Parish Holy Land Pilgrimage 2012

July 2012

Jul 2

Monday, July 2nd

First visit today was to the Holy Family Creche in Bethlehem where we met with Sr. Elizabeth and Sr. Maria who told us of the wonderful work they do there. We also got to meet the children and spend some time playing with them. The orphanage is for children of all faiths from birth to six years of age. The children come from troubled homes, some...
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Jul 1

Sunday, July 1st

Today we got up early and traveled to Aboud, a village about an hour North of Bethlehem. Here we were welcomed so warmly by the Catholic parish in the village. We celebrated mass with the community in their beautiful church. Mass was of course in Arabic and it was beautiful to listen and join in in English and feel so at home here. As Fr. Yousef...
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Parish Holy Land Pilgrimage 2012

A pilgrimage visiting the holy places and the holy people. To view previous posts, select the month of the post below.

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