Saturday, August 20, 2011

Cold Siberia Warms our Home; A Visit from a Siberian Priest

by Steve Ray on August 20, 2011

Today my good friend Gary Michuta, Catholic Defender extraordinaire, came out to visit today with a priest from Magadan Siberia in Russia. He has served there for seventeen years. Fr. Michael Shields serves in the Church of the Nativity in Siberia. The church is located in Magadan which is known as the “Russian Auschwitz”, the [...]

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Concerning Recent Troubles in S. Israel

by Steve Ray on August 20, 2011

Regarding the recent attacks in southern Israel: These attacks are distant from any sites we visit on pilgrimage. Not to be dismissive, but the attacks came in an area near Eilat which is well over 300 miles south of Jerusalem at the Egyptian border. First, this is no where near Galilee or Jerusalem. It is [...]

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