On the side, and Monsignor Lorenzo Kassarji last June before the Hofkirche of Lucerne, where we went on to visit the tomb of HU von Balthasar. Epiphany we received a surprise, a phone call from Beirut, in which our dear friend would say,
- that could be glimpsed in our e-mail Christmas cards (courteous) a certain irritation at the lack of news
- to have collected enough money to buy the building to create the welcome center on the outskirts of Beirut, in order to prevent the arrest of sans-papiers en route between their home and the seat of the Eparchy, which is located about 5 km from their homes in the city center.
- had received the phone given by Marisa (who wishes to thank), "The Religious Sense by Luigi Giussani in Arabic and 1700 francs we had the unfortunate idea of \u200b\u200bsending parcels by post in July, six months ago. We had long since given parcel lost, and we were pondering on how to scrape together 1700 Cocuzza to repay.
- has received the 2007 Peace Prize of the President of the Lombardy Region, Roberto Formigoni Hon.
- to be preparing an international meeting in Lebanon on Iraqi Christians fleeing from the Middle East. Participants also several Iraqi ministers. Monsignor invited us on this occasion in Lebanon.
Finally, back from our holiday we found that the postal account dedicated to this matter amounted to 20 000 CHF. We immediately proceeded to turn the entire amount of the Chaldean all'Eparchia Beirut.
In all of 2008, from Switzerland, we have obtained will help to rescue Iraqi Christians dall'Eparchia caldea di Beirut per un ammontare di 33'700 CHF, che sono stati interamente versati al destinatario.
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