LIFE TESTIMONY IN THE LIGHT OF THE VISIT OF POPE FRANCIS TO IRAQ, ESPECIALLY TO QARAQOSH Sr. Hayat elkass Mussa Sister Hayat elkass Mussa is a Dominican Sister of St. Catherine of Siena in Iraq . She Lives in the convent of Umm Al-Tahera (Maria tutta santa) – Qaraqosh- and is currently a professor at Al-Hamdaniya University, with a master’s degree in Social Anthropology. She works as a coordinator and responsible for setting up a number of camps and various festivals for youth, and prepares the students for the Holy communion . She also helps the responsible of the kindergarten and teaches children in “the house of the child Jesus” in Qaraqosh. Sister Hayet gives a number of lectures to different age groups of society on different spiritual, social, psychological and educational topics. She works with Father Wissam ( a monk) in the Youth Book Forum, which aim is to encourage young people to read and develop their talents and skills . A responsible of youth groups in the Nineveh Plains cheering for Pope Francis.
Sr. Hayat elkass Mussa
Life testimony...in Qaraqosh
A few days before the Pope’s arrival, I was commissioned along with Monk Wissam by the Higher Committee of the Syriac Catholic Archdiocese responsible of coordinating the Pope’s visit, to organize special programs for the youth in order to prepare them for the Pope’s visit and prepare their families as well. And for this purpose, we instituted a special committee under the name of “The youth of the Nineveh Plains cheering for Pope Francis”; the committee was formed by the monk Wissam, Father Ronnie, Sister Hayat, and a number of other religious men and women ( Brothers of Jesus the Redeemer, Franciscans and the efremist sisters ) along with young volunteers to serve and work together and I can truly say that I experienced the touch of the Holy Spirit that filled us while making preparations, and the activities in the evenings were varied (spiritual, sports, cultural, mimic prayers, various life, family, and monastic testimonies) presented by priests, nuns, and laypeople from theatrical scenes around the teaching of Pope Francis, an operetta on being earth rooted video interviews for young people ... etc. in addition to preparing two songs for the
UISG - Bulletin Number 175, 2021
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