DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION IN ANTELIAS

ANTELIAS, LEBANON, December 17 (Noyan Tapan). His Grace Robert Stern,
the director of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, visited
on December 16 His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Great House of
Cilicia. He was accompanied by the Middle Eastern director of the same
organization and his assistant. Located in New York, the Association
serves the humanitarian needs of Christian communities the countries
of the Near East.

The meeting with His Holiness was an opportunity to have a general
discussion on the ongoing activities of the Association.

According to the Press Office of the Armenian Catholicosate of
Cilicia, His Holiness Aram I appreciated the work of the Association
particularly emphasizing the going collaboration with the churches. His
Holiness considered helping the Christian communities of the Middle
East of crucial importance to strengthen the Christian presence and
witness in the region.