n pel truths and values.” is ready to open. valiant efforts to bury the dead with and the Prayer of St. Francis. A review of the relations between the “The center will serve not only Anglican women but also all women in need by providing various outreaching first-hand experienced individual will lead Episcopal programs and projects,” said the project’s with specialist help,” she said. “This kind chair, Ruth Choi. Programs will include of meeting program will be expanded to JOURNAL retreats and lectio divina sessions for other areas such as single mums, eating- Editor: Solange De Santis small groups; Bible studies; classes on disorder sufferers, caregivers of people Art Director: Linda Brooks making the Anglican rosary; marriage, with dementia and so on.” Copy Editor: Sharon Sheridan Hausman parents, grandparents and language The center also will develop as a refer- Senior Correspondent: Jerrold Hames courses; programs for the elderly; youth ral center, connecting women with needs Business Manager: Michael Brooks camp; and a church leadership course for with appropriate experts for support and Advertising: Shanley + Associates, LLC women, she said.
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