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	ACA/ACCA NATIONAL SUMMER CONGRESS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AUGUST 7 - 12, 2009 For the latest schedule of chaplaincy related events, Click Here.
	NATIONAL MUSLIM CHAPLAINS CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 2 - 3, 2009 For more information, Click Here.  To register online Click Here.   To download form Click Here.
	UK CHAPLAIN GENERAL PRESENTED HONORARY ACCA LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP The Venerable William Noblett, Chaplain General for Her Majesty's Prison Service in England and Wales was honored during his recent visit to the U.S. with a lifetime ACCA membership. The presentation was made by ACCA Communications Chairman Gary Friedman and ACCA Northwest Region Manager Greg Garringer at an event hosted in Portland, Oregon by DOC chaplaincy Administrator Tom O'Connor. To view letter from ACCA President Tony Bruno  Click Here.  To enlarge photo, either click on photo, or Click Here
	ACCA PRESIDENT RECEIVES CORRECTIONS INDUSTRY'S HIGHEST AWARD Rev. Anthony Bruno, ACCA President, was presented the E.R. Cass Award at the American Correctional Association's 138th Congress of Correction in New Orleans, Louisiana. Only two persons are chosen annually out of nominations submitted from throughout the U.S. and Canada to receive this prestigious award. To read Father Bruno's acceptance remarks at the gala award banquet   Click Here.  To view photos of this event, either click on photo, or Click Here.
	To view the new Protestant Correctional Chaplains Association brochure, click here
	For a selection of excellent articles and studies on faith-based re-entry courtesy of the Oregon DOC, click here, or go to: http://www.oregon.gov/DOC/TRANS/religious_services/rs_article_index.shtml
RLUIPA	Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
	On May 31, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. ACCA had participated in an amicus brief in favor of RLUIPA and we are pleased that it will continue as an effective tool in protecting the religious rights of prison and jail inmates. To read a pfd file of the court's decision, go to http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/31may20051130/www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04pdf/03-9877.pdf. Further information will be posted to this site as it becomes available. For more information on this specific case, go to http://www.rluipa.com/cases/CutterSC.html or for other related cases, go to http://www.rluipa.org

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