January 20, 2002

It’s always good to have Fr. Aktham here.

Abuna Aktham has returned from his trip to Canada - there will be a big Roman Catholic youth gathering there in the summer, and he is one of the priests helping organize the event. We are hoping to get him to come to Chicago with us afterwards if possible. We worshiped with him at the Church of Visitation in the morning, then got a chance to visit with him at night and exchange gifts - he had some for us (maple leaf-shaped chocolates), and we had some for him (not pyramid-shaped).