These same people must carry on the work for justice and peace and the apostolate of visiting the sick and imprisoned. Their priests must also be less clerical and more in tune with the young in order to do this. I believe that I can best facilitate these things in some small way via my living and working with the seminarians. I am their mentor, their big brother and their friend. I like feeling that I have made a difference in the lives of the young men who enter and the mature priests who leave the seminary.
History is a very old thing in Egypt but it is still being written.
I like feeling that I can maybe change a word or a punctuation mark with my presence in the seminary. Currently it is renting various spaces for Mass, administration, social events and religious education. Currently there is only a footpath linking it with any main road. Father Doug is seeking funds to improve the educational facilities at the Coptic Catholic Seminary and to complete construction of the Home for Mentally Handicapped Children. He also wishes to open or improve several weight-lifting gyms for youth.