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RELIGION<br />
obituaries<br />
places of prayer<br />
chaldean churches in and around metro detroit<br />
THE DIOCESE OF ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE IN THE UNITED STATES<br />
St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Diocese<br />
25603 Berg Road, Southfield, MI 48033; (248) 351-0440<br />
Mar (Bishop) Ibrahim N. Ibrahim<br />
www.chaldeandiocese.org<br />
MOTHER OF GOD CHALDEAN CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
25585 Berg Road, Southfield, MI 48034; (248) 356-0565<br />
Rector: Rev. Manuel Boji<br />
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Wisam Matti<br />
Mass Schedule: Weekdays except Tuesday, 10 a.m.;<br />
Tuesday, St. Anthony prayer at 5 p.m. followed by mass at 5:30 p.m. Saturday,<br />
5:15 p.m.<br />
in English; Sunday: 8:30 a.m. in Arabic, 10 a.m. in English, 12 noon in Chaldean<br />
SACRED HEART CHALDEAN CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
310 W. Seven Mile Road, Detroit, MI 48203; (313) 368-6214<br />
Pastor: Rev. Jacob Yasso<br />
Mass Schedule: Friday, 6 p.m. in Chaldean, Sunday 11 a.m. in Chaldean<br />
MAR ADDAI CHALDEAN CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
24010 Coolidge Hwy, Oak Park, MI 48237; (248) 547-4648<br />
Pastor: Rev. Stephen Kallabat<br />
Parochial Vicars: Rev. Fadi Habib Khalaf, Rev. Suleiman Denha<br />
Mass Schedule: Weekday masses at 12 noon.<br />
Sunday 10 a.m. in Sourath and Arabic; 12:30 p.m. in Sourath<br />
ST. GEORGE CHALDEAN CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
45700 Dequindre Road, Shelby Township, MI 48317; (586) 254-7221<br />
Pastor: Rev. Emanuel Hana Isho Shaleta<br />
Assistant Pastor: Rev. Basel Yaldo<br />
Mass Schedule: Weekdays, 10 a.m.; Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. in<br />
Chaldean, 10 a.m. in Arabic, 11:30 a.m. in English, 1 p.m. in Chaldean. Baptisms:<br />
2:30 p.m. on Sundays.<br />
ST. JOSEPH CHALDEAN CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
2442 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy, MI 48083; (248) 528-3676<br />
Pastor: Msgr. Zouhair Toma (Kejbou)<br />
Parochial Vicar: Fr. Sameem Balius<br />
Mass Schedule: Weekdays, 10 a.m. in Chaldean; Saturday, 5 p.m. in English and<br />
Chaldean; Sunday, 8 a.m. in Chaldean, 9:30 a.m. in Arabic, 11 a.m. in English,<br />
12:30 p.m. in Chaldean. Baptisms: 2:30 p.m. on Sundays.<br />
ST. MARY HOLY APOSTOLIC CATHOLIC<br />
ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF THE EAST<br />
4320 E. 14 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48092; (586) 825-0290<br />
Rector: Fr. Benjamin Benjamin<br />
Mass Schedule: Sunday, 9 a.m. Assyrian; noon Assyrian and English<br />
ST. THOMAS CHALDEAN CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
6900 Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322; (248) 788-2460<br />
Pastor: Rev. Frank Kalabat<br />
Rev. Emanuel Rayes (retired)<br />
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Jirgus Abrahim<br />
Mass Schedule: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. in Sourath, Saturday 5 p.m. in English,<br />
Sunday 9 a.m. in English, 10:30 a.m. in English, 12:30 p.m. in Sourath<br />
ST. TOMA SYRIAC CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
2560 Drake Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48335; (248) 478-0835<br />
Pastor: Rev. Toma Behnama<br />
Mass Schedule: Sunday 12 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 6 p.m.<br />
All masses are in Syriac, Arabic and English<br />
Margo Sitto<br />
Margo Sitto<br />
Margo Sitto was a truly loving woman. She was the<br />
second-oldest daughter born on November 1, 1928<br />
in Telkaif, Iraq, to Namu and Narmi Sitto. She was a<br />
sister to six, an aunt to 18 and their spouses and a<br />
great-aunt to 21.<br />
She never married and was THE aunt — the one<br />
who does everything she can for you and all her family.<br />
She always gave you the attention you wanted or needed,<br />
and she didn’t judge any of her family, but she always<br />
prayed for them so that God’s help would find us all.<br />
Margo traveled around the world. Many of her travels<br />
were religiously motivated, some were for fun. She<br />
went to Alaska, Greece, Portugal, Russia and Yugoslavia<br />
to visit the sites of the Virgin Mary. Also Rome,<br />
where she was invited to participate in mass by Pope<br />
John Paul — not just once, but twice! To celebrate<br />
her 80th birthday, she and her sisters-in-law with adult<br />
daughters traveled to Las Vegas.<br />
Margo was an amazingly energetic person with a<br />
happy vibe. And she truly enjoyed her life, not just for<br />
herself but for all the many nieces and nephews. She<br />
lived and cared for her mother and died due to a long<br />
fight with cancer. She also had the most impressive<br />
fruit garden, and she could cook — even better than<br />
her own mother. When a few of her family members<br />
became vegetarian, she always made sure there was<br />
a dish waiting for them; this was on a day-to-day basis,<br />
not only on special occasions, because there were always<br />
families at her house. She made sure that all her<br />
family felt welcomed and connected.<br />
Margo was definitely a fighter. She was first diagnosed<br />
20 years ago and was actually told she had five<br />
years to live and she fought it. She was a woman who<br />
also didn’t worry about herself and made herself and<br />
everyone around her happy.<br />
Her family will truly miss her as she was a true<br />
inspiration to live your life not for yourself, but for the<br />
people you love.<br />
Other<br />
Recent<br />
Community<br />
Deaths<br />
Mikha Y. Gorguis<br />
January 19, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Aziz Khamo Goriel<br />
January 19, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Aziz Yousif Meshena<br />
January 19, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Evleen P. Shamon<br />
January 19, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Nassir Esho<br />
January 17, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Yousif H. Nafsu<br />
January 16, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Jamila Hermiz<br />
Hakim<br />
January 8, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Philip Rayes<br />
January 6, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Pius S. Shoraji<br />
January 6, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Gourgia Jonna<br />
Odish<br />
January 4, <strong>2009</strong><br />
Naima Behnam<br />
Franso<br />
December 29, 2008<br />
Stephen J. Kalabat<br />
December 29, 2008<br />
Abed Jarjis Bashi<br />
December 28, 2008<br />
Jamila Yaldo<br />
December 25, 2008<br />
Edward Shamon<br />
December 24, 2008<br />
Shooshi Garmo<br />
December 23, 2008<br />
Kamila Mezi Kattola<br />
December 23, 2008<br />
Shammamta Manni<br />
Sitto<br />
December 22, 2008<br />
Sabri Savany Attisha<br />
December 20, 2008<br />
John J. Kas-Mikha<br />
December 20, 2008<br />
<strong>FEBRUARY</strong> <strong>2009</strong> CHALDEAN NEWS 21
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