{"id":5856,"date":"2015-01-07T15:28:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T15:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/2015\/01\/07\/cnewa-joins-international-bishops-on-visit-to-holy-land-52092\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:43:24","slug":"cnewa-joins-international-bishops-on-visit-to-holy-land-52092","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/cnewa-joins-international-bishops-on-visit-to-holy-land-52092\/","title":{"rendered":"CNEWA Joins International Bishops on Visit to Holy Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Oct0710-sister.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 11px;\">Sister Sophie Boueri spends time with Palestinian children at the Creche facility for abandoned children in Bethlehem, one of several facilities CNEWA has supported over the years to be visited by the bishops. (photo: CNS\/Paul Haring) <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNEWA\u2019s national director in Canada, Carl H\u00e9tu, arrives in the Holy Land tomorrow to take part in the 15th annual meeting of the Episcopal Conferences of Coordination in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. He\u2019ll be accompanying Bishop Lionel Gendronof Saint-Jean-Loungueuil and co-treasurer of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, this international gathering of bishops in support of the church in the Holy Land will focus on \u201cthe suffering and vulnerable people in the Holy Land,\u201d and brings together bishops from episcopal conferences in Europe and North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bishops travel there every year, and by their presence, says Mr. H\u00e9tu, \u201cthey hope to remind the \u2018living stones\u2019 \u2014 the Christian communities of the Holy Land \u2014 that they are not forgotten by their brothers and sisters in other parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting will be taking place in, literally, the cradle of Christianity, Bethlehem. From there, those taking part will make trips to Gaza, Hebron, the Cremisan Valley, among other places; they will also visit institutions with close ties to CNEWA, including <a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/magazine\/the-miracle-of-ephpheta-30691\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Ephpheta Institute for the Deaf<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/magazine\/the-innocents-of-bethlehem-30570\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holy Family Creche<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccb.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadian Catholic Bishops website<\/a>. 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