Garo Christians vow to resist eviction in Bangladesh
Rights activists say the move threatens the survival of about 7,000 mostly Catholic villagers
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Garo people stage a protest in Madhupur in central Bangladesh on Jan. 25 against a government move to evict thousands of ethnic villagers. (Photo supplied)
Hundreds of ethnic indigenous people, mostly Catholics from two parishes in central Bangladesh, joined a protest rally against what they called a government move to evict thousands of villagers from their ancestral land in the guise of reclaiming forest reserve.
The protesters held a rally by chanting slogans and forming a human chain in the Madhupur area of Tangail district on Jan. 25.
PATRICIA A. MILEFCHIK
Patricia A. Milefchik of Fort Dodge passed away unexÂpectedly WednesÂday, JanÂuary 13, 2021 at Iowa LuthÂeran Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 18, 2021 at Holy Trinity Church. Burial will follow at Corpus Christi Cemetery. A visitation will be 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Masks and social distancing will be required.
Patricia was born at Mercy Hospital, Fort Dodge, Iowa on December 2, 1939 to Thomas and Eloise Mallinger. She grew up on a farm seven miles east of Fort Dodge. Pat graduated from St. Edmond Catholic school in 1957 and furthered her education at Iowa Central Community College, obtaining an AA degree in Teacher Education in 1959, Bachelor of Science in Education, Elementary Education from Drake University in 1968 and Master of Science and Education, Supervision in Curriculum and Instruction in 1986. She also did post-graduate work at Drake, UNI, U of I,