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Orthodox Observer - August 1997
Leadership 100 Grant Awards For 1997 This year, Leadership 100 is proud to have been able to make over $600,000 in grant awards to various programs that fall under the National Ministries of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. [...] [ ... ]
By Fr. Mark Arey [ ... ] [...] in September of 1996, $22,000 was granted as an emergency contribution to the fund for retired clergy, who retired before the Archdiocese pension program was in place. This supplemental income was most gratefully received by the Retired Clergy Association, under the pastoral guidance and encouragement of his Eminence Archbishop Spyridon, who has engaged a process which will protect the needs of this pioneering group of priests who well deserve the support and gratitude of their Church. Archbishop Spyridon and Leadership 100 have formed a partnership, so to speak, in order to provide a safety net for these clergy who did so much to build the foundations of the Greek Orthodox Church in America. [...] The grants which have been distributed in 1997, upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee and the authorization of His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon are as follows: Orthodox Ministry ACCESS, $125,500 This funding is being used to augment the Computer and INTERNET Ministries of the Archdiocese, through the newly created Department of Internet Ministries. The consistent support of Leadership 100 through the years has brought this ministry to fruition in our Archdiocese. GOTelecom Interview with the Archbishop, $12,000 This funding will provide an opportunity to prepare for broadcast an interview with his Eminence Archbishop Spyridon, in time for the one year anniversary of his Election by the Holy and Sacred Synod of our Holy Mother Church, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In addition, this format presents an ideal opportunity to educate the public about the upcoming visit of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Look for the program soon on the ODYSSEY network as well as in a video cassette which will be sent to each and every parish, generously supplied by Leadership 100. Holy Cross Prison Ministry, $19,000 For over a decade, the Rev. Presbyter Nick Lassios, assisted by other local clergy in the upstate region of New York and western Connecticut have pioneered a prison ministry program unlike any other in the country for the Orthodox Church. This ministry is an example for the rest of the country to follow and Leadership 100 is very proud to be supporting it. Orthodox Christian Mission Center, $143,160 Responding to the concerns of the missionary programs throughout the world, His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon restored an additional $18,000 to the original recommendation by the Executive Committee, thus fulfilling a pressing need for the Orthodox Christian Mission Center. These monies are only part of the general donations which come in from around the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America for missionary work under the auspices of the OCMC. Archbishop Iakovos Library at Holy Cross, $100,000 In 1997, the 1996 payment of $100,000 to the building fund for the new seminary Library was made. This leaves $800,000 to be paid by the year 2004 on the commitment of one million dollars made by Leadership 100 in February of 1995, to construct this new facility. [...] [ Orthodox Observer - Vol. 62, No. 1132 - August 1997 - p. 5 ]
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