by Joyce Coronel | Aug 20, 2016 | Tidbits
“Cry of Nineveh,” the second novel by Joyce Coronel, debuted in November and those who have read it say they have been moved by its haunting story of faith and love amidst fear and desolation. One reader, a physician who once lived in Saudi Arabia, had this to say in...
by Joyce Coronel | Aug 20, 2016 | Tidbits
More than 1,000 people showed up at Xavier College Preparatory May 3 to hear Fr. Douglas Bazi speak. In a one-hour talk that help the audience spellbound, Fr. Douglas told the story of his capture and torture at the hands of jihadists. Read the article in The Catholic...
by Joyce Coronel | Aug 20, 2016 | Tidbits
What an amazing privilege: last summer I was asked to travel to El Cajon, California, to write about the Chaldean Catholic community. My trip coincided with the ordination of two men to the priesthood: Fr. David Stephan and Fr. Royal Hannoush. The Catholic Near East...
by Joyce Coronel | Mar 5, 2014 | Tidbits
I’m excited to say that my interview with Fr. Andriy Chirovsky, a Ukrainian Catholic priest, was picked up by Catholic News Service today. Fr. Chirovsky was ordained by a bishop who spent 18 years in a Soviet concentration camp in Siberia. Eighteen YEARS! The...
by Joyce Coronel | Apr 28, 2013 | Tidbits
Hidden Treasure A couple of weeks ago I interviewed Fr. Carlos Martins, CC, one of only three people in North America who is authorized to authenticate relics of the saints. Shortly after “A Martyr’s Crown” was published, I went to visit an elderly neighbor I’ve known...
