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03-July-1996 
 
GA96076 
 
 
Women have published magazines for 125 years 
 
ALBUQUERQUE--Responding to a congratulatory commissioners' resolution, 
Barbara Roche addressed the Stewardship and Communications committee of the 
General Assembly.  Roche is the editor of Horizons, the magazine of 
Presbyterian Women.  She noted that in 1871, two magazines were published 
by and for women as aids to the great emphasis women were beginning to 
place on church missions in the years following the Civil War.  One of 
these, Woman's Work for Woman, was published in Philadelphia; the other, 
Our Mission Field, was published in Whitehall, N.Y. 
 
    Roche noted that for 125 years since that time, "women have owned and 
published magazines in the Presbyterian Church."  When she told the 
committee that Horizons  is a "solvent" journal, several committee members 
smiled appreciatively. 
 
    Roche also is responsible for Horizons Bible Study, the annual guide 
for Presbyterian Women's groups in congregations throughout the church. 
She described that publication as "probably the most widely used Bible 
study in the whole Presbyterian Church."  Like few other journals in the 
church, Horizons Bible Study communicates in English, Spanish, Korean, 
braille, and through audio cassettes.  Roche was congratulated by committee 
chairperson Thomas Huser for her contribution to the task of communication 
not only for the good of Presbyterian Women, but for the good of all 
Presbyterians. 
 
Dee Wade 

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