After another week in the darkness … power was restored today! It was only for a short while, but it meant a citywide celebration. The power plant is under siege and so the problem is not solved yet. Apparently they had reached an agreement to allow the supply of electricity. But in practice, we live […]
This people lives from joy to joy! – From Syria Read More »
Dear All: Since now we have the possibility of connecting to the internet for a short while, we would like to write a few lines to let you know that we are doing well. As usual, it is very difficult to know what is really going on here, and so we cannot tell whether the
We all try to live our life as “normally” as possible. Read More »
I am going to describe a painful incident. I am convinced that the episode, though tragic, can bring forth many beneficial effects, as it has done to us and so many others. Amal is a mother of 4 young men. She just turned 50, her sons have all graduated and are still single. These men
Mother, do not be afraid! Read More »
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES, Aleppo, August 2013 August was the month of the Spiritual Exercises. There were six batches of the Spiritual Exercises – for youth and adults, for religious sisters and priests – preached by Father Rodrigo, in Arabic and English. “The war has made us return to the essential things,” they say here often. They
Although they have lost so much, they have gained spiritually much more!! Read More »
In the 3 terrible missile explosions that happened in January a few meters from where we live, our Cathedral Church was badly damaged, because of which it was closed for four months. In May, the month of Mary, we were able to “reopen” it. It was an event that renewed everyone’s hope. In the sermons
Consecration to Our Lady – IVE in Syria Read More »
Aleppo, October 9, 2013 Hello everyone! We’re well and we continue to survive here! Today, finally we are able to contact you! Thank you all for your prayers and concern. We are all well, thanks be to God; we have, however, been without communication facilities for a very long time. Today the internet service was
Hello everyone! We’re well and we continue to survive here! Read More »
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