Day: 14. November 2016

„St. John in Montana“ News 10/2016 – Pax Christi – IFOR

Ein Karem, Monday, 14 November 2016 On October 23rd we welcomed the group of Pax Christi Austria and International Fellowship of Reconciliation – Austrian branch with a delicious picnic lunch in our community. Also Sr. Juliana went with the group to the garden to explain about Fr. Theodore and Fr. Alphonse Ratisbonne and how sisters came to Jerusalem. After that, we walked with them to “St. John in the Desert” and then we continued by bus to Bethlehem where we stayed for 7 days at Caritas Guesthouse “Betharram” and later we went for three days to the Casa Nova, in Tiberias. Next day in the morning, we went to the “Tent of Nations” south of Bet Jala / Bethlehem, where we had a presentation about this project with Daoud Nassar a Palestinian Christian. Also, he explained about the history of the place and the difficult situation that happened with the Israeli government and the Jewish settlers about the land. As well, they do educational projects, for instance tree planting, children’s summer camps, almond, grape and …