Christmas Letter from Iraqi Kurdistan
Christmas Letter from Iraqi KurdistanKirkuk, December 20th, 2011Dear friends,Thank you again for the warm welcome I received this fall from the Swiss and Italian members of the associations of friends...
View ArticleHoula, 29. May 2012
Mariyam al-Aadhra Church, Sulaymaniya-Iraq, 29 May 2012 Houla Last Friday and Saturday, I watched with complete bewilderment the news. I asked myself sincerely if this is the same country that I have...
View ArticleSunday Mass at Sulaymaniya, 19 August 2012
A thoughtToday, as we encounter often in the readings, there appears the question: "Who is believer?" Few of us come to a deep experience of faith other than through a profound depression. Often it...
View Article26. August Sunday Mass
A thought(Isa 30:1-6, 1Th 2:14-20, Luk 18:9-14)In our readings we see the pictures of three communities or kinds of believers.The first one has lost its trust in the transforming power of the Spirit of...
View ArticleSunday Mass, Sulaymaniyah, 2 september 2012
Sunday MassSulaymaniyah, 2 september 2012read more
View ArticleSunday Mass and diaconal ordination of Brother Jens
Sulaymaniyah, 9 september 2012An apologie:Dear friends I am really sorry that I had not the energy to provide some of texts which will be read during the ordination. Please forgive me. I will try to do...
View ArticleSunday Mass
Sunday, 16 september 2012A thought:(Isa 33:13-16, Phi 2:5-11, Mat 4:18-23)First a remark: Yes, I changed the translation. I was using the Bible of Jerusalem now it is the New King James Bible. On the...
View ArticleSunday Mass, 23 September 2012
A thought:Two pages before our Gospel a woman from Canaan asked for healing for her daughter. Her believe in Jesus Christ' ability to heal gives Him the opportunity to reveal the universal scope of...
View ArticleSunday Mass and Start of the Year of Faith, 14 october 2012
A thought:11 October it was fifty years that the Second Vatican Council began. It was the effort of the Church of the twentieth century to consider its past, its present situation and project itself...
View ArticleLetter to the Friends of al-Khalil Community at Sulaymaniya, November 23rd, 2012
Deir Maryam el-Adhra, Sulaymaniah, Kurdistan Region, IraqLetter to the Friends of al-Khalil CommunityNovember 23rd, 2012Dear Friends,May this letter reach you in the Lord’s peace, and the happiness and...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....