I've got a big weekend coming up. As I previously mentioned, I'm travelling to the Midlands tomorrow with one of our producers, John, and our programming director Justyna. Following that, on Sunday I am visiting a Lebanese parish for Mass and also to film a procession.

Another of our producers, himself Lebanese, has just returned to TO after spending a month in Lebanon, including the first two weeks of the Israel-Hezbollah war. He was making a documentary on Lebanese political prisoners in Syrian prisons (as Syria had occupied Lebanon for a time after the war in the '80s.) He was scheduled to leave shortly after all hell broke loose, and he ended up fleeing to the north and eventually got out.

Please pray for the end to the war in Lebanon, and an end to all terrorism.

On a lighter note, T-Ros flew to Saskatchewan to preside over the wedding of yet another of our producers, G. After that, he's flying to Sydney to meet with the people in charge of the next biggest gathering of Catholic youth the world has ever seen.

Apparently he's pleased with the direction the Australian bishops are taking: "They're saying that it will be the start of a 20-year pastoral plan for the renewal of the faith in Australia." Please pray for their efforts. And GO TO WYD SYD!