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ISHRI PRESIDENT HAS AUDIENCE WITH POPE BENEDICT XVI IN ROME 
Brian Scarnecchia met the Pope during an audience in which Pope Benedict XVI addressed the representatives of Catholic-inspired NGOs who had gathered for a forum in Rome in December 2007..    Pope's address       Photos
 ISHRI  ATTENDS UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
ISHRI participated actively at the 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in New York in March 2009.  More than a dozen students and faculty brought their voice to the UN  on life and family issues.  Story       CSW Website
WHAT'S AHEAD
 
January UN NGO Committee Hearings, New York City
February       Catholic NGO Forum, Rome    
March     Beijing +15 Conference,  New York City
TBA Scarecrow Press to publish new book by ISHRI President
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UN NEWS FEED
 ISHRI OFFICERS PUBLISH WHITE PAPER ON UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
 ISHRI PRESIDENT IN ASIA
Brian Scarnecchia and Terrence McKeegan co-authored the white paper, The Millennium Development Goals: In Light of Catholic Social Teaching, published by the International Organizations Research Group in September 2009.        Paper       
 ISHRI VP AWARDED  WITHERSPOON INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP
Stephen Krason served as a Visiting Fellow for The Witherspoon  Institute in Princeton, New Jersey for the 2008 - 2009 academic year.        Fellowship Website     
Brian Scarnecchia traveled to Brunei and Malaysia in November of 2009 on a speaking tour and to visit with his former university students who now serve as priests and a bishop in those countries.