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Lutheran-Catholic Covenant
On October 29, 2000, the Diocese of Youngstown and the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 
entered into an historic Covenant based on prayer, study and action.
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Action Plan 2008-2011
Bishop Murry and Bishop Eaton 
approved of the Action Plan 2008-2011 prepared by the Lutheran-Catholic Covenant Commission.
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History of the Lutheran-Catholic Covenant
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Synod Assembly 2008
Bishop Eaton convened the ELCA NEO Synod Assembly on June 16-17 2008 at the John S. Knight Center in Akron, Ohio. The Assembly Report contains a summary of the proceedings. For more information, visit the NEO ELCA web site, www.neos-elca.org.
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World Council of Churches Ecumencial Prayer Cycle
The World Council of Churches hosts an Ecumenical Prayer Cycle on its web site. The Cycle takes the visitor on a journey in prayer through every region of the world and through every week of the year affirming solidarity with people of faith all over the world.
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Visible Unity In Faith And Eucharistic Fellowship Stressed At Faith And Order Commission Meeting
The need for visible unity in faith and Eucharistic fellowship was stressed at the April 3-5 meeting of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches (NCC).
Visit the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops web site for more information.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Northeastern Ohio Synod
Visit the ELCA NEO Synod web site to learn more about the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown
Visit the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown web site to learn more about the Roman Catholic Church.
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Members of the Lutheran-Catholic Covenant Commission
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Covenant Celebration 2007: Bread of Life
Lutherans and Catholics from across northeast Ohio marked the Lutheran-Catholic Covenant Celebration 2007 with an Oct. 28 gathering at St. Joan of Arc Church.
Theme for the day was “Bread of Life: Roman Catholic and Lutheran Understandings of the Eucharist.” The presenters
were the Rev. Cheryl Peterson of Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, and Jesuit Father Jared Wicks of John Carroll University, Cleveland. 
On hand for the event and presiding at an Evening Prayer service that concluded the gathering were Bishop George Murry, S.J., and Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Father Wicks [told the assembly] that “Partaking of Christ’s body and blood in Holy Communion places the believer at the intersection of the past, present and future: the past, in the memorial of Jesus’ historical death and resurrection for us and for our salvation; a present encounter with him who said, ‘Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I [in] them’; and the future of eternal life and resurrection.” Rev. Dr. Peterson [observed]that “among Protestants, Lutherans have arguably the strongest sacramental realism, a point of connection with our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters.” She [noted that the]“1967 dialogue came to understand that the real disagreement is not on the fact that Christ is present in the Eucharist but on the particular manner of how Christ becomes present. So there is common ground. Lutherans can acknowledge that transubstantiation might be a legitimate way to express that mystery, but don’t agree that it is the only way or even the best way.”
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