In the atmosphere of Pentecost - that of spiritual joy and
Christian love - the ecclesial unity celebrations between
Chaldeans and Assyrians, Catholic and Apostolic, were
conducted, as scheduled, on
Saturday and Pentecost Sunday, May 10 & 11 2008, in
the cities of Turlock, Ceres and Modesto CA. The liturgical
ceremonies and the social banquet were performed in order to
finalize and seal the merger, in the Catholic Diocese of St.
Peter the Apostle, of four Assyrian parochial communities
and two missions, including their clergy and faithful.
Bishop Mar Sarhad Y. Jammo, Eparch of the Catholic Diocese
of St. Peter the Apostle, presided over the ceremonies,
accompanied by Bishop Mar Bawai Soro, the spiritual leader
of the unity movement among the Assyrians, with the
participation of the Assyrian and Chaldean regional clergy,
having all of them professed publicly, with their faithful,
the Catholic faith in the Lord and his Church.
