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from the EDITOR PUBLISHED BY Chaldean News, LLC Chaldean Community Foundation Martin Manna EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Kittle CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Cal Abbo Crystal Kassab Jabiro Dr. Julie Kado Jeff Kassab Sarah Kittle Dr. Adhid Miri Steve Stein ART & PRODUCTION CREATIVE DIRECTOR Alex Lumelsky with SKY Creative GRAPHIC DESIGNER Zina Lumelsky with SKY Creative PHOTOGRAPHERS Dany Ashaka Cal Abbo SALES Interlink Media Sana Navarrette CLASSIFIEDS Sana Navarrette SUBSCRIPTIONS: $35 PER YEAR CONTACT INFORMATION Story ideas: edit@chaldeannews.com Advertisements: ads@chaldeannews.com Subscription and all other inquiries: info@chaldeannews.com Chaldean News 30095 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 101 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 www.chaldeannews.com Phone: (248) 851-8600 Publication: The Chaldean News (P-6); Published monthly; Issue Date: January 2022 Subscriptions: 12 months, $35. Publication Address: 30095 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 101, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; Permit to mail at periodicals postage rates is on file at Farmington Hills Post Office Postmaster: Send address changes to “The Chaldean News 30095 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 101, Farmington Hills, MI 48334” Happy New Year! Out with the old, and in with the new. Hopefully for us that means new treatments and a better handle on the coronavirus. This pandemic has put a serious damper on social activities for the better part of two years now, and we are so ready for it to be done running riot through our families and communities. We’ve done our part by masking up and social distancing, getting vaccinated, again, and then boosted to boot! The beginning of a new year is a good time to get reoriented and realigned with your priorities. In our cover article, Dr. Miri tells the story of Mor Nicodemus Daoud Matti Sharaf, the “Brave Bishop” of Mosul and Kirkuk, who held out as long as humanly possible to serve his congregation in Iraq. He is brazenly outspoken in his fight to establish rights for displaced Christians in the Middle East and in his condemnation of the “superpowers” that he holds responsible for the situation in the region. Some people, like this bishop, live their calling with gusto. Other articles penned by Dr. Miri this month celebrate this same type of individual, including Sabah Summa, founder of the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce, and the Jesuits that came to Iraq to educate future generations and fulfill their mission of social responsibility. Jeff Kassab submitted an article SARAH KITTLE MANAGING EDITOR on laity in the Church and the importance of recognizing when God is calling. It is, after all, the people who make up the Church and we all have a role. Kassab encourages any who might be interested to accept the mission of evangelizing the world. In community news, we celebrate Renee Tomina, who as senior vice president of Major Enterprise Projects for DTE Energy might be the highestranking Chaldean at a Fortune-500 company, plus culinary artists Rachell Yousif and Jonathan Elias (AKA “The Pastry Guru”) who had their moment of fame on Disney’s Foodtastic series. We take a look at some hurdles in the business world, including the lack of affordable housing, supply chain issues and the difficulty of staffing, especially for restaurants and banquet halls. In this age of coronavirus, it’s important to remember that other viruses, like the flu, are still around and still threatening lives. In Dr. Is In, Julie Kado, MD, reminds us why we get the yearly influenza shot and how it works. In Iraq today, we learn about Christians’ struggle to be counted, which is a shared struggle as we define new districts in America and Chaldean communities in Michigan and California fight for the right to be counted here as well. Sports are back (kind of), and we tell the story of Ava Sarafa, who has made a name for herself in the world of high school volleyball, taking her Marian High School team to the state championship and securing her spot for sports in college. More and more, the Chaldean community is being recognized for their contributions to the past and nowhere is that more evident than at the Chaldean Cultural Center, which just received a $150,000 grant to grow its offerings. The significant artifacts and relics help teach history to the generations, and it’s good to see that happening. It’s also good to see young Chaldean students on college campuses coming together to preserve and strengthen their cultural bonds. Cal Abbo visited the CASA group at Wayne State University and shares his take on the Chaldean Mass they’ve been celebrating each month. Other notable accomplishments include the election of a Chaldean mayor in New Baltimore. Along with the growing of the Church by ordaining new priests and subdeacons and the birth of our Savior, we had much to celebrate at the end of 2021. Here’s to a new year, full of hope and happiness! Sarah Kittle Managing Editor • FREE MARKET ANALYSIS ON YOUR HOME • FREE HOME WARRANTY • AGENT-OWNED VIRTUAL BROKERAGE • NOTARY PUBLIC SERVICES CALL JIM MANNA BROKER/OWNER C.R.S., G.R.I., A.B.R. (248) 763-2622 CONTACT US TO JOIN OUR TEAM! 6 CHALDEAN NEWS JANUARY 2022
GUEST column Growing the Church: Lay Ministry In the Gospel of Matthew, the Church calls “the great commission,” given to the Apostles and to every baptized Catholic to go out and preach the message of the Gospel and bring all souls to Christ. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” (Matthew 28:19) In the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 74), it states God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth;” that is, of course, the truth of Christ Jesus. Christ must be proclaimed to all nations and individuals so that this revelation may reach to the ends of the earth. We have seen an extraordinary number of lay people in the church proclaiming the message of the Gospel and doing so with boldness and conviction. This is not something new to the church; St. Paul went to many cities and established communities of believers so the Gospel could be spread all over the world. We are doing the same thing today; except now we have the benefits of modern technology. JEFF KASSAB SPECIAL TO THE CHALDEAN NEWS Pope Francis has established the lay ministry of catechists in the Catholic Church. “The history of evangelization over the past two millennia shows the effectiveness of the mission of catechist,” Pope Francis said, among whom were “countless lay men and women,” including many “saints and martyrs.” Lay ministry in no way takes away from the mission of the bishop who is the primary catechist in his diocese. But it gives recognition to the men and women who feel called by virtue of their baptism to cooperate in the work of preaching the Gospel. This work of lay ministry is not something that we do of our own accord - we are very receptive to the call of the Holy Spirit and follow his guidance as we discern what gift is given to us. “And God has appointed in the Church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues.” (1 Cor 12:28) Many Catholics feel that the job of evangelization is for the clergy only, and we should leave it up to them because they have the education and formation that is needed to carry out that mission. But when I was reading Scripture and I came across a passage about Peter and John when they were preaching and healing in Jerusalem, it struck me that was the core of evangelization. Anyone can do it. “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered, and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.” (Acts 4:13) We don’t need degrees in theology to preach the Gospel, all we need is love for Jesus and the fire of the Holy Spirit. We do need some type of formation to make sure the truth is being proclaimed. As Pope Francis says, “Those called to the ministry of catechist should be men and women of deep faith and human maturity, active participants in the life of the Christian community, capable of welcoming others, being generous, and living a life of fraternal communion.” In addition, they should receive suitable academic, pastoral, and pedagogical formation “to be competent communicators of the truth of the faith” and should also have “some prior experience of catechesis.” Without lay ministry, the Gospel (“Good News”) would not have been able to spread all across the world like it has been doing for the past two thousand years. Preaching the Gospel is at the heart of evangelization and the core of lay ministry. Remember, God doesn’t call the equipped, He equips the called. Jeff Kassab is a lay minister, dedicated evangelist, and teacher of the faith who works with the Eastern Catholic Re-Evangelization Center. He holds a degree in Pastoral Theology and writes a blog titled, “The Journey to Heaven.” JANUARY 2022 CHALDEAN NEWS 7
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