OUR WEBSITE onemagazinehome.org OUR BLOG cnewablog.org Solar Power in Bethlehem This year, CNEWA provided $80,000 to help four kindergartens in the Bethlehem area: the Dominican Sisters’ Nursery, the Salesian Sisters’ Kindergarten in the Cremisan Valley, the Crèche of the Daughters of Charity, and the Hortus Conclusus Kindergarten of the Sisters of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Garden. CNEWA’s Jerusalem-based team — in collaboration with the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem — installed solar panel systems to help the kindergartens reduce reliance on the local electrical grid, saving thousands of dollars a year. Profiles of Eastern Churches ONE magazine’s series profiling each of the Eastern churches is now available on CNEWA’s website at easternchurches.org. These 47 features offer the reader an objective account on the course of each church’s development and utilize lavish images to illustrate their vitality. In addition, a new series that summarizes the development of each church is now on our blog. Short entries for quick reading are posted every Tuesday and Thursday. Check it out!
CNEWA Co-Founder on Path to Sainthood On 22 September 2015, in a moment rich with significance for CNEWA and for Christian unity, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York — and chair of CNEWA’s international board of trustees — formally opened the cause for canonization of CNEWA’s co-founder, the Rev. Paul Wattson, S.A., (1863-1940). Father Paul will now be formally known as “Servant of God,” and further investigation may begin into his life and work. Once his heroic virtues are established, he may be declared “venerable”; evidence of one miracle attributed to him can result in beatification; a second miracle may lead eventually to the pope declaring him, formally, a saint. This is the latest milestone in a long journey of faith that has left an enduring imprint on Christianity around the world. Long before Father Paul helped to found the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, he established the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement as champions of Christian unity and of the poor. CNEWA is proud that one of its founders is now continuing that journey — this time on the road to sainthood. We invite you to join us in praying that he will soon be raised to the altars and declared a saint — a patron, perhaps, for all those who pray fervently with Christ that “all may be one.” May his spirit continue to inspire the work we do on behalf of the poor and needy of all faiths around the world. You can read more about Father Paul’s life and work on our blog, ONE-TO-ONE: www.cnewablog. org/web/frpaul.
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