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22 Nov 2005 – The Armenian Apostolic Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, Aram I, was the guest of honor at a CNEWA luncheon on 21 October. Elected catholicos in 1995, Aram I guides more than 800,000 Armenian Apostolic Christians living in Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Lebanon, North America and Syria.
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22 Nov 2005 – CNEWA Canada’s National Secretary, Carl Hétu, continues to promote the agency’s work throughout Canada, concentrating on its Catholic bishops and other Catholic leaders. At the end of August, Mr. Hétu met with Msgr. Mario Paquette, General Secretary of the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops, in Ottawa.
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22 Nov 2005 – Jesuit Father John F. Long, a leading ecumenist and authority on the Eastern churches, died on 20 September in New York City after emergency cardiac surgery.
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22 Nov 2005 – Stephen V. Kobasa, an English teacher at Kolbe Cathedral High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, organized a September fund-raiser in New Haven to benefit two Catholic hospitals in Baghdad supported by CNEWA.
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22 Nov 2005 – A one-week study tour to Jordan in September, cosponsored by CNEWA and the Jordan Tourism Board, gave members of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada a firsthand look at the Hashemite kingdom.
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22 Nov 2005 – CNEWA continues its ongoing program to assist in the formation and education of members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
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22 Nov 2005 – Natural disasters this year have called for unprecedented generosity. To encourage giving in the United States, Congress has changed income tax laws to help Americans support relief efforts while continuing to support traditional charitable interests.
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