Day: 24. September 2016

Our First day in Akko and Haifa

In the evening of September 15th, the day before we were leaving to Galilee, our Jerusalem communities got together to celebrate a special mass for Sister Darlene who was celebrating her 50th Jubilee in her religious life. After the mass presided by our NDS brother Carlos we enjoyed a delicious dinner. We asked the Lord bless Sister Darlene for all her journey in Sion On September 16th we started our first trip to Akko and Haifa, Sister Darlene and Jilvaneide joined us this beautiful experience. We left around 9:00 a.m. to visit these wonderful places. Acre, also known as Akko, is one of the oldest cities in the world. Also, Acre changed hands several times during the Crusades. During biblical times the city was under Canaanite control and during the Roman period it was a very important harbor and trade city although it was overshadowed by Caesarea. However, Acre took on a more dominant position as the major port in the region. We had opportunity to visit the Templars’ Tunnel and St. John’s Church in …