John 20: 14-16 tells us that Mary went to the tomb to look for the body of Christ. In her search, she turns first but does not recognize the Lord; she keeps searching. Only, when He calls her name, she turned again, and knew it was the Lord who was speaking to her....
Representatives of the Chaldean Catholic diocese of Kirkuk distribute aid to displaced families earlier this October)in Hawija. The center for internally displaced families is 30 miles southwest of the diocesan center where Dominican Friar Yousif Thomas Mirkis is the...
Three years ago, the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena from Erbil, Iraq left their homes in order to flee ISIS. In the time since, they have been refugees and have ministered to fellow refugees within refugee camps. As they write, “We started a...
Last weekend, our Dominican family in Kirkuk experienced serious danger. On early Friday morning, October 21st, a large group of terrorists (Daesh) targeted the government headquarters of the police and security institutions building in Kirkuk. They were concentrated...
When Sister Lorelle Elcock talks about Iraqi refugees, she tears up. The prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, Sister Lorelle is normally even-keeled, but she concedes that talking about the people who have left everything they knew to flee from ISIS really gets...
