 Rev.
Mr. Andrew Younan
After studying in a seminary in Detroit for five years, Andy received the
opportunity to finish his priestly training in California. After a great deal of
searching, he found St. Albert's Priory and the
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT), and made the decision to move to
California to finish his last two years of formation before ordination.Andy is a member
of the Chaldean Catholic Church, one of the Eastern Churches in union with Rome. He is
studying to be a priest for the Chaldean Diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle in Detroit. For
the next two years, he will be attending classes at the DSPT, living in community with the
Dominicans at St. Albert's, and, on weekends, spending time with the Assyrian/Chaldean
community in Campbell, a city about 45 minutes away from Oakland/Berkeley.
The Chaldean Church, along with her Orthodox counterpart the Assyrian Church of the
East, has an extremely rich and ancient tradition, going back to the Apostolic Era itself.
The Church of the East, as it was known in earliest times, was founded by St. Thomas the
Apostle and his disciples Addai and Mari. Though the Church began in Mesopotamia
(the Persia of Christ's time and Iraq of today), it had, by the seventh century, spread
through most of Asia, establishing dioceses as far as Tibet, Beijing and possibly even the
Philippines, and despite numerous persecutions under the Persian/Zoroastrian or Arab/Muslim
rulers of the area. When the Mongols began to take over Asia in the twelfth century, the
communication routes from the Patriarchate in Baghdad to the far western dioceses were cut
off, and the once glorious Church began to diminish in size from that time on.
The Chaldean Church uses Aramaic for its liturgies, which it still celebrates all over
the world in its service to the Assyro-Chaldean Diaspora.
Andy was ordained a deacon in Detroit on January, 2004.
He hopes to serve this
same Church when he is, by God's grace, ordained a priest in Summer 2004.
January 12, 2004 |
Photo 2
Bumarooski was developed somewhere between Pittsburgh and
Traverse City, Michigan, and brought to St. Albert's
via Detroit. It is played by hurling "Chunks" at the "Marylin,"
usually an empty aluminum can. If the Marylin is hit "on the fly," two points
are awarded (a "Melvin"), if it is hit after the chunk bounces, one point (a
"Hornk"). There are two "Bums" per team, and two hurls per round. Team
members stand at opposite ends, and the first team to reach 13 points wins. Here are some
pictures of the brothers playing a game: Photo 3
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