For members of the Sabeel Australia community JULY WEBINAR – NORA CARMI Please join us at 5.00pm on Saturday, 16 July for a fascinating hour with Palestinian advocate, Nora Arsenian-Carmi. Nora was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, a few months before the establishment of Israel in 1948. Since 1967, she has been a permanent resident of… Continue reading June 2022 Update
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Global Kairos Asia-Pacific
“Embracing Solidarities through Sharing Stories of Struggles to Resist Empires” – Statement following a four day consultation organized by Global Kairos for Asia Pacific Palestine Solidarity (GKAPPS) in collaboration with the Academy for Contextual Theologies in Taiwan (ACTT), 27–30 April 2022. Read the statement …
Bloodshed follows bloodshed
A reflection on the current cycle of violence in Palestine from the Justice and Peace Commission of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem (in both English and Arabic). Read the statement online
2022 Political Parties Scorecard
As we go into the final few days of this underwhelming electoral campaign, here is the scorecard from APAN on the policies of the major parties towards Palestine and Israel. More details on these scores are available at the APAN website. Disclaimer: As a member of the APAN Executive I contributed to the development of… Continue reading 2022 Political Parties Scorecard
May 022 Update
Dear friends in the Australia Sabeel community: We are about to send out print copies of the CORNERSTONE magazine from Sabeel in Jerusalem, but we also want to take this opportunity to review some of the activities and developments during the past six months. In the meantime, if you have not already done so, you… Continue reading May 022 Update
Sabeel-Kairos UK “Cry for Hope” Statement
In response to the Cry for Hope letter from Palestinian Christian communities and church leaders in 2020, the Sabeel-Kairos UK Theology Group held a consultation at the Gladstone Library, 15-17 March 2022. The Sabeel-Kairos UK Theology Group has issued a call to churches throughout Britain and Ireland, as well as to the World Council of… Continue reading Sabeel-Kairos UK “Cry for Hope” Statement
Sabeel Easter Event
On Holy Saturday in the Western calendar, the international Sabeel community gathered for reflection and prayer in anticipation of the Easter liturgy. Watch the video of this event on the Friends of Sabeel North America YouTube channel.
We had hoped
Easter Message 2022 Bishop Dr. Munib A. Younan The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. “We had hoped” (Luke 24:21) The story of the walk to Emmaus is a story of hopelessness and hope at the same time. The journey… Continue reading We had hoped
Palestinian Israelis
PALESTINIANS WITHIN ISRAELI SOCIETYToday we had an impressive presentation by Daniel Munayer, Executive Director of the Musalaha organisation in Jerusalem on the lived experience of the Palestinians with Israeli citizens. The video of that session is now available on the Sabeel Australia YouTube channel:
Nazareth Today
The video from the SabeelAU webinar with Violette Khoury on 19 March is now available on YouTube: Please feel free to share this video with family and friends.