The Annual Bishop Banquet   

- The First 5 Years of our Diocese -

Over five hundred faithful from around the Diocese of St. Peter the
Apostle for Chaldeans and Assyrians joined their Bishop, Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo, as well as Bishop Mar Bawai Soro and many priests for the Fifth Annual Bishop's Banquet at St. Peter’s Hall on October 20, 2007. The event was very well organized, beginning with a welcome speech to all those who attended, by Shamasha Aziz Razoky, Chairman of the Diocesan Advisory Council (from St. Peter Chaldean Cathedral, El Cajon), welcoming especially our dear Chaldean and Assyrian brothers and sisters who had flown in to San Diego to attend this event. He also gave special thanks to all those who worked hard to put this remarkable event together, especially the Hall’s owner, and to those who decorated and videotaped the event at no cost, and to our dear advertisers who contributed toward the book that was published especially for this occasion. And to all the wonderful community members who continuously support their Diocese with their generous donations and loans and to those who donated the raffle prizes. God bless them all.

There were many distinguished state and city officials; among them was Senator Wadie Deddeh. 

Following the welcome speech there were comments from Dr. Raymond George (St. Thomas Assyrian Chaldean Church, Turlock- visit our websites for his speech), and Shamasha Bassam Aboona (St. Barbara Chaldean Mission, Las Vegas), and most importantly Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo, and Mar Bawai Soro’s speeches who both spoke inspiringly about the unity of the Church of the East.

Mar Sarhad Yawsip gave a sincere welcome to the faithful who came with Mar Bawai to attend this special Annual Dinner, and challenged Chaldeans and Assyrians to compete in showing brotherhood and love for one another, and spoke happily and proudly about the fruits of what he planted and planned during the first five years of the Diocese (visit www.kaldaya.net and www.kaldu.org for a complete video of his speech and more).

   The night was alive with our beloved singer Sawsan Kizy who added a joyful scent to the atmosphere and energized the people to dance and enjoy the party. The night concluded with achievement medals being presented to four members from our parishes in recognition of their services for their Church & community. (See next page)

The following morning, October 21, 2007, Mar Sarhad Yawsip and Mar Bawai attended both Sunday Masses at St. Peter Chaldean Cathedral, each speaking, with great insight and clarity, regarding the brotherhood of Chaldeans and Assyrians, and the unity of the Church of the East.

Sermon from the English Mass, and Sermon from the Chaldean Mass can be viewed on our websites: www.kaldu.org and www.kaldaya.net.