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The Order of
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Metropolitan Philip
saw the need to study the
possibilities of a new A small committee was organized under the chairmanship of Albert Joseph. The committee was composed of Ernest Saykaly, Robert Andrews, Robert Laham, Theodore Mackoul, Archpriest Paul Schneirla and Archpriest Antony Gabriel. During the Archdiocese Convention held in Louisville in July 1975, a preliminary report was filed at the General Assembly. The Metropolitan Primate accepted the findings of the report and, by the Archdiocese Convention held in 1976 in San Francisco, the provisional chairman was installed and the first induction to the Order took place. It was during the Patriarch's historic trip that the newest Archdiocesan organization was called into being and given his apostolic blessings. The first officers and chaplain were formally installed and many new members were inducted at the Washington Archdiocesan conclave in 1977. Today the order is active throughout the Archdiocese. To learn more, visit the Order's website: http://www.antiochian.org/order
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organization that would
challenge the laity of our
Archdiocese to be true disciples
of Christ and enter a new
dimension of service.