Michael J. La Civita

by michael j.l. la civita last week i returned from the caucasus, armenia and georgia specifically, after a two-week needs assessment visit ...

until the russian military escalated its buildup along the ukrainian frontier earlier this year, the relationship between the polish and ukr...

by michael j.l. la civita                   &...

Led by an English priest, Msgr. Richard Barry-Doyle, one initiative in particular raised awareness, funds and eyebrows throughout the United States. Msgr. Barry-Doyle’s “Call of the East” packed music halls and theaters. Later incorporated in Pennsylvania as The Catholic Near East Welfare Association, the new outfit sought to raise funds to help address the many needs of the endangered Eastern churches and the people they served.

rarely does the work of the church just stop. in those parts of the world served by catholic near east welfare association — the middle east...

nothing prepared me for the booms that shook the building and bounced me out of bed. i had been sleeping in my room at the notre dame of jer...