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FOCUS helps bring calm, understanding to Ferguson, MO FERGUSON, MO [FOCUS-NA] — FOCUS has been featured on multiple TV stations in Ferguson, MO, where its St. Louis Center and FOCUS Director, Eric Shanburn, have been working to embody the “U” in FOCUS, which stands for “United” and “Understanding.” The video is accessible at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLkqpS8h240. “Eric […]

“SOS!”  September is Support Our Seminarians Month! Your generosity will go a long way in aiding our growing number of diocesan seminarians and their families! CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — In a letter dated August 26, 2014, Archpriest Paul Gassios, Administrator of the Diocese of the Midwest, calls upon the faithful to rally in

Detroit’s SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral hit by flood DETROIT, MI [MW Diocese Communications] — Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral here, Michigan’s oldest Orthodox Christian parish, was hit hard during the torrential rains that left Detroit under six inches of water at the beginning of the second week of August 2014. “On Monday, August 11,

In Memoriam: Protodeacon Edward J. Reta PARMA, OH [MW Diocese Communications] — Protodeacon Edward John Reta of Holy Trinity Church here fell asleep in the Lord on August 14, 2014 at the age of 91. Protodeacon Edward was a native of Cleveland, OH.  Prior to his ordination to the diaconate at the age of 74,

Chicago Synergy announces annual Symposium October 18 CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Chicago’s Orthodox Christian Synergy will hold its annual Symposium at Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, 5701 North Redwood Drive, Chicago on Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The theme of the annual gathering is “Operation Thy Kingdom Come:

Midwest Diocesan priest helps pull together to support St. Tikhon’s Seminary married student housing SOUTH CANAAN, PA [STOTS Communications/MW Diocese Communications] — In an effort to raise funds for the Saint Tikhon’s Seminary Married Student Housing Project, Father Joseph McCartney of Archangel Michael Church, Broadview Heights, OH [STOTS Class of 2010] is planning to run

Diocesan Chancellor visits Holy Myrrhbearers Chapel, St. Cloud, MN ST. CLOUD, MN [MW Diocese Communications] — Archpriest John Zdinak, Chancellor of the Diocese of the Midwest, and Archpriest Paul Wesche, Dean of the Minneapolis Deanery, visited Holy Myrrhbearers Chapel here on July 9, 2014. “The chapel, planted in central Minnesota in 2001, is the only

Chicago’s Christ the Savior parish marches for peace in “Little Village” CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — On Friday, July 25, 2014, members of Christ the Savior Church here joined community organizations and neighborhood residents in the city’s Little Village neighborhood to promote peace at a time when rates of violence in the Chicago are

A joint ministry, from South Carolina to Wisconsin! KENOSHA, WI [MW Diocese Communications] — Recently, a team of parishioners from the Nativity of the Theotokos Church, Charlotte, SC, made the 825-mile trek to Kenosha, WI, where they helped build an entrance ramp at Saint Nicholas Church. “At the invitation of Charlotte’s Father Bill Mills, Sam

Chicago faithful to participate in Little Village Peace Walk July 25 CHICAGO, IL [MW Diocese Communications] — Members of Christ the Savior Church here will participate in a Peace Walk in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood on Friday, July 25, 2014. “They will join community organizations and neighborhood residents in Little Village to promote peace at