Bishop Smith's weekly E-pistle
The Rt. Rev. Kirk S. Smith
Bishop of Arizona
A week ago I had the kind of adventure that only comes with being Bishop of Arizona. I was invited by one of our priests, Richard Morrison, to fly with him in his small plane to the Hopi Reservation to visit the Hopi Mission School. For a while I have been toying with the idea of getting my private pilot's license, and so having the chance to fly with Richard (a former Navy fighter pilot) was a good test of my interest.
Continued at: http://www.azdiocese.org/dfc/newsdetail_2/320
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Imago Dei places 3rd in national competition for green dream school
Phina Borgeson
Episcopal Life[Episcopal News Service] Students from Imago Dei Middle School in Tucson, Arizona, learned that they had placed third in the School of the Future Design Competition at the awards gala on May 2. The ceremony took place at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
"When they announced that we got third place, I felt good," said Emilio Villatoro, 12, a sixth grader. "When they started to announce them, my heart was leaping fast."
Anthony Barcelo, 11, in fifth grade, and Adreanna Tapia, 12, in sixth grade, were also members of the team which had presented their design on April 30.
Continued at: http://www.azdiocese.org/dfc/newsdetail_2/322
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Communication news
Greta Huls
Diocesan Communications Officer
The April 2008 issue of ArizonaLife is now available. To see it online, either click on the cover (left) or go to www.azdiocese.org/news/newsletter.html. You can also access archived editions of ArizonaLife there. Submissions for the June 2008 issue are due by Thu., May 1.
For more current information please go to News at www.azdiocese.org/news/index.html or Events at www.azdiocese.org/events.
To the best of my knowledge, every single church, mission, and preaching station within the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona now has at least a very basic website. Please go to www.azdiocese.org/map/list.html and check your church's website and the information is correctly listed there.
Please send all submissions or communication concerns to Greta Huls, the Diocesan communications officer, at greta@azdiocese.org.
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