Looking for a way to engage with Peacemakers and go beyond tourism to Israel/Palestine?
Join a "Living Stones" Pilgrimage!
October 31-November 13, 2012 ~ Cost = $2802 + cost of your travel to NY (and lunches, beverages, insurance)
Led by Rev. Joan Deming, Pilgrims of Ibillin Development Director
~ Stay 6 nights in Bethlehem and visit sites in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Hebron, and the Dead Sea. Meet leaders of Wi'am, the Diyar Consortium, B'Tselem, OCHA, ICAHD, the Tent of Nations, and the Open House. Experience the Holy Land as "the Fifth Gospel."
~ Share an overnight with a family in Zababdeh and visit upper West Bank programs and holy sites.
~Stay 4 nights in Ibillin in the Mar Elias Guesthouse. Walk where Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, but get to know his brothers, sisters, and neighbors in today's Galilee as well. Visit Abuna Chacour's native village of Biram, and Jesus' native village of Nazareth. Meet with Abuna if his schedule permits. Visit Mar Elias classes.
Leave with new stories to share, realities to ponder, and Facebook friends to keep!
For a full brochure, visit http://tinyurl.com/8x88kxe, or contact the tour leader at jdeming7@gmail.com or 608-241-9281. NOTE: If
this link doesn't work, cut and paste the URL into a new browser window to view
or print out the brochure.
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ABUNA CHACOUR TO SPEAK IN US IN APRIL: PLEASE JOIN HIM -- AND US!
Please come out to hear Abuna Elias Chacour:
April 25, 26, 27, & 29 ~ All events are open to the public.
Wednesday, April 25: Moravian College (Dana Auditorium in the Collier Hall of Science, Main and Locust Streets), Bethlehem, PA, at 7:00pm. Click here for full information!
Thursday, April 26: St. Asaph Episcopal Church, 27 Conshohocken State Road at City Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA, a Philadelphia suburb, at 7:30pm. Click here for full information!
Sunday, April 29: Memorial United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Avenue, White Plains, NY, 10:00am worship and discussion following in the "Engage" Forum at 11:45am. Flyer with full information will be available soon.
There is no charge for these events but a free will offering will be received. Pilgrims of Ibillin will have available DVDs, books for Abuna to sign, and complete information about the Mar Elias Educational Institutions and about Pilgrims of Ibillin.
I hope you will attend if you live in the area, and please extend the invitation far and wide. If you or a group you are in would like to co-sponsor an event, please let me know.
Note: On April 28 Archbishop Chacour will participate in a celebration honoring Sister Bernadette Crook at the Marymount Convent in Tarrytown, NY. The celebration will begin with mass at 11:00 AM. Sister Bernadette is the iconographer who wrote many of the icons for the Church of the Sermon on the Mount in Ibillin and who oversaw the project.
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Questions? Contact Bob Sawyer, Pilgrims of Ibillin Executive Director, 336-499-5310, pilgrims@triad.rr.com
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Consider a Recurring Gift to Pilgrims of Ibillin
Please be generous! Click on these links to make a tax deductible gift directly by credit card or through PayPal, or consider setting up a monthly or quarterly recurring gift from your bank account by downloading and submitting the authorization form (right).
"Building Peace on Desktops"
Don't miss our award-winning DVD, "Building Peace on Desktops," which tells the inspiring story of the Mar Elias Educational Institutions, founded by Abuna Elias Chacour in the Arab village of Ibillin in northern Israel. The DVD won a 2011 Telly Award for excellence as a non-profit documentary. Congratulations to Re:Act Media and videographers Chris Tyree, Roger Richards, and Billy Ekofo for their great work filming and producing this video.
Fawaz Hag Ahmad, one of the teachers featured in the video, wrote: "I saw it many times and every time I see it I like it and become proud of our common work. With warm regards from the warm hearts of Mar Elias."
Click these links to watch the 12-minute video on on YouTube or Vimeo.
You can also order your own DVD copy by downloading and mailing/faxing an order form. Your donation ($15 suggested) will cover costs and contribute to scholarship funds for Mar Elias students. (To order online, donate by credit card and in the notes request a new DVD.)
A TIP FOR GROUP VIEWINGS OF THE DVD: Use the closed captions!
CHECK OUT OUR OTHER ONLINE VIDEO RESOURCES:
Hear Archbishop Chacour's contribution to a panel at the Vatican in October 2010 on Preventing Conflict.
Click here to watch or download a podcast of Abuna's lecture, "Unity within Diversity: Myth or Reality?" - part of Calvin College's excellent January Series in Grand Rapids, MI, January 26, 2010.
"Making the Holy Land Holy," a PBS episode of "Inner Compass," features an interview from January 2010 with Archbishop Elias Chacour in Grand Rapids, MI. View it here, or download the podcast through the iTunes Store.
View a 23-minute video about Abuna Chacour and the Schools he founded in Ibillin: "A Man of Galilee" on Vimeo.
 The Latest Pilgrims' Post is Here!
February 2012 Pilgrims' Post
 October 2011 Pilgrims' Post
July 2011 Pilgrims' Post
March 2011 Pilgrims' Post
October 2010 Pilgrims' Post
September 2010 ePost
May 2010 Pilgrims' Post
February 2010 Pilgrims' Post
Also check out our Pilgrims of Ibillin photos on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/pilgrimsofibillin/pool/.
For links to more back issues of the newsletter and more stories about MEEI, Archbishop Chacour, and our other Peace-Building Partners, continue reading below...
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