The goal of the day: To have the feeling of walking with Jesus and his disciples. We walked about 12 or 15 km. Three times we stopped on the way. The first time we learned a song with “our Darlene”, our singing teacher: “Open our eyes Lord”. The second stop was for our lunch, followed by Arab Coffee specially made by Darlene and Victoria. Guess what our dessert was? A 1 NIS popsicle for 5 NIS! For our third stop we looked for a good spot for prayer. We found the perfect place: large stones in a circle under a big tree. We prayed with Mark 8: 22-26 “The healing of the blind man”. These experiences have given us a background, so that when we read the gospel we are able to feel and understand better what Jesus did and lived with his disciples. At the end of our day we spent an hour at the lake. For me it was really great to walk like Jesus and his disciples walked. Really I enjoyed walking …

Our awaited day has come! Excitement is much noticeable to everyone´s face to step on the historical sites and to walk the trail of Jesus in Galilee. One month ago we started our preparation like walking around Ein Karem and that led us to discovery; to some places that is new to us and testing our endurance in walking beyond our capacity. Last week we went to the shopping center to buy our food good for one week. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the congregation for supporting our different activities for helping us to grow day by day according to our Sion´s spirituality and charism. At the same week we also celebrated Sukkoth and visited their Sukka here at Ein karem and indeed it was so enriching experienced to be able to touch, feel and see how it looks like. They also gave us some input and we had the opportunity to asked questions to the Family we where welcomed by. Written by Joey

I do not want your hearts to be less all-embracing than the sea which surrounds you. It is charity which expands them to infinity. Fr. Theodore Letter to the sisters at Chalcedon, September 3, 1866 We have had such a wonderful week. To star our week with Rozeni’s birthday, it was so nice sharing the gift of life. God has created us with our own values and personalities. Each one represents a kind of flower so living together we are able to make a beautiful bouquet. Last week we went to Ecce Homo to have the opportunity to celebrate Yum Kippur with the Jewish people at the Western Wall. We were walking in Mea Shearim’s streets going to the Synagogue and then we celebrated Sunday mass in the Patriarch Greek-Catholique church. And this week we are having the opportunity to experience Sukkot. Sr. Anne, sister of Our Lady of Sion, gave us a little input about Sukkot. Sukkot is derived from the root meaning “shelter, booth or tent” and signifies a temporary dwelling in order …

Egypt is a country in northeastern Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea; pop. 90,866,600 capital, Cairo; official language, Arabic. April 25th 1880 the first two sisters arrived in Alexandria from Jerusalem. The civilisation of the Pharaohs plays also a influential role in today’s daily life of the Egyptian and the most famous refugees in Egypt were the Holy Family. The Nil is the source of life at Pharaohs time and today and the desert monastic communities become the model for Christian monasticism.

A week of ecumenically integrating with the culture and religious tradition of others Last Sunday we had Filipino visitors who are member of the high Anglican Church. They are women priestesses who are staying in Bethlehem for ecumenical assistance for Israeli and Palestinians EAPPI. On Monday we start our week with wonderful Mass especially for Mary’s feast in two languages (Hebrew and French) then the homily by Sr. Anne in English, was very good. Then in the afternoon we had class with Sr. Anne she taught us how to make Necklace using the verses from the Torah, Neveim and Ketuvim. On Tuesday we had good session with Sr. Maureen in the morning about the Characteristics of Psycho- sexual Integration. Then on Wednesday we continue our session about the different feast of the Jewish people. We had learned their names and how they are celebrated. We had visitors on Thursday from Elijah Interfaith Group. Our visitors are Jewish but working on interfaith dialogue. They are working with different Religious Leader. They shared to us how can …