Jerusalem-based nonprofit Shavei Israel has announced the release of a new and improved version of the very first Kuki-Hebrew siddur, a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers, which the organization first published seven years ago. “Shavei Israel is proud to be reissuing the first-ever Hebrew-Kuki Siddur,” says Rabbi and founder of… Read more »
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Rabbi Michael Freund Appoints Eliyahu Franco as Shavei Israel’s Newest Emissary to El Salvador Jewish Community
Shavei Israel and Rabbi Michael Freund have announced the appointment of Rabbi Eliyahu Franco as the newest emissary to the Jewish community in El Salvador. Freund explains that ancestors of today’s Bnei Anousim in El Salvador were forced to convert to Catholicism 500 years ago. Today, the Jewish community there is still small but strong…. Read more »
Shavei Israel Establishes First Synagogue in Israel Inaugurated by Bnei Menashe
Promoted by Shavei Israel, a nonprofit organization founded by Michael Freund, Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, the first-ever house of prayer in Israel for Bnei Menashe immigrants from India, was inaugurated last Shabbat (Nov. 19) in the northern Israeli city of Nof Hagalil. About 150 worshippers, most of them members of the community, attended. “The opening of… Read more »
Mary Star of the Sea Feast Day – Reflections and Resources from Franciscan Sisters

The first features a composition by U.W. Superior Professor Brett Jones, based on the traditional Marian Chant ‘Regina Caeli’, and insight from Duluth Diocese Bishop Daniel Felton. https://fscc-calledtobe.org/2022/09/22/mary-star-of-the-sea-feast-day-devotion/ Reflected Jones, “I have always been intrigued by the titles of St. Mary, in particular ‘Star of the Sea.’ So, I set out to compose a vibraphone… Read more »
Michigan Catholic Women 20-35 Invited To ‘Discern Across the Sea (Lake Michigan)’ This Fall

“Maybe you’re a College, Grad Student or Post Graduate Young Catholic Professional from metro Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Gaylord, the Lakeshore… anywhere in the Lower Peninsula? And you’re just beginning to consider a call to consecrated life?“ reflected Vocation Directress Sr. Julie Ann Sheahan, OSF. “So we Franciscan Sisters invite you to Special Fall Retreats and… Read more »