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HOLYLAND-PRAYERS Nov-19-2008 (210 words) xxxi
Pax Christi to help send peace prayers for Bethlehem at Christmas
By Judith Sudilovsky
Catholic News Service
JERUSALEM (CNS) -- As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Advent and Christmas, Pax Christi International joined a call for prayers for peace to be sent to Bethlehem, West Bank.
In its eighth year, the prayers for Bethlehem project is being carried out this year by the World Council of Churches and its Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum. Among others, it is being supported by Pax Christi International, the Catholic peace movement.
The project will be launched at the beginning of Advent, Nov. 30.
"People in Bethlehem greatly appreciate receiving wishes and prayers from people outside the region, both as personal and spiritual gestures of comfort and hope on the occasion of Christmas. These messages are one way of breaking through the isolation they live in," the council said in a press statement.
Wishes and prayers will be printed and handed out as personal messages, educational materials in school and as interfaith prayers.
The Christmas messages and prayers for peace should be e-mailed to the Arab Educational Institute at aei@p-ol.com, before Dec. 25 for Christians using the Gregorian calendar and before Jan. 7 for those using the Julian calendar. Messages can be read online at: www.aeicenter.org and www.paxchristi.net.
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