by Adam Koehler | Dec 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our HOPE pilgrimage was amazing in ways I could have never anticipated. I was immersed into a new culture with new friends and colleagues while experiencing first hand the holy places of the Bible and Jesus. The Bible and Jesus were not a new concept to me before...
by Adam Koehler | Dec 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Reflections by Nancy Hemminger When I reflect on my experiences in the Holy Land, some may see the experiences as “connections” but I see the experiences as a series of miracles with my team teachers. Before Fr. Faysal passed away this past August, he and I planned on...
by Adam Koehler | Dec 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Many thanks to our photographer Hannah Girman! Here are a few pics snapped of her snapping us!
by Adam Koehler | Dec 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hope President Ann Andriacco and Mother of Mercy High School teacher Bob Bonnici had the pleasure of visiting Visitation Parish and School in the Palestinian village of Zababdeh, which is located about one and a half hours north of Jerusalem and has about 3000...
by Adam Koehler | Nov 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 16 & 17, 2016 After spending time with Fr. Khalil on Wednesday, and being fortified by fresh sweet breads and tea from Sr. Jaqueline, Nancy and Sr. Andrea were taken to the informal school, where the refuge children from Iraq were...
by Adam Koehler | Nov 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nancy, Little Nancy and Sr. Andrea I never would have known about Marka if my husband and I had not hosted Fr. Faysal Hijazen, (General Director of Schools in Israel and Palestine) in 2015 with HOPE. Father told us that his brother, Shaher, was a parishioner at Our...
