<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>Watch the Presiding Bishop's Advent message.</div><div><br></div><div>I add my own prayers that you will each have a quiet Advent, a shelter from the Christmas roar.</div><div><br></div><div>Blessings,</div><div><br></div><div>Bishop Pierre</div><div><br><div><div>Le 23 nov. 2011 à 17:56, HOB a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="5" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:black;font-weight:bold">The
Episcopal Church</span></font></b><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4" color="black" face="Garamond"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:black;font-style:italic">Office
of Public Affairs</span></font></i><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="5" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold">Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop calls Advent</span></font></b><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="5" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold"> “a time to listen, a time to reflect”</span></font></b><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">[November 23, 2011] Calling Advent
“a time to listen, a time to reflect,” Episcopal Church Presiding
Bishop <st1:personname w:st="on">Katharine Jefferts Schori</st1:personname>
urges in her Advent Message 2011 to “rest, wait, yearn” for the
coming celebration of the birth of the Savior.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Presiding Bishop’s video Advent
message, taped at General Theological Seminary in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:city> park, is available here: <a href="http://mail.dfms.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://vimeopro.com/episcopalchurch/advent-2011" target="_blank">http://vimeopro.com/episcopalchurch/advent-2011</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">In the liturgical calendar, Advent is the
season leading up to Christmas. The first Sunday of Advent is November 27.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Presiding Bishop’s video Advent
message also will be posted on YouTube and Facebook. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
color:black">The Episcopal Church welcomes all who worship Jesus Christ in 109
dioceses and three regional areas in 16 nations. The Episcopal Church is
a member province of the worldwide Anglican Communion. </span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">On the web:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s
calls Advent “a time of listen, a time to reflect”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.episcopalchurch.org/newsline_130583_ENG_HTM.htm">http://www.episcopalchurch.org/newsline_130583_ENG_HTM.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-style:italic">The Episcopal Church: <a href="http://www.episcopalchurch.org/"><font color="purple"><span style="color:purple">www.episcopalchurch.org</span></font></a></span></font></i><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-style:italic">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/episcopalian"><font color="purple"><span style="color:purple">http://www.facebook.com/episcopalian</span></font></a></span></font></i><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-style:italic">Twitter: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fiamepiscopalian&h=61363ece26486364538f948b8d6a6688" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/iamepiscopalian</a></span></font></i><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-style:italic">YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/TECtube">http://www.youtube.com/TECtube</a></span></font></i><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"># # # #<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">For more info contact:</span></font></i></em><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><em><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Neva</span></font></i></em></st1:place><em><i><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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