Father Bryan Kassa, Administrator at Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church in Southfield, Michigan, in the Detroit area; and Father Rodney Abasso, Parochial Vicar at Mart Mariam Chaldean Catholic Church in Northbrook, Illinois, on Chicago’s North Shore, prayed the Rosary while walking south along North 126th Street near Savior Pastoral Center in Kansas City, Kansas, on Tuesday, July 15.
Both men are priests in the Chaldean Diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle U.S.A.
Did you know…
• The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See and the Catholic Church.
• It is an Eastern Catholic Church, distinguished by its unique liturgy – the Eastern Syriac Rite and its use of the Syriac dialect of Aramaic.
• The Chaldean Catholic Church has its roots in the Church of the East and is based in Iraq, though there are Chaldean communities in other parts of the Middle East, Europe and North America.Fathers Kassa and Abasso are in Kansas City this week for a “Living Waters Leadership Training” seminar at Savior Pastoral Center.
