Mission Holy Land: Bishop William Kenney
Each year a delegation of bishops from Europe and North America spend a week on
pilgrimage in the Holy Land in an effort to express solidarity and bring support to
Christian communities across Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.A visit organised by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales with a mandate from the Holy See.
One which this year takes place from the 5th to the 10th of January and marks the 13th such meeting of this Coordination of Episcopal Conferences in support of the Church of the Holy Land and the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land.
During this Year of Faith the pilgrimage to the the land where Jesus was born, died and resurrected will focus in a special way on suffering and vulnerable people .
In addition to prayer and the daily celebration of Mass there will be meetings with the local communities and Catholic prelates from different rites, students, representatives of civil society and local authorities.
Delegates will also be updated about the current situation in the Holy Land by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Fouad Twal and the Apostolic Nuncio Monsignor Giuseppe Lazzarotto.
Veronica Scarisbrick who will be travelling with the delegation spoke , prior to her departure, to one of the main organisers of this 'Holy Land Coordination'. He’s the Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, William Kenney who points to some of the highlights on this year's agenda such as a visit to a Latin parish in Gaza and another to Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Jordan. ...
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