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Accompanying the Church<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

CNEWA supports programs for religious and lay leaders, including seminarians of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Galilee. CNEWA also funds the maintenance and expansion of church and pastoral centers and provides parish schools with solar energy systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catechism and parish centers play a vital role in preparing faithful, committed and capable young lay leaders. CNEWA supports catechism programs for children and funds special training in Christian leadership and religious education for youth. We also promote educational and cultural events that help the Christian community to remain faithful to its identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Rev. Androwas Bahus serves Communion at St. Andrew the Apostle Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Acre, Israel. (photo: Ilene Perlman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Responding to Human Needs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

CNEWA supports health care and educational facilities operated by the church. Despite the small Catholic population in Israel, the Catholic Church runs 28 schools, employs 1,619 people and educates 16,000 students annually. The four Christian hospitals in the country provide critical care in the many Arab communities that receive inadequate state services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNEWA operates a green energy and rainwater collection program that serves to reduce the overhead costs of Christian service organizations. CNEWA has also funded the installation of hydroponic systems for growing organic vegetables. In addition to reducing overhead costs, these interventions respond to the call of Pope Francis to care for creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNEWA, in partnership with the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Jaffa and the Teresians and Passionist Fathers in Jerusalem, provides humanitarian and social programs to support at-risk migrant Catholic communities, prioritizing programs that support women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Diddy Mymin Kahn, center, listens to Comboni Missionary Sister Azezet Kidane, right, from Eritrea, as she speaks to asylum seekers at the Kuchinate African Refugee Women\u2019s Collective in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 4 August 2020. Sister Aziza and Dr. Kahn are co-directors of Kuchinate. (photo: Debbie Hill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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