Picnic to Mt. Terminillo on Feb 17, 2007

سفرة مع الكلية الروسية الى جبل قرب روما

ذهبنا البارحة يوم السبت 17 شباط 2007 مع الكلية الحبرية الروسية بروما في نزهة استغرقت يوم واحد الى جبل (تيه-رمينيللو) الذي يبعد ساعتين عن مدينة روما. كان في صحبني سيادة المطران سرهد جمو المتواجد حاليا في روما لالقاء الدروس في الليترحية الكلدانية.

جاء توقيت هذه النزهة بمناسبة انهاء الطلاب لامتحانات الفصل الاول من واستعدادهم للشروع في الفصل الثاني يوم الاثنين القادم.

بدأت الرحلة في حوالي الثامنة صباحا من نهار السبت 17 شباط 2007، وتم الوصول الى الجبل في العاشرة. باشر الكل يومهم بالاحتفال بالقداس الالهي حسب الطقس البيزنطي الكاثوليكي (الملكي) حسب دورهم في التقديس بموجب نظام الكلية. وترأس سيادته رتبة القداس.
الكنيسة مبنية على اسم القديس "فرنسيس الاسيزي" وهي تعتبر احدى اربع كنائس المنطقة التي كان القديس فرنسيس يتردد عليها، اذ ان الجبل لا يبعد كثيرا عن مدينة القديس فرنسيس (اسيزي).

بعد الاحتفال بالقداس اليومي -والذي استمر زهاء ساعة كاملة- في برد قارس (بحيث نسى كاهن الكنيسة فتح التدفئة فيها) توجه الجميع الى صالة الطعام (الباردة ايضا) لتناول وجبة النهار (الفطور والغداء معا) وفي 12.30 خرج الجميع من الكنيسة متوجهين الى الثلج!! حيث بدأوا مشوارهم من الواحدة ظهرا حتى الرابعة عصرا.
انتهز الجميع هذه الفرصة للوصول الى ثلج الجبل باسرع وقت (رغم تواجد الثلج في كل مكان). قضى الجميع اوقاتا طيبة وعادوا الى روما في السادسة عصرا بالضبط.

شارك في هذه النزهة اخوات القلب الاقدس اللواتي تقع عليهن مسؤولية اعداد الطعام لطلاب الكلية وكهنتها والذين يبلغ اجمالي عددهم الاربعين شخصا مع بعض اقربائهن ...

نترككم مع بعض صور هذه النزهة

In St. Francis Church for the Mass

After the Mass Heading to the Bus

Before our Start: Group picture

On our Way, everything is freezing

To the top of Mount Terminillo (1800 m) Altitude

On our way we saw people skiing

On our arriving to the upper Cableway station me and Bish. Jammo

With The View on the Terminillo Town

On the Other Side of the Mount Terminillo


Another View From Mt. Terminillo

Picture to the Valley with people skiing!!

The other Cableway in front of Us on our return way!

See you next timeeeeeee. .. .

Gospel & Homily of Sunday - May 07, 2006

Gospel of 4th Sunday of the Easter
According to the Chaldean Catholic Rite
John 16: 16-33

16"A little while and you will no longer see me, and again a little while later and you will see me." 17 So some of his disciples said to one another, "What does this mean that he is saying to us, 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,' and 'Because I am going to the Father'?" 18 So they said, "What is this 'little while' (of which he speaks)? We do not know what he means." 19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Are you discussing with one another what I said, 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me'? 20 Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. 21 When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. 22 So you also are now in anguish. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. 23 On that day you will not question me about anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. 24 Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. 25 "I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father. 26 On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you. 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father." 29 His disciples said, "Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech. 30 Now we realize that you know everything and that you do not need to have anyone question you. Because of this we believe that you came from God." 31 Jesus answered them, "Do you believe now? 32 Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when each of you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone. But I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 33 I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world."

The Homily

"For the Father Himself Loves You!"
4th Sunday of Resurrection (2006)

1- The whole discussion is in fact about the Father. Jesus is speaking about his soon leaving and later coming, about mourn and joy...what is this?

2- All what happened to Jesus (to be born and live like us humans, suffers, being crucified, and resurrected) is together to complete the will of God the father.

- Jesus is the son of God, and we are his brothers; so, if we love him, we become the adoptive sons and daughters of God.

3- How can we love God?

a- St. Ephrem lived in 4th century, recommends: “Keep the word of God in front of your eyes day and night.” This way we’ll never forget to love God.

b- The Goal: That means we have to have a Goal in our life that we never forget about it day and night. As somebody he wants to be: attorney, or physician, so he/she must do his/her best to reach this goal! Spending money, time, energy, suffering… all that just to complete this goal, why? Because we want to make our own success, our Goal builds our life, personality, self esteem.

c- What if we loose our goal? Like the new monk who went after a nice bird running from garden to garden to the wood, when he got tired he got lost!

4- Jesus came to bring us back to the of God’s garden, to the Paradise, do we insist to stay outside of it or to come in?

Maran Itha “Jesus is coming” St. Paul said, so let us be serious and ready when Jesus comes back, let us walk in the way that leads us to the Father’s paradise, “For the father himself loves you!”

Amen!

New Calendar

First Calendar for

St. Barbara Chaldean Mission

Assumption Of the Virgin Mary

On Monday Aug 15th we celebrated the ceremony of
The feast of Assumption of Mary to Heaven. 
It was ended by kissing the picture of the Assumption.
Around 800 Chaldean faithful attend the celebration.

 

Other Pictures on the Procession

At St. Joseph Church, from left to right: Fr. George, ME, Fr. Rais, Fr. Sami-Baghdad, on back side: Fr. Andrew, and Fr. Shaleeta the Pastor

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In Bowling Center- Troy

Before going to Fr. Basil’s cousin wedding party, we were suggested to spend some time in bowling room.
It was the first time for some of us, but we enjoyed so much, even if the balls was so so heavy..

We were together with:
Fr. Shaleeta (Parish priest of St. Joseph - Troy),
Fr. Sami (Rector of Baghdad’s Seminary),
Fr. Rayan (studying in Rome),
Fr. Basil (Vice president of Baghdad’s seminary),
Fr. Bassim Shoni (Coming from new jersey – Syrin Catholic priest),
and ME.