Updated at 9 p.m. EST with more links.

Dec. 1 is always a crazy day for me — how convenient that my birthday (shared by Woody Allen and the Rosa Parks bus boycott launch, among other events) falls during the holiday season and World AIDS Day! This year, it’s also the first night of Hanukkah and a big day for interfaith immigration reform advocates who support the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2009. Here in Seattle, it’s also the installation of the new Catholic archbishop, J. Peter Sartain.

Check out these links for more faith-related Dec. 1 news:

• DREAM Act Advocacy (Bold Faith Type)
• HIV and the Millenium Development Goals (Christian Today)
• World AIDS Day message from the Archbishop of Canterbury (Espicopal Cafe)
• Tracing Hanukkah’s U.S. Roots… to Cincinnati? (NPR)
• Day One in Seattle: Peter Speaks of Jesus (Whispers in the Loggia)
• Protestors criticize new Catholic archbishop of Seattle (CNN Belief Blog)

Now if you’ll excuse me, there’s a bakery calling my name.

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