{"id":1070,"date":"2015-01-30T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T16:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilgrimsofibillin.org\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2015-05-23T18:12:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T23:12:05","slug":"meet-the-living-stones-of-israelpalestine-with-pilgrims-of-ibillin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/meet-the-living-stones-of-israelpalestine-with-pilgrims-of-ibillin\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Living Stones of Israel\/Palestine with Pilgrims of Ibillin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Registration is open for two pilgrimages led by Pilgrims of Ibillin in 2015:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2015-May-Brochure-Reg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>May 6-19, and<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2015-Oct-Living-Stones-Brochure-Reg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>October 16-29<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve read\u00a0<em>Blood Brothers<\/em>\u00a0by Father Elias Chacour or followed the unique Mar Elias Schools he founded in Ibillin, Israel, don&#8217;t miss this opportunity! \u00a0\u00a0For a study tour that&#8217;s more than a tourist experience of Israel\/Palestine, please join us! Contact the tour leader at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jdeming7@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">jdeming7@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0or 608-241-9281.\u00a0Click on either date for a full itinerary and registration information.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1131\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15439560970_e56ddbd9e8_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1131\" src=\"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15439560970_e56ddbd9e8_o-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pilgrimage Group after tree-planting at Mar Elias\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15439560970_e56ddbd9e8_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15439560970_e56ddbd9e8_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15439560970_e56ddbd9e8_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilgrimage Group after tree-planting at Mar Elias<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>~Stay 4 nights in Ibillin on the campus of the Mar Elias Educational Institutions (located between Haifa, Akko, and Nazareth). Walk where Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, but get to know his brothers, sisters, and neighbors in today&#8217;s Galilee as well. Visit Abuna Chacour&#8217;s native village of Biram, and Jesus&#8217; native &#8220;village&#8221; of Nazareth. Meet with Abuna if his schedule permits. Talk with students in Mar Elias classes and over meals together in the Guesthouse.<\/p>\n<p>~ Share an overnight with a family in Zababdeh and visit upper West Bank programs (Canaan Fair Trade Olive Factory, St. George Melkite Church ministries in Zababdeh) and holy sites (Sebastia, Jacob&#8217;s Well, Church of the Ten Lepers).<\/p>\n<p>~ Stay 6 nights in Bethlehem and visit sites in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Hebron, and the Dead Sea. Meet leaders of Wi&#8217;am, the Diyar Consortium, B&#8217;Tselem, OCHA, ICAHD, and the Tent of Nations. Experience the Holy Land as &#8220;the Fifth Gospel.&#8221; Visit Ramle, meet Dalia Landau, co-founder, and leaders of The Open House in Ramle (story found in\u00a0<em>The Lemon Tree\u00a0<\/em>by Sandy Tolan).<\/p>\n<p>~ Leave with new stories to share, realities to ponder, and Facebook friends to keep!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2015-May-Brochure-Reg.pdf\">\u00a0Click here for a full brochure<\/a>\u00a0for May pilgrimage. \u00a0This pilgrimage will begin in Ibillin and end in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2015-Oct-Living-Stones-Brochure-Reg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a full brochure for October Pilgrimage<\/a>. \u00a0The fall pilgrimage will begin in Bethlehem and end in Ibillin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration is open for two pilgrimages led by Pilgrims of Ibillin in 2015:\u00a0 May 6-19, and October 16-29 If you&#8217;ve read\u00a0Blood Brothers\u00a0by Father Elias Chacour or followed the unique Mar Elias Schools he founded in Ibillin, Israel, don&#8217;t miss this opportunity! \u00a0\u00a0For a study tour that&#8217;s more than a tourist experience of Israel\/Palestine, please join &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/meet-the-living-stones-of-israelpalestine-with-pilgrims-of-ibillin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meet the Living Stones of Israel\/Palestine with Pilgrims of Ibillin!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-stones-pilgrimage","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1133,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/1133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimsofibillin.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}