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news item 01 Sep 2000 – While on his first pastoral visit to the United States and Canada, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignatius Moussa I Daoud visited CNEWA’s headquarters on 14 July. Read more...


news item 01 Sep 2000 – On Sunday, 18 June, Archbishop Edward M. Egan took canonical possession of the Archdiocese of New York in a ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Patrick. Read more...


news item 01 Sep 2000 – Recent visitors to CNEWA’s New York offices included Mar James Pazhayttil, Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparch of Irinjalakuda, on 13 June and Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy, Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparch of Trichur, on 21 June. Both met with senior staff to discuss the work of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India. Read more...


news item 01 Sep 2000 – Brother Vincent Pelletier, F.S.C., CNEWA’s Regional Director for Ethiopia and Eritrea, celebrated the 40th anniversary of his religious profession in June. Read more...


news item 01 Sep 2000 – The Eastern Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem presented CNEWA on 16 June with a $50,000 gift for its housing renovation program in Jerusalem. Read more...


news item 01 Sep 2000 – Barbara and Leonard Miller, long-time friends of CNEWA, made a grant to CNEWA to be used for “the poorest of the poor,” and their gift was given to this “street children” program. Read more...


news item 01 Sep 2000 – Meeting for the first time in the Western Hemisphere, the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue Between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church met from 9 to 19 July. Read more...