Follow along on a Journey Sure to Change Hearts and Lives

A new Meeting Peacemakers Pilgrimage starts on Oct. 13th, when 22 of us will fly to Tel Aviv. We will enter a land that’s holy, historic, welcoming, and challenging, all at once. Come look over our shoulders: bookmark this page and return to it often to see what we’re doing and read our reflections!

We will visit key biblical sites in and near Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and the Galilee region, and learn why the Holy Land is known as the Fifth Gospel. Follow us as we also meet new Christian, Muslim, and Jewish friends in Ibillin, Bethlehem, Hebron, Jerusalem, Ramallah, and the Upper West Bank — learning about the people and organizations in Israel and the West Bank who seek a creative, nonviolent path to peace and justice.

Get to know students and leaders at the Mar Elias Educational Institutions in Ibillin, as we meet them. Join us from afar as we visit with MEEI founder and peace activist Archbishop Elias Chacour.

Visit (with us) the destroyed village of Biram where Fr. Chacour was born and lived until 1948.

We will return home equipped to give presentations, so do invite us to share with you when we return! But for now, we invite you to follow us as this pilgrimage unfolds. We will be sharing a story of new friends – Christians, Muslims, Druze, and Jews – who live with hope and work for peace despite great challenges.

Questions? Contact tour leaders Joan Deming and Charlie Lewis.