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This is the title of a set of three books, designed to provide an in-depth but user-friendly guide to the Book of Common Prayer for long-time Anglicans and newcomers to Anglicanism alike. The Prayer Book Society commissioned well-known journalist Sue Careless to write the series; the first two volumes were co-published with the Anglican Book Centre and the third with St. Peter Publications in Charlottetown. The three volumes appeared in 2003, 2006 and 2009 respectively; Volume I won a prestigious Word Guild Canadian Writing Award, and is now in its third printing!
Volume I, “Daily Prayer”, discusses the joys and problems of prayer in general, and explains the daily and yearly rhythm of prayer in classical Anglicanism: the lectionary, the collects, family prayers, the Litany, Morning and Evening Prayer, and Compline. Volume II, “Our Life in the Church”, focuses on the two core Christian sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, and also deals with Confirmation and the Catechism. Volume III, “Special Occasions”, addresses the “occasional” offices of Matrimony, Ministry to the Sick, Burial of the Dead, Ordination, and the lesser-known services associated with childbirth, thanksgiving, seafaring and young people.  Author Sue Careless is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star. The recipient of seven church press awards, she is news editor of the Anglican Planet and has contributed to the Anglican Journal, Christian Week and Faith Today. The three volumes of the series are affordably priced at $19.98, $22.95 and $24.95 respectively. They are available from the Anglican Book Centre, 80 Hayden St., Toronto (416-924-1332, www.anglicanbookcentre.com); from Crux Books, 5 Hoskin Ave., Toronto (416-599-2749, www.cruxbooks.com); or from St. Peter Publications in Charlottetown, PEI (902-368-8442; www.stpeter.org).
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