As the 2018 mid-term congressional elections rapidly approach, races around the country are heating up, including Michigan’s 8th District, which includes all of Ingham County, Livingston County, and north Oakland County. The district runs from north of Detroit through the Lansing area, and encompasses a mix of suburbs and farms and conservative and liberal leaning voters.
Read MoreOn November 7, voters under the jurisdiction of the 48th District Court will be asked whether or not to re-elect Judge Diane D’Agostini to a fourth term on the bench.
The 48th District Court covers seven, high Chaldean population communities: Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, West Bloomfield, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake and Sylvan Lake.
Read MoreOn the Grand porch, in the dining room, parlor and even while walking down the hill from the Grand Hotel, candidates vying for several state and congressional seats were communicating, connecting and collaborating on the island at the Mackinac Policy Conference. It has been a premier networking event of who’s who in Michigan since its inception.
Read MoreSince the inception of the Young Catholic Professional’s (YCP) Detroit chapter in August of 2017, the organization has hosted their executive speaker series once a month. Each month, YCP Detroit hosts this event in which executives “share their professional and faith journeys with young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s, challenging them to ‘Work in Witness for Christ’.” The executive speaker series is free and open to both members and non-members of YCP.
Read More“A gift from God,” that’s how Dawn Pullis, of Troy, describes her 2-year-old daughter, Evelyn.
Many parents consider their children a gift from above, but, Pullis has a very personal reason why. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 21.
“My ovaries were the size of melons and needed to be removed immediately,” Pullis explained.
Her hopes of having a biological child were dashed that day.
Read MoreI don’t have to deliver a history lesson to remind people that this country was founded on immigrants and the vital impact each ethnic group has contributed to the prosperity of this country. Metropolitan Detroit is a shining example! But in a time of increased restrictions on immigrants and a shortage of skilled and unskilled workers, Congress and the Trump Administration need to develop and pass immigration laws that will help fill the talent gap and support persecuted communities throughout the world.
Read MoreAfter more than a year of speculation, the word came out on May 3 — Fr. Frank will be the new Bishop. Headlines from Catholic news agencies, Middle Eastern news and from the Vatican press spread around the globe via social media: “The Chaldean Catholic Diocese of the Eastern United States will soon have a new leader. Rev. Frank Kalabat has been named the new religious leader for the growing Chaldean population in the United States.”
Read MoreIn response to the raids carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in June of last year, several elected officials and community leaders have come forward to help, with some even mobilizing efforts to help those at risk of deportation.
Read MoreOn Saturday, May 12, Iraqis casted their votes for the nation’s fourth election since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. In the days prior to the election, on May 10 and on May 11, Iraqis living outside of the nation had the opportunity to vote. Shoki Konja of Franklin, Michigan, and Director of the Chaldean Voice Radio, was one of those people. He voted in Warren, Michigan at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chaldean Church. “It was an incredible, exhilarating feeling to be able to vote in this election and to have some sort of say in the process. My stained finger is proof that there is hope for Iraq,” said Konja.
Read MoreIn May, Shamasha Khairy Mikha Foumia published his seventh book, Catalogue Manuscripts of the Church in Telkeppe (540 pages), written in Aramaic and Arabic, which describes the 240 manuscripts he found in the library of the church of Telkeppe. He started this project nearly 30 years ago, in 1989. Born in Telkeppe, Foumia lived in Baghdad in his later years. Because his parents and other relatives still lived in Telkeppe, he and his family would visit there during the holidays and in the summertime.
Read MoreEd Babbie of Farmington Hills noticed a glaring need in his community. He saw fathers not getting as involved in school events and school related activities with their children, and he decided to make a plan and do something to change that.
Read More“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted,” Matthew 5:4
As we honor mothers in the month of May, we asked some of our moms to share with us the stories of the children they have lost. It is with courage, they pen these pieces.
Ashton was a very happy, healthy, and vibrant 6-year-old boy. He loved to dance and sing and make everyone laugh. His favorite thing to do was be silly with his twin brother, Adam, and he idolized his older sister, Emily. He gave the BEST hugs and kisses and his smile would instantly light up a room. We should have known he was too special to stay on earth for too long.
Read MoreThe most difficult part of losing a child is the emptiness. Even though I was blessed with three other children, at the time I needed my baby in my arms. I couldn’t sleep for years haunted by the thought of never being able to hold my angel again.
Read MoreOur daughter’s name is Lillian Rita Antiwan. She loved to dance, act silly, play with her older brother Anthony who she loved very much, play wrestle with her dad who was obsessed with her and most of all she loved to eat!
Read MoreBorn on March 28, 2005, my son Matthew Shounia was a healthy baby, which is why it came as a surprise to us when he got very sick. Shortly after becoming sick, he was diagnosed with Wilms, a rare childhood cancer.
Matthew never had any kidney issues and was born a perfect healthy baby boy. There really is no explanation as to how he got so sick, so fast.
Read MoreA child is a precious gift from God. As a mother you will do anything and everything for your precious children. When they are sick you try to make them feel better; when they are sad you want to make them happy; when they are in pain you want to take their pain away. You will do everything to protect your children.
Read MoreA wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. But...there is no word for a parent who loses a child; that’s how awful the loss is. It would be much easier to deal with losing an arm, easier to lose both of your legs, even easier to live without your sight. Anything would be easier than living without your very own flesh and blood and the heart-beating life that you brought into this world. The immense pain of burying the child you labored and birthed is unimaginable. You gave birth to life as a promise to the future. This is the child you fed within your body and loved with your soul. This is the child who loved you with her whole heart and whom you loved with all of yours.
Read MoreWe are presenting for the first time our Future 5. Every year we hope to highlight exceptional members of the community younger than 35 who are proving to be leaders in their respective fields. We asked you, our readers, to nominate and these are the first five we have picked.
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