Title: LUTHERAN WOMEN ENDOW KATIE'S FUND' ELCA NEWS SERVICE - NEWSBRIEF June 12, 1997 LUTHERAN WOMEN ENDOW 'KATIE'S FUND' Fifteen women from across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have responded to "Katie's Fund" with gifts totaling more than $3,700. Katie's Fund, established to mark the tenth anniversary of Women of the ELCA, is a permanent endowment fund set up to provide programs, resources and opportunities for women in the areas of global sharing, leadership development and faith. The fund is named after Katharina "Katie" von Bora, wife of 16th century German reformer Martin Luther. "Katharina von Bora is such a wonderful example of the wise steward of God's resources," said Terry L. Bowes, interim executive director, Women of the ELCA. "She most certainly was a creative and effective manger of the household budget. She also had an entrepreneurial spirit, creating incomes from her roles as hostess to boarders and laundress for students she and Martin hosted in their home," said Bowes. "Katie was very much a woman of her day -- a woman who prepared for tomorrow. Women of the ELCA can be proud to have Katie's Fund named after her," Bowes said. Income from the endowment will be used to ensure women's "preparedness for ministries in the 21st century." Women of the ELCA became an official organization July 11-14, 1987. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html