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REDEMPTORISTS’ MISSION BAGHDAD

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4. Success and problems.

4.01: Success
On several occasions the Chaldean Patriarch has praised the Redemptorists in a special way. We might say that at this moment we are his favourite monks. The Dominican novice master and study prefect praise and use our books. We have great influence upon all the priests and religious, and through them upon a great part of the faithful. We are good friends with all the different rites, catholic as well as orthodox, and work close together with the Greek, Armenian and Assyrian orthodox churches. We started preaching Missions in the parishes and villages with the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, to bring some redemption to the suffering people.

4.02: Problems
Apart from the dangerous political situation and continuous threat on our lives, there were some church difficulties, but thanks to God's grace we overcame. At this moment our main problem is the formation of the candidates, esp. those send abroad. We try to organize the Mission as fast as possible, but therefore we need candidates with a degree from universities, and according to our needs and work in Irak, like teachers on university level, and specialists in Eastern Theology, spirituality and Liturgy. Preachers who know their own traditions and aspirations of their people, without presenting themselves as foreigners, esp. if we might start a foundation in one of the christian villages in the North, there we need real monks who try to live in the line of the old syriac monastic way, still visible in the remants of the many churches and monasteries of the past.

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