Adopt A Refugee Family & Help Iraq will have a booth at the event below is the schedule for the event
Hosted by: St. Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Catholic Diocese-USA
Southfield, MI (July 2015) — On Saturday July 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. a series of speakers and panelist will discuss the plight of Christianity in the Middle East at the 2nd International Symposium hosted by the St. Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Catholic Diocese of the U.S.A.
“So much has transpired in the last few years since the first symposium,” said Bishop Francis Kalabat of the Eastern United States. “We need to bring awareness and find solutions as lives in the Middle East continue to be at risk.”
World-Renowned experts in religious liberties will tackle the issue of Christianity in the Middle East at the Symposium. Speaking about the current situation of Christians in the Middle East, His Beatitude mar Louis Rachael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon, Iraq will talk via Skype.
The Event Program Includes:
Christianity in the Middle East: ancient, yet ever new II
Friday July 17th:
6:00 PM Evening Prayer: “St Sharbel Ramsho” at
St. Rafqa Maronite Church in Livonia
Officiated by Chorbishop Sharbel Maroun President, Noursat-USA
8:00 PM Benefit Dinner at Farmington Hills Manor in Farmington Hills
National Anthem by:
Opening Remarks: Bishop Francis Kalabat
Bishop of St. Thomas the Apostle
Chaldean Diocese
Keynote Speaker: Honorable Dave Trott
Congressman, Michigan District 11
Invocation: Chore Bishop Sharbel Maroon
Hymns and traditional songs: Vocalist Doris Farhat
Saturday July 18th:
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Divine Liturgy at the Hilton Hotel
Officiated by Bishop Abdallah Zaida
Bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon,
Los Angeles
9:45 AM – 4:00 PM Eucharistic Adoration
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Opening Prayer & Tribute to the Martyrs:
Fr. Matthew Zatouna
Parochial Vicar, Holy Martyrs Chaldean Church,
Sterling Hts.
Welcoming Remarks: Bishop Francis Kalabat
Bishop of St. Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Diocese
10:15 AM – 12:00 PM “What is happening to the Christians in the
Middle East”
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM Video or Skype presentation
Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon, Iraq
introduced by Dr. Bassam Razzik
Video or Skype presentation,
“EPIC- And The Current Challenges”
Fr. Douglas Bazi, Erbil, Iraq
Saad Salloum, “Minorities And Their Existence In
The Middle East”
Editor in Chief of Masarat magazine
11:00 PM – 11:30 PM Dr. Gregory Stanton
President, Genocide Watch
11:30 PM – 12:00 PM Jacques Kallassy
CEO, Tele Lumiere, Lebanon
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM “How can we help”
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Basil Bacall, “Rescue Mission”
Chairman, Adopt-A-Refugee Family
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Professor Robert Destro
Director of the
Interdisciplinary Program in Law & Religion,
The Catholic University of America.
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Dr. Edmund Gharib,
Professor of Middle East History, American University,
Washington, DC
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator: Vanessa Denha Garmo
(I think we need their titles I had Raymond Nader put them but Dr. Rizzik removed them)
Kirsten Evans
Bishop Gregory Mansour
Bishop Francis Kalabat
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Evening prayer service
St Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church
Officiated by Fr. George Shalhoub
Tour of the Basilica by Fr. George Shalhoub
7:30 PM – 9:0 PM Dinner for guests
Sunday, July 19:
10 AM – 10:45 AM Presentations by the Sponsoring Organizations
10:45 AM – 11 AM Final Remarks and Press Release
12:00 PM Mass at Mother of God Cathedral
Officiated by Bishop Ibrahim Ibrahim
1:30 PM – 3:00PM Lunch at the Chancery
3:00 PM Adjourn