Msgr. Robert Stern and John Cardinal O’Connor visit a site in Beirut damaged by shelling, 1989. (photo: Thomas McHugh)

Msgr. Denis J. Madden reviews blueprints for a new pastoral center with Abuna Luca Milesi, O.F.M., Cap., Bishop of Barentu, Eritrea, 1998. (photo: CNEWA, Asmara)

Sister Arousiag Sajonian conducts a class al fresco at the annual summer camp of Our Lady of Armenia in Tzakhkatzor. (photo: Armineh Johannes)

George and Marie Doty, seated with Msgr. Stern at the inaugural service, gaze at the renovated dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 2 January 1997. (photo: Joel Fishman)

Assistance to the church in India varies as never before. Father Jose Kizhakkedath conducts morning prayers with residents at the Malankara Boys’ Home in Kerala, which has received considerable support from CNEWA. (photo: Sean Sprague)

Iraqi refugees in Jordan receive healthcare and other benefits from CNEWA-funded programs. (photo: Maria Bastone)

Brother Vincent Pelletier, F.S.C., CNEWA’s Regional Director for Ethiopia and Eritrea, stands atop an abandoned tank near Barentu, Eritrea, Summer 2000. (photo: Sister Christian Molidor, R.S.M.)

Msgr. Stern addresses guests at the U.N. for the golden jubilee celebration for the Pontifical Mission, October 1999. (photo: Maria Bastone)

Village residents in Lebanon benefit from a CNEWA village restoration program funded in part by USAID. (photo: CNEWA-PMP, Beirut)