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80NCC7/7/99 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NCC CO-SPONSORS SUMMER "E PLURIBUS UNUM" PROJECT

 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Council of Churches
joins the Washington Institute for Jewish Leadership and
Values and the National Federation for Catholic Youth
Ministry in sponsorship of the "E Pluribus Unum" Project.

Each summer, the project brings 60 recent high school
graduates - 20 Catholic, 20 Jewish and 20 Protestant - to
Washington, D.C., for three weeks (this year, June 27-July
18) to explore how their religious traditions deal with
questions of social justice and the common good.

"E Pluribus Unum - Out of the Many, One," the nation's
motto, embodies the project's underlying theme.  In the
midst of their diversity, American people of faith can find
common ground for the common good.  It receives support from
the Lilly Endowment, Righteous Persons Foundation and Ford
Foundation.

The project, now in its third year, also offers related
one-day professional development seminars for adult
educators, clergy, diocesan directors and youth service
workers - June 30 and July 13 this year - at American
University.  For more information, contact the project
office at 301-770-5070.

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