Meet Team Nablus: Greg & Cindy Male, Hannah Girman, Patti Lewis, Mary Miller, June Wiechman and Katherine McPhillips
AOC teachers Cindy Male, Patti Lewis, Mary Miller, Katherine McPhillips, Hannah Girman & June Wiechman will be giving presentations (in the area of their teaching expertise) to their LPS twinning partner and students. In addition they will be attending an...
Meet Team Zababdeh: Ann Andriacco and Bob Bonnici
Ann Andriacco, President of HOPE and former St. Dominic DRE along with Bob Bonnici, religion teacher at Our Lady of Mercy High School will work together with Suhail Daoud. Suhail was part of the HOPE LPS delegation which visited Cincinnati in 2011. Suhail...
Meet Team Beit Jala/Writing and Music: Sharon Bohlen, Jan McManus and Tim McManus
Sharon Bohlen and Jan McManus will be sharing ideas to facilitate student expression. Some videos made by both Palestinian and American students will be exchanged, and hopefully future videos will be produced. Jan will share some children's literature picture...
Meet Team Jordan & Bethlehem/ Special Needs: Sr. Andrea Koverman, Nancy Hemminger and Darlene Smith
Sr. Andrea Koverman, Nancy Hemminger and Darlene Smith are special education teachers as well as good friends. Their mission will include visiting Jordan where they will be meeting Fr. Khalil Ja’ar, Iraqi refugee families including some of the children, who are...
Meet Team Jordan/Talents Unlimited: Kelly Lomax and Joe Gaston
We are so excited to have Kelly Lomax and Joe Gaston from Mobile, Alabama on this pilgrimage! Kelly and Joe will be providing a Talents Unlimited and video production in-service for Latin Patriarchate School teachers in Jordan. Meet Kelly Lomax Kelly is the...
Meet Father Chris Geiger, our shepherd
Father Chris Geiger was born in Louisville, KY. His family moved to the Cincinnati area when he was 3. He attended St. Susanna grade school, Mason High School, and the University of Cincinnati. He taught high school math for one year at Sycamore High School before...
HOPE Pilgrimage and Mission Trip 2016
We are pleased and excited to introduce to you our HOPE 2016 pilgrims who will be leaving for the Holy Land next week! While part of our journey is pilgrimage as we will be visiting the holiest sites on earth, we also have been divided into teams to twin with schools...
“Your gentleness will forever be remembered in the many lives you touched.”
It was with great sadness that I received the news about Sr. Kateri Koverman’s death on October 5th. Anyone who knew her, loved her, because she lived her entire life thinking of others. I had the blessed experience of meeting Sr. Kateri when educators from the Holy...
Fr. Iyad Twal new Director General of the Latin Patriarchate Schools in Palestine and Israel
RELEASE – The Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, His Excellency Archbishop-elect Pierbattista Pizzaballa issued yesterday a decision appointing Fr. Iyad Twal as Director General of the Latin Patriarchate Schools in Palestine and Israel. It...
Marge Fenelon, award winning author of Mary Undoer of Knots is coming to Cincinnati!
Marge Fenlon, author of Mary Undoer of Knots: A Living Novena is coming to Cincinnati! She is a Catholic wife, mother, author, award-winning journalist, columnist, blogger, and speaker. Marge's book Mary Undoer of Knots: A Living Novena (Ave Maria...