June 30, 2005

NEW YORK – Three religious leaders representing the Governing Board of the National Council of Churches USA announced today that about 630 religious leaders and more than 15,000 people of faith have endorsed a Fourth of July declaration that urges President Bush to develop an "early fixed timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops," to listen to a wider range of religious advisers and to re-evaluate his policy on Iraq.

"It's clear that the administration has listened more closely to far-right religious leaders who agree with them," said the Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, NCC General Secretary, in an audio news conference Thursday. "It's a hard task to get the administration to listen to a broader evangelical and religious community."

The statement is an effort to give visibility to a widely held, more moderate religious point of view, one that the group says has been underreported in the national media – and to attract the administration's attention to the urgency of having an exit strategy for Iraq. America's foreign policy, said the Rev. Dr. John H. Thomas, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ, has made others around the world "view us as a dangerous nation."

The NCC e-mailed the statement to friends and supporters on June 28, and 48 hours later had received more than 15,000 endorsements. Religious leaders and persons of faith continue to e-mail their affirmations at a rate of several hundred a day.

In response to a reporter's question, Edgar noted that the NCC and other religious groups have vigorously opposed the war since the beginning.

Edgar recalled his years as a young Congressman in April 1975. "We led a bi-partisan effort to shut down the Vietnam War," he said. "It took 55,000 body bags for that to be taken seriously." He called on Bush to reassess his war policy before it got to that stage.

"I'm dismayed that the President seems to be unwilling to be open to other perspectives," said Thomas, who participated in the audio press conference from Atlanta, where the UCC's General Synod is meeting. "I'm dismayed that the President is unwilling to acknowledge the very serious, grave consequences of this initiative."

The Rev. Dr. Larry Pickens, General Secretary of the United Methodist General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns, said Bush's comments in his June 28 press news conference "articulated what is becoming a failed policy in Iraq. He hasn't made it clear what he intends to accomplish in Iraq. I don't get the sense that there is a great deal of vision."

Thomas called upon President Bush to initiate "a major re-evaluation of his policy, with input from international leaders, including the United Nations."

Pickens added that Iraqi society has been seriously damaged by war and needs "total restructuring. The training of Iraqi police is not enough to make that happen. War is just the beginning of the economic commitment that will be required."

The full text of the statement, which will be sent to President Bush, follows:

A Call to Speak Out
July 4, 2005

This year our nation is at war as we observe the 4th of July, a day that honors those founders who spoke out for independence from tyranny. Today in Iraq a cruel dictator has been deposed, yet the suffering of the Iraqi people continues. Mandated elections have been held, yet the future of Iraq remains as uncertain as ever. Day by day the cost of this war for the United States, for Iraq, for peace grows clearer. No weapons of mass destruction have been found; no link to the attacks on September 11, 2001 has been shown. It has become clear that the rationale for invasion was at best a tragic mistake, at worst a clever deception. As people of faith, we believe in the transcendent sovereignty and love of God for creation, and that the responsibility of human beings is thus to pursue justice and peace for all. We also believe that, as the biblical prophets of old, who in faithfulness to God spoke out to a people and a nation they loved, in humility before God we too are to speak to a land and people we love. As religious leaders we invite others who share our affections and dismay to recognize the time has come to speak out.

The time has come to say:

• NO to leaders who have sent many honorable sons and daughters to fight a dishonorable war;

• NO to the violence that has cost over seventeen hundred American lives, left thousands grievously injured, and killed untold numbers of Iraqis whose deaths we are unwilling to acknowledge or count;

• NO to the abuse of prisoners that has shamed our nation and damaged our reputation throughout the world;

• NO to the price tag for this war that has rendered our federal budget incapable of adequately caring for the poorest of our own citizens; and,

• NO to theologies that demonize other nations and religions while arrogantly claiming righteousness for ourselves as if we share no complicity in human evil. The time has come to say:

• YES to foreign policies that seek justice rather than domination, compassion rather than control;

• YES to an early fixed timetable for the withdrawal of United States troops and the establishment of a credible multinational peacekeeping force;

• YES to the honoring of human rights even for our enemies and for a restoration of our reputation as a people committed to the rule of law;

• YES to spending and taxing priorities that put the poor first, providing health care, housing, employment, and quality education for all, not just the few; and,

• YES to a restoration of truth telling in the public square and to "last resort" rather than "first strike" as the criterion for the use of force to restrain evil. On the day we celebrate our freedom, we acknowledge that the freedom promised in the toppling of a dictator has been replaced by the humiliation of occupation and the violence of a civil war. The sacrifice of brave men and women has been used to serve policies that have diminished our nation's prestige and our capacity to be agents of justice in the world. It is time to speak out that this 4th of July will celebrate the best ideals of our nation for our sake and for the sake of the world.

The e-mail message to NCC friends and supporters June 28 offered an Internet link to endorse the statement: http://ga3.org/campaign/endorsement/.

The following is a summary of the national, regional and local religious leaders who endorsed the statement:

Heads of NCCCUSA Member Communions
Bishop Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr.
  President, National Council of Churches USA
Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar
  General Secretary, National Council of Churches USA
Rev. John H. Thomas
  General Minister and President, United Church of Christ
Rev. Dr. Chris Hobgood
  Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Friend Thomas H. Jeavons
  General Secretary, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick
  Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church USA
Rev. Dr. Michael Livingston
  Executive Director, International Council of Community Churches
Rev. Stanley J. Noffsinger
  General Secretary, Church of the Brethren General Board
Metropolitan Philip
  Primate, The Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

National Religious Leaders
Bishop Dimitrios
  Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Rev. O.C. Edwards
   Episcopal Church
   Chair, Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches USA
Bishop Chris Epting
   Episcopal Church
Rev. Herman Harmelink III
   Ecumenical Officer, International Council of Community Churches
Dr. Joseph C. Hough, Jr.
   President; Union Theological Seminary
Professor George Hunsinger
   Princeton Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon
   Professor, Eden Theological Seminary
  Chair, Justice and Advocacy Commission of the National Council of Churches USA
Dr. Jan Love
   Chief Executive, Women's Division, United Methodist Church
Rev. Larry Pickens
   General Secretary of Christian Unity and Interfaith Concerns, United Methodist Church
Mr. Dave Robinson
   Executive Director, Pax Christi USA
Dr. Tarunjit Singh
   Secretary General, World Sikh Council – America Region
Bishop Melvin G. Talbert
   Retired, The United Methodist Church
Rev. Lydia Veliko
   Ecumenical Officer, United Church of Christ
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
   The Shalom Center
Rev. Robert Welsh
   Ecumenical Officer, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Mr. Jim Winkler
   General Secretary of Church and Society, United Methodist Church
Rev. Bruce Wollenberg
   St. Mark Church, ELCA – Charlottesville, VA
Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III
   Executive Director, National Ministries, Transforming Leadership, American Baptist Churches USA

Regional and Local Religious Leaders
Rev. Joe Agne
   Memorial United Methodist Church – White Plains, NY
Rev. Catherine L. Alder
   United Church of Christ
Mr. Leonard B. Bjorkman
   Co-Moderator, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship – Oswego, NY
Rev. C. Richard Blount
   Retired Elder, United Methodist Church – The Missouri Conference
Ms. Mary Lu Bowen
   Executive Director, New York State Council of Churches
Rev. Cathie Fisher Braman
   Fredericksburg Congregational Church, UCC – Fredericksburg, VA
Rev. Dr. Sandy Brown
   Executive Director of Church Council of Greater Seattle
Rev. Allen Broyles, Ph.D.
   First Presbyterian Church – Santa Fe, NM
Dr. Steve Camp
   Conference Minister, Southern Conference UCC – Elon, NC
Ms. Kathy Campbell-Barton
   Peace with Justice Coordinator, Oregon-Idaho United Methodist Conference
Bishop Phillip R. Cousin
   Presiding Bishop, 4th Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Susannah M. Davis
   Senior Pastor, St. Paul United Methodist Church – Atlanta, GA
Rev. Kent Dorsey
   Senior Minister, Harvard Avenue Christian Church – Tulsa, OK
Rev. Jennier E. Dyer
   Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rev. Blair Frank
   United Methodist Church – Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Rev. Mary D. Gaut
   Pastor, Maryland Presbyterian Church
Rev. Susan Gilpin
   United Church of Christ – Falmouth, ME
Rev. Stephen Goldstein
   United Methodist Church – Hawthorne, NY
Rev. Robert E. Grimm
   United Church of Christ – Buffalo, NY
Rev. Richard Hemann
   Retired, UCC- Cleveland Heights Christian Church – Cheektowaga, OH
Rev. Pat Hendrickson
   Episcopal Church, Diocese of Los Angeles
Ms. Lisa Jean Hoefner
   Executive Director, Camp/Retreat Ministries, Oregon-Idaho Conference United Methodist Church
Rev. Michael Hollingshead
   Pastor, Island United Church of Foster City – Foster City, CA
Archdeacon Michael S. Kendall
  Episcopal Diocese of New York
  Chair of the Public Policy Commission of the New York State Council of Churches
Rev. Kurt A. Kuhwald
  Faithful Fools Street Ministry – San Francisco, California
Rev. Lee Lever
   Pastor, Eden Mennonite Church – Moundridge, Kansas
Rev. N. J. L'Heureux, Jr.
   Executive Director, Queens Federation of Churches
Rev. Robert L. Livingston
   Interim Ministry Specialist, United Church of Christ – Belchertown, MA
Rev. John S. Macholz
   Pastor, Atonement Lutheran Church – Rochester, NY
Rev. John McAuliff
   Fund for Reconciliation and Development (FFRD)
Rev. Dr. John W. McNeill
   Co-Pastor, Fairport United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Dan Meyer
   San Diego, CA
Rev. Dr. Ilse Meyer
   San Diego, CA
Bishop Robert M. Moody
   Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
Rev. Robert Moore
   Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action & Peace Action Education Fund
Rev. Kenneth Neal
   Retired, Riverside Salem United Church of Christ – Buffalo, NY
Rev. Marjorie Neal
   Pastor, First United Church of Christ – Buffalo, NY
Rev. Dr. Jim Nelson
   Cokesbury United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. John Edward Nuessle
   Executive Secretary for Missionary Support and Itineration, United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. David W. Randle
   President and CEO, WHALE Center
Rev. Sue Roberts
   Wolf Run Presbyterian Church – Cameron, WV
Ms. Emily A. Shurley
   Chair, Peace and Justice Commission, Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
Rev. E. Gwyn Stetler
   Deacon, Trinity United Methodist, Marble Cliff
Rev. Charles H. Straut, Jr., D. Min.
   Consultant in Ministry – Brooklyn, NY
Friend Claire Twose
   Homewood Friends Meeting
Right Reverend Orris G. Walker, Jr.
   VII Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
Rev. Peggy Wallace
   Interim Minister, United Church of Christ – Central Association Massachusetts Area Conference
Rev. Raphael G. Warnock
   Douglas Memorial Community Church – Baltimore, Maryland
Rev. David Waugh
   Pastor and Director, Metro Baptist Church & Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries, New York, NY
Rev. Joachim Wilck
   Upstate New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rev. Lee E. Williamson
   United Methodist Church – Hayward, CA

Mother Mercedes Adams – San Jose, CA
Mother Yolanda Aguilar – El Paso, TX
Rev. Blair A'Hearn – Normal, IL
Rev. Deacon Judith P. Ain – Watsonville, CA
Rev. Catherine Alder – Clinton, CT
Rev. Roula Alkhouri – Bend, OR
Rev. Phillip Allen – Hendersonville, NC
Rev. Dr. Nancy Allison – Charlotte, NC
Rev. Dr. Richard E. Arnold – Federal Way, WA
Rev. John Austin – New York, NY
Rev. Jerry Avise-Rouse – Tama, IA
Rev. Jane Ayers – Damascus, VA
Rabbi Bachofen – Colorado Springs, CO
Rev. Dr. Douglas Bailey – Grove City, OH
Rev. Tina Barbaro-Polis – Seattle, WA
Sister Frances Barber – Bland, VA
Rev. Dr. Donald J. Barnes – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Sister Mary Ann Barrett OP – Albuquerque, NM
Rev. Suzanne Barrow – Glasgow, KY
Rev. Jonathan Barton – Richmond, VA
Rev. Daniel Barwinski – Bridgeton, MO
Sister Elaine Basinger – Brooklyn, NY
Rev. Dave Bean – West Linn, OR
Rev. William (Bill) Beardslee – Jaffrey, NH
Rev. Paul, Sr Beavers – Woodbury, CT
Rev. Velda Bell – Springdale, AR
Sister Noreen Bentfield – Richfield, MN
Rev. Kathryn Benton – Alameda, CA
Mother Yerda Berger – Desert Hot Springs, CA
Rev. Dennis Bergsbaken – Green Bay, WI
Mother Carol Berkeley – Boxford, MA
Rev. Gretchen Bingea – Ann Arbor, MI
Sister Lenora Black – Tucson, AZ
Rev. Bruce Blacknight – Marshall, NC
Rev. Glynden Bode – Houston, TX
Rev. Peter Boeve – Elgin, IL
Sister Patty Bonney – Portland, OR
Sister Laetitia Bordes – San Bruno, CA
Mother Gail Boshell – Maylene, AL
Rev. Dr. Bruce Bouchard – Hanover, PA
Sister Barbara Bowe – Chicago, IL
Rev. Emily Bowen-Graham – Seattle, WA
Rev. Kevin Bowman – Mariposa, CA
Rev. Dale Bracey – Sunnyvale, CA
Rev. Dean Brackley – New York, NY
Rev. Elizabeth Braddon – Brewster, NY
Rev. Deacon Kathleen Bradford – Antioch, CA
Rev. and Mrs. S.R. Brady – Brandon, FL
Rev. Betty Brenneman – Racine, WI
Rev. and Mrs. Jeannine Brewer – New Port Richey, FL
Rev. Jennifer Brooks – Nantucket, MA
Rev. Frank Brooks – Carrollton, TX
Sister Anne Brotherton – Augusta, GA
Rev. and Mrs. George C. Brown – Everett,, WA
Rev. Jamie Brown – Berkeley, CA
Rev. Allan Bruck – Providence, RI
Rev. Cort Brumfield – Portland, OR
Rev. Dr. Buchanan – Santa Rosa, CA
Rev. John Buehrens – Needham, MA
Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas – Northampton, MA
Rev. James Bullock – Ocala, FL
Rev. Cynthia Bumb – Saint Louis, MO
Rev. T. Paul Burdick – Beaverton, OR
Sister Mary Burke – Bronx, NY
Rev. Frank Burton – San Rafael, CA
Sister Teresa Byrne – Malone, NY
Rev. Patricia Callaghan – Sunburst, MT
Mother Kass Callaghan – Fairfax, CA
Mother Elizabeth Campbell – Portland, OR
Rev. Jeffrey Campbell – Dayton, OH
Rev. Virginia Carlisle – Springfield, OH
Rev. and Mrs. Bob Carlsten – Denver, CO
Rev. Stephen Carnahan – Portland, ME
Rev. Larry Carney – Detroit, MI
Sister Bernice Carroll, CSJ – Latham, NY
Rev. Thomas Carsner – Iowa City, IA
Rev. Mary Carson – Vermilion, OH
Rev. John Carson – Hillsboro, OH
Rev. Paul Chaffee – San Francisco, CA
Rev. Susan Chamberlin-Smith – Deerfield, IL
Rev. Dr. Floyd Chambers – Hampton, VA
Rev. Doris Chandler
Sister Patricia Chaney – Jacksonville, FL
Rev. Sura Charlier – Lake Forest Park, WA
Sister Barbara Chenicek – Adrian, MI
Rev. Paul Christ – Kure Beach, NC
Rev. Tom Clark – Port Clinton, OH
Rev. Wallace Clevenger – Columbus, OH
Rev. Richard and Betty Cockrell – Anderson, SC
Sister Coff – Sand Springs, OK
Sister Benita Coffey O.S.B. – Chicago, IL
Rev. Richard Comegys – Rochester, NY
Father David Connelly – Auburn, NY
Sister Mary Ann Connolly – Columbus, OH
Rev. Bill Cooper – Onchiota, NY
Sister Marie Corr – Missoula, MT
Sister Mary Coyne – Chatawa, MS
Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Crede – Quincy, IL
Rev. Dr. John Crist – Pittsburgh, PA
Rev. Ann Crites – Lyme, CT
Rev. Melora Lynn Crooker – Sacramento, CA
Sister Gabriella Crowley – Sioux Falls, SD
Sister Denise Curry – Washington, DC
Rev. and Mrs. Barbara and Jim Dale – Decorah, IA
Rev. Thomas Danney – Nyack, NY
Rev. Jo Davis – Farmington, NM
Rev. Steve Davis – Antigo, WI
Rev. James DeLapp – Chicago, IL
Rev. Dr. Don Dempsey – Westchester, IL
The Rev. Gretchen Denton – Rochester Hills, MI
Sister Catherine Deponty – St Louis Park, MN
Rev. Nancy DeStefano – Plano, TX
Sister Celia Deutsch – Brooklyn, NY
Rev. Roxanne DeWinter – Phoenix, AZ
Rev. James Dickens – Randleman, NC
Father George Digsby – Deer Park, NY
Sister Judith Diltz – Plymouth, IN
Rev. Ronald Dodson – San Antonio, TX
Sister Jacquelyn Doepker – Bath, OH
Sister Renee Domeier – Saint Joseph, MN
Rev. Daniel Donmoyer – Felton, PA
Rev. Mary Donnellan – Plympton, MA
Sister Marie-Gerard Donovan – Tulsa, OK
Rev. and Mrs. JoAnne Doyle – Houston, TX
Sister Margaret Doyle – New York, NY
Rev. Judith Doyle – Palm Springs, CA
Rev. James Dumire – South Charleston, WV
Rev. Douglas Duncan – Raleigh, NC
Rev. Katherine Dutton – Saint Paul, MN
Sister Bea Eichten – Little Falls, MN
Rev. Leland Eilert – Saint Clairsville, OH
Rev. Ronald Elly – Lafayette, IN
Rev. Dr. Joe Elmore – LaMesa, CA
Rev. Embley – Leola, PA
Mother Lynda Enright – Saint Louis Park, MN
Rev. Deacon Frederick Erickson – Pacific Palisades, CA
Rev. Mary-Lu Esposito – Rindge, NH
Rev. Lawrence Estey – Stonington, ME
Sister Therese Marie Everts – Milwaukee, WI
Rev. and Mrs. Donald Fado – Sacramento, CA
Rev. Angelo Feldkamp – DePere, WI
Rev. Scott Figgins – Oakland, CA
Rev. Linda Finley – Petaluma, CA
Rev. Janice FitzGibbon – Webster, SD
Sister Evelyn Flowers – Broadview Hts., OH
Rev. James Flynn – Park City, UT
Sister Catherine Foos – East Rochester, NY
Rev. Francesca Fortunato – New York, NY
Rev. Paul Fraser – Johnston, IA
Rev. John Freesemann – San Jose, CA
Rev. Paul Fromberg – San Francisco, CA
Rev. Sarah Gaede – Florence, AL
Sister Dorothy Gaffney – Chicago, IL
Rev. Jeffrey Gallagher – Kittery Point, ME
Rev. Peggy Garrigues-Cortelyou – Manchester, MI
Mother Joyce Gentry – Charlottesville, VA
Rev. Robert George – Kansas City, MO
Mother Trudy Gibbs – Wilmette, IL
Rev. and Mrs. R John Gibson – Indianapolis, IN
Rev. Deborah Gideon – Raymond, ME
Rev. Allen Gildard – Apple Valley, CA
Rev. Robert Goings – Springville, CA
Rev. Clare Goldt – Overland Park, KS
Rev. Wendi Gordon – Kihei, HI
Rev. Pat Grady – Grants Pass, OR
Sister Dolores Grasse – Sinsinawa, WI
Rev. Gray – Adrian, MI
Rev. Ron Gray – Rock Hill, SC
Rabbi Caryn Greenberg – Chicago, IL
Rev. Dr. Ronald Greene – Westmont, IL
Rev. Joseph Gregersen – Newport Center, VT
Rev. Clyde Griffith – Broomall, PA
Rev. Carolynn Griffith – Honolulu, HI
Rev. Benjamin Grimm – Los Angeles, CA
Rev. Lance Grunge – Black Mountain, NC
Sister Cecile Guenther – Hollywood, CA
Rev. Lena Guyot – Fly Creek, NY
Rev. Lisa Hadler – Ottawa, IL
Rev. David Hagemann – Duluth, MN
Mother Roberta Hagerty – Watertown, NY
Rev. Michael Hahn – Saginaw, MI
Rev. Virginia Hall – Shelbyville, IN
Sister Marcia Hall – Baltimore, MD
Rev. Dr. Elaine Hanson-Hysell – Toledo, OH
Rev. Alexander Harper – Norwalk, CT
Rabbi Linda Harrison – Philadelphia, PA
Sister Donna Hart – Grosse Ile, MI
Sister Francine Hasenbein – Cullman, AL
Father Charles M. Hawes – Greensboro, NC
Rev. Kenneth Hawes – Hagerstown, MD
Sister Mary Lou Henderson – Villa Park, IL
Sister Gwen Hennessey – Dubuque, IA
Father Ron Henry – Parker, CO
Rev. Dr. Eva Hershey – Mount Laurel, NJ
Mother Marta Hewitt – Marcellus, NY
Rev. Swari Hhan – Corrales, NM
Rev. W. Shannon Hickey – Durham, NC
Rev. Elice Higginbotham – Chappaqua, NY
Rev. Beth Hilgartner – Orford, NH
Rev. Mary Hitchcock – Toledo, OH
Rev. and Mrs. Norman Hjelm – Wynnewood, PA
Rev. and Mrs. Barry Hoerz – Weyauwega, WI
Rev. David Hoffmann – Medinah, IL
Sister Mary Ellen Holohan – Albany, NY
Mother Janet Hoover – Garden Grove, CA
Mother Kathleen House – Austin, TX
Rev. Margaret E. Howland – Yonkers, NY
Sister Corona Humpal – Omaha, NE
Mother Nancy Hunt – Clifton Park, NY
Rev. Hunwick – Palo Alto, CA
Rev. Gwen Hurst-Anderson – Lincoln, NE
Rev. Suzanne Isaacs – Boulder, CO
Rev. Kimal James – Pueblo, CO
Rev. Katherine James – Arnold, MD
Sister Jeanne Janssen – Bellevue, NE
Sister Susan Javorek – Chagrin Falls, OH
Rev. Laura Jernigan – Decatur, GA
Mother Erica John – Milwaukee, WI
Rev. Nancy Johnson – Cumming, GA
Mother Karol Johnson – Beaverton, OR
Mother Troy Jones – Bowling Green, KY
Rev. Irene M Jones – Richmond, MA
Rev. Allan Jones – Santa Rosa, CA
Rev. Grace Jones Moore – Claremont, CA
Father Timothy Joyce – Hingham, MA
Rev. Gregory Kapphahn – Glenwood, MN
Father Joseph Keenan,S.T. – Philadelphia, PA
Rev. Dr. Keeney-Mulligan – New Milford, CT
Rev. Dr. Fred Keip – Grants Pass, OR
Rev. Mary Nelson Keithahn – Belle Fourche, SD
Rev. Mark Keller – Harrisonburg, VA
Rev. Marky Kelly – Portland, OR
Mother Betty Kemper – Crete, NE
Mother Barbara Kendall – Sarasota, FL
Sister Mary Claire Kennedy – Erie, PA
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy – Waynesville, NC
Rev. Simon J. Kenny Kenny – Venice, FL
Father Ra'id Khalil – Seattle, WA
Rev. InHo Kim – San Francisco, CA
Rev. Dr. Horace Brown King – Binghamton, NY
Sister Patricia Kirk – Lutherville Timonium, MD
Sister Corinne Kirsch CSJ – Lilly, PA
Rev. Deborah Klein – Lexington, VA
Rev. Erwin Koch – Brunswick, OH
Rev. Jennifer Kottler – Chicago, IL
Rev. Alfred Krass – Levittown, PA
Sister Marie Kraus – Marlborough, MA
Sister Christine Kresho – Silver Spring, MD
Sister Paulette Krick – Leavenworth, KS
Rev. Allen Kroehler – Blacksburg, VA
Rev. and Mrs. Harold Kurtz – Portland, OR
Rev. Peter Laarman – Pomona, CA
Sister Joanne LaFreniere – Burlington, VT
Rev. Joachim Lally – New York, NY
Rev. Alice Lane – New Bern, NC
Rev. Dr. Werner Lange – Newton Falls, OH
Rev. Ana Langerak – Arnold, MD
Rev. Jeanne Larson – Cable, WI
Sister Laurian Lasha – Crookston, MN
Rev. Barbara Lee – Deatsville, AL
Rev. Margaret Leinbach – Winston Salem, NC
Mother Clarice Leite – Oakland, CA
Sister Margaret Lester – Dubuque, IA
Rev. Beverly Lewis Lewis – Dubuque, IA
Rev. D. Lichty – McPherson, KS
Mother Margret Linich – Coon Rapids, MN
Rev. Rebecca Littlejohn – Anniston, AL
Rev. Bill Livingstone – Rochester, NY
Rev. A. A. Lloyd – Asheville, NC
Rev. Gary Lockwood – Kent, OH
Rev. David Long – Livingston, NJ
Sister Deborah Lorentz – Los Angeles, CA
Rev. Lucas – Alameda, CA
Rev. Luckett Currie – Deering, NH
Rev. Carol Luther – San Anselmo, CA
Rev. and Mrs. Gene Luttmann – Burns, OR
Rev. Kelsey Maddox – Petaluma, CA
Sister Char Madigan – Minneapolis, MN
Rev. John Magisano – Brooklyn, NY
Rev. Kathi Mahle – Minneapolis, MN
Rev. Jenell Mahoney – Bakersfield, CA
Rev. Dr. Linda Maloney – Enosburg Falls, VT
Rev. Beth Mandelbaum – New York, NY
Mother Elaine Marco – Los Angeles, CA
Mother Marie – Chino Hills, CA
Sister Sheral Marshall – Belmont, CA
Rev. Rick Marshall – Brea, CA
Sister Rufus Marthaler – Muscle Shoals, AL
Rabbi Robert Marx – Saugatuck, MI
Sister Madeleine Mary, CHS – New York, NY
Rev. LeRoy Mast – Hammondsport, NY
Rev. Dr. Glenn Masters III – Live Oak, TX
Rev. Wendy Mathewson – Evanston, IL
Rev. Derek Mathias – Sunnyvale, CA
Rev. and Mr. Gene Matthews – Iowa City, IA
Rev. and Mr. Terry and Taryn Mattice – Ithaca, NY
Rev. Gregory McAllister – Putney, VT
Sister Thea McCabe – Weston, MA
Sister Mary McCauley – Monona, IA
Sister Rita McCloskey – Redwood City, CA
Rev. Dr. Robert McCreight – Mercer, PA
Rev. and Mrs. Barry McCullough – Jacksonville, FL
Sister Mary Ellen McDonald – Coleman, MI
Mother Sheila McEntee – Birmingham, MI
Rev. Lisa McMillan – Rhinebeck, NY
Rev. Sarah McTyre – Syracuse, NY
Sister Verna Meckes – Allentown, PA
Rev. Dr. Wayne Meeks – Hamden, CT
Rev. Susan Meeter – Richmond, CA
Mother Mary C. Mendick – Omaha, NE
Sister Patricia Mensing – Plymouth Meeting, PA
Sister Jeannine Mercure – Burlington, VT
Rev. Dr. Evelyn Meredith – Star Lake, NY
Sister Christina Meyer – Sutherland, NE
Rev. and Mrs. Walt Miller – Pullman, WA
Sister Mary Miller – Nazareth, KY
Rev. Robert Miller – Edinboro, PA
Sister Constance L. Miller – Santa Fe, NM
Rev. Robert Miller – Duarte, CA
Rev. Dr. Rev. Dr. Miller – Hilton, NY
Rev. Dr. Don Miller – Topeka, KS
Rev. Jeanne Mills – Wardsboro, VT
Rev. Gary Mitchener – Cleveland Heights, OH
Rev. Dr. James Moiso – Portland, OR
Sister Kathy Monteiro – Tempe, AZ
Sister Patricia Mood – Schenectady, NY
Rev. Kathryn Moody-Arndt – Barberton, OH
Rev. Kirk Moore – Warrenville, IL
Rev. Robert Moore – Princeton, NJ
Rev. James Moore – Jamestown, NY
Rev. Geri Morgan – Louisville, KY
Sister Jeanne Morgan – Raeford, NC
Rev. Johanna Morrigan – Little Falls, MN
Rev. and Mrs. Fred Morris – Altamonte Springs, FL
Rev. David. L Morton – Battle Creek,, MI
Sister Muhammad – Springfield, IL
Rev. Sarah Mulcahy – Dickinson, TX
Rev. Bruce Mulder – Grand Rapids, MI
Rev. David Mundy – Oakland, CA
Father Ken Murphy – Hastings on Hudson, NY
Sister Dorothy Murray – New York, NY
Sister Maureen Murray – Los Angeles, CA
Rev. Cheryl Murray – Dallas, TX
Rev. Dr. Richard Myers – Scottsville, NY
Rev. Johnny Naber – Healdsburg, CA
Sister Patricia Nagle – Portland, OR
Rev. Nancy Nagy – Borrego Springs, CA
Rev. Nano Nathan – Snowflake, AZ
Rev. C. Bruce Naylor – Fishers, IN
Rev. Dr. John Neff – Albany, CA
Rev. Roger Nelson – Flossmoor, IL
Rev. Dr. Larry Nelson – Pleasant Hill, CA
Rev. Carole Nelson-Ingram – Federal Way, WA
Rev. Jane Nelson-Low – Wallace, ID
Rev. Kristine Nesbitt – Aliso Viejo, CA
Rev. Scott Nesbitt – Ainsworth, IA
Rev. Dr. Hugh Nevin – Schenectady, NY
Rev. Robert New – Rutland, VT
Sister Pat Nicholson – Pittsburg, KS
Rev. Margaret Nicholson – Honolulu, HI
Rev. Irvin L. Nussdorfer – Brighton, MI
Rev. Michael Obinger – Whitewater, WI
Rev. Elmer O'Brien – Boulder, CO
Rev. Mary Alice O'Connor – Walnut Creek, CA
Sister Ann Oestreich – South Bend, IN
Rev. Neal Olson – Carlos, MN
Rev. Dr. Richard Olson – Gold Beach, OR
Rev. Philip Olson – Mount Holly, NJ
Sister Rebecca O'Reilly – Irvine, CA
Sister Maria Orlandini – Hyattsville, MD
Sister Noelle O'Shea – Tucson, AZ
Rev. Thomas Osif – Millheim, PA
Rev. Tim Overlund – Seattle, WA
Rev. Jim Oxyer – Louisville, KY
Rev. Gina Pace – Scranton, PA
Rev. Dr. Charlie Palmgren – Stone Mountain, GA
Sister Jane Pank – Sheffield Lake, OH
Rev. and Mrs. Rebecca Parkhill – Winnetka, IL
Rev. Mary Parmenter – Brooklyn Ctr, MN
Father Jeff Paul – Carson City, NV
Rev. Larry Peacock – Malibu, CA
Rev. Dr. Everett Perry – Orange City, FL
Sister Ann-Joyce Peters – New York, NY
Rev. Karen Peters – Roslindale, MA
Rev. Morgan Peterson – Hazard, KY
Rev. Ann Petker – Berkeley, CA
Sister Alice Pfeifer – Hays, KS
Rev. Dr. Roger Pickering – Philadelphia, PA
Rev. Brian Pierce, O.P. – Raleigh, NC
Rev. Robert Pindell – Highland Heights, OH
Rev. and Mrs. Soni Pitts – Poplar Bluff, MO
Sister Susan Plews – Silver Spring, MD
Sister Marguerite Polcyn – Sylvania, OH
Rev. Pamela Griffith Pond – Novato, CA
Father Chris Ponnet – Los Angeles, CA
Rev. Shanta Premawardhana – New York, NY
Sister Sister Carol Proietti – Marlborough, MA
Rev. Kay Rader – Lancaster, PA
Rev. and Mrs. Ronald M Redder – Cincinnati, OH
Rev. Reed – Philomath, OR
Sister Patrice Reed – Saint Joseph, MN
Rev. and Mrs. Donald Reisig – Sabin, MN
Sister Agnes Renner – Lynnwood, WA
Mother CondaLee Rese – Danville, KY
Rev. Maurice Restivo – Houston, TX
Rev. Kenneth Rhoe – poulsbo, WA
Rev. and Mrs. Marshall Rice – Charlestown, RI
Rev. and Mrs. Earl Rice – Bremerton, WA
Rev. James Richardson – New Haven, CT
Sister Marlou Ricke – Colorado Springs, CO
Rev. Virginia Rickeman – Bethel, ME
Rev. Lynne Rigg – Red Wing, MN
Rev. Elizabeth Ritzman – OakPark, IL
Rev. Mary Rivetti – Pullman, WA
Sister Norma Rocklage, OSF – Indianapolis, IN
Rev. R. Richard Roe – Palo Alto, CA
Rev. Susan Ross – Pawnee, OK
Mother Diane Rossi – Chicago, IL
Sister Carole Rossi – Plainville, MA
Rev. and Mr. Nancy and Robert Roth – Oberlin, OH
Sister Ancilla Roussel – Crowley, LA
Father Jay Rozendaal – New York, NY
Rev. Donna Russo – Hastings On Hudson, NY
Rev. Dr. Mark Rutledge – Durham, NC
Sister Maryanne Ruzzo – Wollaston, MA
Mother Pilar Saad – Tampa, FL
Rev. Katherine Salinaro – Hercules, CA
Rev. Richard Salmonson – Plankinton, SD
Mother Celia Santowski – Carson City, NV
Sister Linda Scheckelhoff – Tiffin, OH
Rev. Schell – Chelsea, MI
Rev. Margery Schleicher – Saint Johns, MI
Sister Sandra Schneiders – Berkeley, CA
Rev. Dr. Schnell – Westerly, RI
Sister Ann Schoch – Roma,
Rev. Myron Schrag – Goshen, IN
Sister Johanna Schumacher – Watertown, SD
Rev. Ariel Sebastian – New York, NY
Rev. Rebecca Segers – Melville, NY
Rev. Karen Senecal – New York, NY
Rev. Martha Sexton – La Jolla, CA
Mother Jane-Ellen Seymour – North Bend, WA
Rev. Sharon Shaffer – Eugene, OR
Sister Moina Shaiq – Fremont, CA
Rev. Everett Shattuck – Mill Creek`, IN
Rev. and Mrs. Elizabeth Shearer – Chestnut Hill, MA
Rev. Angie Sherer – Newark, OH
Rev. Wendy Sherer – Toledo, OH
Sister Terry Shields – bryn mawr, PA
Rev. and Mrs. Philip Shively – Blue River, WI
Sister Jozef Siekiel-Zdzienicki – Eugene, OR
Sister Patricia Sigler – Akron, OH
Sister Eva Silva – Albuquerque, NM
Rev. Maura Singer – Oakland, CA
Rev. Kathleen Skerl – Las Cruces, NM
Rev. Skillman – Lexington, KY
Rev. JT Smiedendorf – Forest Grove, OR
Rev. Stephen Smith – Greensboro, AL
Rev. and Mr. Rolland Smith – wellman, IA
Sister Pat Soltesz – allen park, MI
Rev. Robert Spach – Davidson, NC
Rev. Althea Spencer Miller – Claremont, CA
Rev. Molly Stegall – Southlake, TX
Sister Florence Steichen – Saint Paul, MN
Rev. Connie Sternberg – Vernon, CT
Rev. Stephen Stine – Tyler, TX
Sister Stoffregen – Oldenburg, IN
Rev. Donald Stoner – Vero Beach, FL
Rev. Paul Strege – Saint Louis, MO
Rev. Tom Struck – Newberg, OR
Sister Joan Supel – Greensburg, PA
Rev. Lauren Swanson – Marcy, NY
Rev. Susana Sweeters – Albuquerque, NM
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Sykes – Pittsburgh, PA
Sister Carol Symons – Strasburg, VA
Rev. Douglas Szper – Grafton, WI
Sister Bernice Thomas – Charlotte, NC
Rev. Jann Thomas – Newburgh, IN
Rev. Thomas – Ogden, UT
Rev. Dr. Mark Thompson – Kalamazoo, MI
Rev. Richard Thompson – Arvada, CO
Rev. and Mrs. Steven B. Thompson – Benzonia, MI
Father Nils Thompson, O.F.M. – Phoenix, AZ
Mother Marie Tillman – Reno, NV
Rev. Kathryn Timpany – Sioux Falls, SD
Rev. James Tippens – Chapel Hill, NC
Rev. Debra Tipton – Shepherdstown, WV
Rev. Bruce Tischler – New Rochelle, NY
Rev. and Mrs. Mary Todd – Lawrence, MA
Rev. Joanne Tomasch – Srping Mills, PA
Sister Linda Tonellato – Springfield, IL
Rev. Michael Torphy – Grand Junction, CO
Rev. Bob Trowbridge – Mountain View, CA
Rev. David Turner – Belleville, NJ
Rev. Dr. Carrol Turner – Old Forge, NY
Mother Erika Vagt – Rancho Cordova, CA
Sister Barbara Valuckas – Watertown, CT
Rev. Corinne Van Buren – Mount Juliet, TN
Rev. Donna VandeKieft – Everett, WA
Rev. Lynne Vandercook – Paradise, CA
Rev. and Mrs. Ernest VanderKruik – Warwick, NY
Sister Patricia Vereb, OSB – Tucson, AZ
Rev. Dr. James Vigen – Raleigh, NC
Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian – Bakersfield, CA
Mother Mary Jo Voges – Tell City, IN
Sister Miriam Volkmer – South Bend, IN
Mother Michele Vosseller – San Diego, CA
Sister Joy Wagner – Monticello, KY
Rev. Lynn Walker – Brooklyn, NY
Mother Jane Walker – Atherton, CA
Rev. Peggy Wallace – Worcester, MA
Rev. Susan Wallace Moriarty – La Canada, CA
Sister Catherine Walsh – Akron, OH
Sister Margarita Walters – Chicago, IL
Rev. Lisa Ward – Havre De Grace, MD
Sister Ward – Kingston, MA
Rev. Dr. Ed Ward – West Des Moines, IA
Rev. and Mrs. J Christy Wareham – Martinsville, IN
Rabbi Sage Waters – Everson, WA
Sister Susan Weber – Reno, NV
Rev. Celene Welch – Fort Worth, TX
Rev. Lloyd Wells – Winder, GA
Sister Marylynj Welter, SSSF – Elmwood Park, IL
Rev. Marcel Welty – Fort Lee, NJ
Rev. Dr. Charles White – Wofford Heights, CA
Rev. Lynne White – Concord, CA
Rev. Bill Whittier – New Hope, MN
Rev. Jackson Wilhelm – Somerset, KY
Rev. Tara Wilkins – Portland, OR
Rev. Laurie Williams – West Wareham, MA
Rev. Georgiana Williams – Huntington, WV
Rev. Don Williamson – Palm Desert, CA
Rev. Leland Wilson – Gold Canyon, AZ
Rev. George Wilson – East Hampton, NY
Rev. Robina Winbush – Louisville, KY
Sister Betty Wolcott – Osseo, WI
Rev. Joseph Wolf – Coudersport, PA
Rev. Sara Wolfe – Boulder, CO
Rev. Jefrey Womble – Lodi, CA
Rev. Sally Woodard – Lewisburg, WV
Rev. Bob Wright – Coshocton, OH
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Wulff – Barrington, IL
Rev. Nina Wynn – Charlotte, NC
Rev. Joshua Yoder – Elkhart, IN
Rev. Anna York – Chicago, IL
Sister KC Young – Spokane,, WA
Rev. Judith Youngman – Gresham, OR
Rev. Caroline Zaworski – Corvallis, OR
Rev. and Mrs. Joel Zeiders – Grassflat, PA
Rev. Sandra Zellers-Billings – Wimberley, TX
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Ziebell – Woburn, MA
Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Zikmund – Rockville, MD
Sister Helene L. Zimmerman – Sleepy Hollow, NY
Rev. Terry Zimmerman – Boulder, CO

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