There are those who went to Madrid, and who lived, so to speak, an "in house" experience: an event that was simultaneously a young people's gathering and an education ... and there are younger secondary school children, who came from Zabadeh, Ramallah, Aboud, Bir Zeit, Ein Arik, Beit Jalah, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, and for whom a summer camp at Beit Sahur, the village of the traditional Shepherd's Field, has just ended. The theme for the camp was a simple question: "Where am I?"
Friar AZIZ HALAWEH
... for young people to meet with their peers is a positive experience: it is a contagious interaction which arises from what might be called "constructive jealousy", for when a young person sees another pray, he also prays. And so it is that the young person himself becomes an even more effective teacher than a priest, or a sister or a parent, especially at this stage of his development.
This is a truly human experience of cheerful friendship and sharing in which a field became a dormitory, but also a place of prayer.
There were some who, one could say, had become a bit distanced from their faith ... but who now pray.
An experience of work and service, but also of Gospel competitions, and drama based on the Bible, to which this year is dedicated, according to a proposal of the Middle Eastern Synod.
Camp Leader (in Arabic)
We hope that when the camp ends, these young Palestinians will leave with a common mission: to be witnesses for Christ; committed to serving the Church, and to be witnesses within our society in every situation and in every place.
Friar AZIZ HALAWEH
... for young people to meet with their peers is a positive experience: it is a contagious interaction which arises from what might be called "constructive jealousy", for when a young person sees another pray, he also prays. And so it is that the young person himself becomes an even more effective teacher than a priest, or a sister or a parent, especially at this stage of his development.
This is a truly human experience of cheerful friendship and sharing in which a field became a dormitory, but also a place of prayer.
There were some who, one could say, had become a bit distanced from their faith ... but who now pray.
An experience of work and service, but also of Gospel competitions, and drama based on the Bible, to which this year is dedicated, according to a proposal of the Middle Eastern Synod.
Camp Leader (in Arabic)
We hope that when the camp ends, these young Palestinians will leave with a common mission: to be witnesses for Christ; committed to serving the Church, and to be witnesses within our society in every situation and in every place.