Fr. Ben (not the world’s best cameraman) filming in Bartella, Iraq in July....
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The Icon of the Prophet Jonah which Fr. Ben took to Iraq (and he will take with him when he speaks in parishes) was “written” (icons are not “painted” - the idea is the icon writer is guided by the hand of an Angel or Saint) by Sister Aelred OSB......
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Fr. Ben has just returned from Iraq. He is pictured holding an icon of the Prophet Jonah - in front of Jonah’s tomb in the city of Mosul (ancient Nineveh) Our plan to help small businesses is called “Project Jonah” - the Jonah story has always been seen as symbolic......
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Father Ben spent Easter in Albania, where the Church was most heavily persecuted from 1945 until 1991. He wanted to see how the Church recovered after such intense persecution. Pictured is Father Gjergj Simoni, who Father Ben had the privilege to meet on Good Friday – a “living martry” of......
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