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May 16, 2009
St. Peter
Diocesan Clergy Meeting In a great spirit of priestly brotherhood, under the leadership of HE Bishop Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo, the Eparch of the Diocese, the Clergy of the Catholic Diocese of Saint Peter for Chaldeans & Assyrians 16 priest of the Diocese, with the participation of HE Bishop Mar Bawai Soro, gathered in El Cajon, CA, for two days, May 13 & 14, 2009, to hold their periodic meeting with the Bishop. The following issues were discussed as part of the general agenda of the meeting:
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The upcoming Diocesan Symposium & Convention (in January 2010)
on the occasion of the 1600th Anniversary of the
Synod of Mar Isaac in AD 410.
HE Bishop Jammo updated the present clergy about his recent trip to Iraq during which he participated in the Chaldean Holy Synod convened under the leadership of His Eminence Cardinal Mar Emanuel III Delly, Catholicos Patriarch, between April 28, 2009, and May 5, 2009 in Ankawa (Arbil). The Bishop spoke in particular about the Chaldean Hierarchy’s commitment to defend the Chaldean National Identity and Rights in all of Iraq, in accordance to Article 125 of the Iraqi Federal Constitution. He further elaborated about the many challenges that face the Church faithful inside and outside Iraq, in particular the proselytism that specifically targets Chaldeans in order to divert them from Catholicism to various religious sects. Bishop Mar Sarhad, at the same time, conveyed the prayers, love and support that the Chaldean Hierarchy have for all members of the Chaldean Church, in particular the Chaldeans and Assyrian Catholics who live as one community of faith and culture in the fraternal bonds of the One Catholic Church, in Iraq, the Middle East and the Western Countries. He expressed the Bishops’ blessing and support for the new movement of church unity of Assyrians who have joined the Chaldean Catholic Church. Father Andy Younan
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