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Exhibit 23(p)(viii)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned Trustees and officers of New Covenant Funds (the
"Trust") hereby appoint Dennis J. Murphy, Mary Jane Maloney, and Patrick Turley,
Esq. as attorneys-in-fact and agents, in all capacities, to execute and to file
any and all amendments to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, covering the registration of the
Trust as an investment company and the sale of shares of the series to the
Trust, including all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed
with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, including applications for
exemptive order rulings. The undersigned grant to said attorneys full authority
to do every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully,
to all intents and purposes, as he could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned Trustees and Officers hereby execute this Power of
Attorney as of this 25th day of October, 2000.
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Name Title
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/s/ Frank K. Bateman, Jr. Trustee and President
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Frank K. Bateman, Jr.
/s/ Gail S. Duree Trustee
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Gail S. Duree
Trustee
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Cynthia S. Gooch
/s/ Rev. Donald B. Register Trustee
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Rev. Donald B. Register
/s/ Michael F. Ryan Trustee
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Michael F. Ryan
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