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Last month, I was privileged to visit Westfield, Massachusetts on behalf of CNEWA<\/a><\/strong>, and spoke at a parish<\/a><\/strong> as part of their Lenten speaker series.<\/p>\n

The terrific\u00a0Peggy Weber reported on my talk for the diocesan TV program \u201cReel to Reel\u201d and she shared it with me on YouTube, below. (Meantime, to support suffering Christians in Iraq,\u00a0and the good work CNEWA is doing on their behalf,\u00a0visit this link<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em><small>Photo: Deacon Greg Kandra<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I was privileged to visit Westfield, Massachusetts on behalf of CNEWA, and spoke at a parish as part of their Lenten speaker series. The terrific\u00a0Peggy Weber reported on my talk for the diocesan TV program \u201cReel to Reel\u201d and she shared it with me on YouTube, below. 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