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MEMOIR PUBLISHES ON JUNE 4 IN HARDCOVER, EBOOK, & AUDIOBOOK Nik’s Walk Across the Grand Canyon Airs Live on the Discovery Channel on June 23 NASHVILLE, TN (May 20, 2013)—As someone who performs death-defying stunts on a regular basis including a history-making tightrope walk hundreds of feet above Niagara Falls in 2012—one of the most [...]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1637 is fed over PBS on Friday, May 17 at 5:00 p.m. (check local listings). The Boy Scouts of America – The national council of the Boy Scouts of America will vote next week on a proposal to [...]
(DENVER) – The Rev. Dr. Thomas V. Wolfe, senior vice president and dean, Division of Student Affairs, Syracuse University, has been named as the Iliff School of Theology’s 14th president. “We are excited to have Dr. Wolfe join us,” said Jim Wilkins, chairperson, Board of Trustees, Iliff School of Theology. “He currently leads more than [...]
Earns No. 2 “Heatseekers” across all musical genres Atlanta, GA, May 15, 2013 – ANGELS AND SAINTS AT EPHESUS from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, has debuted at No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s Classical Traditional Music Chart. The album also earned the No. 2 spot on Billboard’s new-artist “Heatseekers” chart, which encompasses all [...]
Award-winning journalist Sarah Pulliam Bailey will join Religion News Service as a national correspondent in June. Bailey most recently worked as managing editor for Odyssey Networks, covering religion through multimedia. Before that, she spent four years as online editor for Christianity Today, the nation’s premier magazine for evangelicals. Her articles have appeared in The Wall [...]
Hiddush- Freedom of Religion for Israel, an Israeli organization promoting religious freedom and equality launched the Freedom of Marriage World Map. It is the first online resource to provide a global comparison of freedom of marriage. The interactive website features a color-coded map in black, grey, and white, representing the grading from 0-2. 45 countries [...]
The International Center for Religion & Diplomacy, a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization that utilizes commonly-held religious principles to enhance diplomacy in areas of conflict, will present its 2013 Faith-in-Action Award to Rabbi Jack Bemporad. Bemporad, a Holocaust refugee from Italy, is the Executive Director of the Center for Interreligious Understanding, a non-profit that works for [...]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show # 1636 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on May 10. Guiding Rage into Power –GRIP– A program in California’s San Quentin prison that uses meditation to help inmates address the root causes of their [...]
17-track album from Benedictines of Mary in stores/online today Atlanta, GA, May 7, 2013 – The awe-inspiring music of ANGELS AND SAINTS AT EPHESUS, the highly anticipated CD from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, is available today from De Montfort Music/Decca. This follow-up to last year’s number one hit ADVENT AT EPHESUS [...]
Mother Dolores Hart’s memoir available today SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2013 – Dolores Hart was a young, successful actress in Hollywood in the 1960s, with 10 highly successful movies to her credit. Then, she made a shocking decision: Hart left the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and entered a contemplative monastery. Now, 50 years [...]
