Farah Shammami joins Vanessa Denha Garmo live from the Chaldean Community Foundation - West Bloomfield.

You can donate by calling 877-288-1077 or by clicking this link! Thank you!

Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) West and the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce are located on 2075 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, MI.

CCF West builds on the Foundation’s legacy of service, offering vital resources while preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Chaldean people through cultural programs, language preservation, and storytelling. By sharing our traditions, art and history with the broader public, we foster understanding, appreciation, and unity across cultures.

Farah Shammami is the Program Coordinator at the Chaldean Community Foundation.

Fr. Marcus Shammami joins Vanessa Denha Garmo live from the Chaldean Community Foundation - West Bloomfield.

You can donate by calling 877-288-1077 or by clicking this link! Thank you!

Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) West and the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce are located on 2075 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, MI.

CCF West builds on the Foundation’s legacy of service, offering vital resources while preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Chaldean people through cultural programs, language preservation, and storytelling. By sharing our traditions, art and history with the broader public, we foster understanding, appreciation, and unity across cultures.

Fr. Marcus Shammami is Parochial Vicar at St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church in West Bloomfield.

Eva Jajjo joins Vanessa Denha Garmo live from the Chaldean Community Foundation - West Bloomfield.

You can donate by calling 877-288-1077 or by clicking this link! Thank you!

Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) West and the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce are located on 2075 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, MI.

CCF West builds on the Foundation’s legacy of service, offering vital resources while preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Chaldean people through cultural programs, language preservation, and storytelling. By sharing our traditions, art and history with the broader public, we foster understanding, appreciation, and unity across cultures.

Eva Jajjo is the Director of the Eastern Catholic Re-Evangelization Center.

Dr. Adhid Miri joins Vanessa Denha Garmo live from the Chaldean Community Foundation - West Bloomfield.

You can donate by calling 877-288-1077 or by clicking this link! Thank you!

Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) West and the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce are located on 2075 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, MI.

CCF West builds on the Foundation’s legacy of service, offering vital resources while preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Chaldean people through cultural programs, language preservation, and storytelling. By sharing our traditions, art and history with the broader public, we foster understanding, appreciation, and unity across cultures.

Dr. Adhid Miri is former professor of Chemistry and cultural consultant with diverse professional experiences in Iraq, England & the United States. Born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1948 and since arriving in the United States in 1981, he has been an active member of the Iraqi American Community in Michigan and served as President of the Chaldean Iraqi American Association of Michigan from 2003 to 2005. Dr. Miri holds PhD degree from Brunel University, England, and Post-Doctoral fellowship from King’s College London. Currently, Dr. Miri is the Director of Projects at the Chaldean Community Foundation which is the non-profit arm of the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce in Michigan. Dr. Miri held leadership roles across various programs including refugees’ resettlement and integration. He advocates for Christian and Minorities, and travels frequently to report on demographic changes of internally displaced persons in Iraq.

Jeff Kassab joins Vanessa Denha Garmo live from the Chaldean Community Foundation - West Bloomfield.

You can donate by calling 877-288-1077 or by clicking this link! Thank you!

Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) West and the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce are located on 2075 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, MI.

CCF West builds on the Foundation’s legacy of service, offering vital resources while preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Chaldean people through cultural programs, language preservation, and storytelling. By sharing our traditions, art and history with the broader public, we foster understanding, appreciation, and unity across cultures.

Jeff Kassab is a speaker with the ECRC Speaker’s Bureau. He’s a lifelong Catholic and sub-deacon for the Diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle. He founded the Genesis 4:9 men’s group in 2016 and is involved in marriage ministry.

Adora Kassab Ibrahim joins Vanessa Denha Garmo live from the Chaldean Community Foundation - West Bloomfield.

You can donate by calling 877-288-1077 or by clicking this link! Thank you!

Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) West and the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce are located on 2075 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, MI.

CCF West builds on the Foundation’s legacy of service, offering vital resources while preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Chaldean people through cultural programs, language preservation, and storytelling. By sharing our traditions, art and history with the broader public, we foster understanding, appreciation, and unity across cultures.

Adora Kassab Ibrahim is a first-generation Chaldean American entrepreneur with more than 20 years of leadership expertise in the real estate industry, nonprofit sector, and business sector. Adora’s unique understanding of organizational development, nonprofit structures, and corporate culture along with her intense connection to God’s heart, give her the ability to respond to the movement of the Holy Spirit and bring creative solutions to the table.

Dr. Billy Kangas joins Vanessa Denha Garmo live from the Chaldean Community Foundation - West Bloomfield.

You can donate by calling 877-288-1077 or by clicking this link! Thank you!

Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) West and the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce are located on 2075 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, MI.

CCF West builds on the Foundation’s legacy of service, offering vital resources while preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Chaldean people through cultural programs, language preservation, and storytelling. By sharing our traditions, art and history with the broader public, we foster understanding, appreciation, and unity across cultures.

Billy Kangas is the new CEO of Ave Maria Communications. He brings more than two decades of experience leading “mission-driven organizations.” Formerly a Protestant minister, Kangas has a Ph.D. in liturgical theology.

“Our world is hungry for hope,” Kangas said. “Ave Maria Communications exists to proclaim that hope, the person of Jesus Christ, in every space where people are searching. We want to make sure that encounter is possible without barriers so that the Gospel can reach hearts right where they are.”

Fr. Alex Kratz joins Vanessa Denha Garmo live from the Chaldean Community Foundation - West Bloomfield.

You can donate by calling 877-288-1077 or by clicking this link! Thank you!

Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) West and the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce are located on 2075 Walnut Lake Road in West Bloomfield, MI.

CCF West builds on the Foundation’s legacy of service, offering vital resources while preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Chaldean people through cultural programs, language preservation, and storytelling. By sharing our traditions, art and history with the broader public, we foster understanding, appreciation, and unity across cultures.

Fr. Alex Kratz, OFM, is a Franciscan friar. As the Spiritual Director of Terra Sancta Ministries, he oversees St. Joseph Chapel and the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Pontiac where the ministry is headquartered.

Their 2026 Annual Celebration Gala will take place Sept 25th at St. John’s Resort in Plymouth. Learn more about Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan here!

Patricia Brosnahan is the Chief Development Officer for Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan.

Life will throw you into the surf, saddle, or storm-ready or not. You can fight God, flee Him, or learn to ride the wave of His will like a man who knows what he’s doing. This book is for men who are done drifting.

In these raw, hard-hitting Morning Man Meditations-one for every day of the year-Bear Woznick takes you into the spiritual life the way he’s lived the other aspects of his life: all in, with both boots. Drawing on decades of extreme sports, brotherhood, fatherhood, and faith, Bear shows how real men face fear, failure, temptation, and responsibility-with courage and the determination to rise again.

Bear Woznick is a World Champion surfer, certified ninja black belt, and sought after speaker. He is the host of The Bear Woznick Adventure radio program and EWTN’s motorcycle based immersive reality-show series, Long Ride Home with Bear Woznick. A Benedictine oblate, Bear is the author of several books including A Surfer’s Guide to the Soul, Deep Adventure—The Way of Heroic Virtue, and 12 Rules for Manliness: Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? published by Sophia Press. Learn more about “Bear’s Man Cave” and “Bear’s School of Manliness” at DeepAdventure.com.