Scriptures keep reminding us of Human Dignity as the very basic element of human rights and human duties.  In many countries, human rights for minorities remain as a burning issue.

This course intends to study the real situation of various minorities living in Israel/Palestine…

What is the real identity of these groups?

Are minorities considered as equal citizens as those forming the majority among the population?

Do they enjoy the same rights?

Are “humans” in their land defined referring to a race, a religion, a culture or citizenship?

Visiting these minorities and listening to them would help to discover how “Human Rights” are implemented or neglected and may help the participants to be more involved in the promotion of a real human respect based on citizenship where every human being is respected and protected accordingly!.

Faithful of Monotheistic Faiths need to raise their joined voice advocating for Human Rights based upon the concept of One God and One Human person.

No Male, No Female, No Race, They are all ONE in God’s eyes!

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Today as never before our world is confronted by the reality of religious and cultural pluralism. Many of us have had the luxury of living in a society where there was little necessary contact with those of other faith communities, but the world grows increasingly smaller. It is absolutely essential that we all begin to seek a fuller understanding of each other and begin to look at the spiritual health of the whole world. Such a search deepens our own faith even as it increases our understanding of others. It is in response to that mission that St. George’s College Jerusalem offers its first explicitly interfaith course: Children of Abraham, perhaps unique in receiving the blessings of both the Grand Mufti and the Chief Rabbi. Lecturers from both Islam and Judaism will join our own faculty in leading us. The course focuses on the theology, history and common heritage in the Holy Land of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam (the three Abrahamic faiths). In each tradition it will address the themes of Covenant, Election, Promise, Law, and Faith. It will discuss the importance of Land and the cultural implications as each faith develops. Abraham, the towering figure of the Genesis narratives, is the original model of faith and fidelity in all three religions. It is Abraham who stands at the center of this course, providing hope in our search for a common spiritual experience that may transcend historical conflicts. Convergences and divergences in relations between the three traditions are traced through a study of texts relating to Abraham in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures. Jerusalem provides an ideal setting for such a discussion since the dialogue can be heightened by excursions to places holy to the three faiths, visits to synagogues, churches, and mosques, and even to private homes of each faith for conversation. The lecturers will challenge us to open discussion and debate on interpretation and will hopefully send us to St. George’s College Library for research and study. As with every St. George’s College course, participants are invited to make connections with their own faith commitments and to link their experiences in the Holy Land with their lives back home. Children of Abraham is a course with a particular focus, and will NOT take participants to all of the famous holy sites and tourist spots in Israel and Palestine. Places of relevance to the theme of interfaith dialogue and the life of Abraham will be visited in Jerusalem, the Galilee and the Negev Desert. This course is ideal for those who have already visited the Holy Land and now wish to focus their attention. Course members are encouraged to have some background knowledge of the texts and traditions of each faith tradition before they arrive. A recommended reading list is provided.

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This basic course provides the best introduction to the Holy Land, in a 14 day study tour with both academic and devotional aspects. This course has been the most popular and most requested program at St. George’s College Jerusalem. For a sample of the itinerary, please click here

Befriending with these realities would help to go in depth and to enjoy reading and meditating the text

This course invites the course members to enjoy the natural set used by the Lord to teach the crowd and the disciples. Jesus insight will become more evident when the participants walk on His foot steps in Galilee, on the Jordan River and in Jerusalem

In Galilee pilgrims are invited to walk a segment of the short cut road between Nazareth and the north side of the Sea of Galilee near Magdala, the town of Mary of Magdala, or walk on the Way of the Sea between Capernaum and “Mensa Christi”(Peter’s Primacy)

In Jerusalem pilgrims are invited to walk the Kidron Valley or the steps next to the house of the High Priest or the steps, south to the Temple, leading to the temple Mount…where He walked with the disciples, or stand on the Mount of Olives

St. Jerome called this Holy Land “the fifth Gospel” where, for those who come with faith, the stones would speak to them about Him

“I was glad when they told me, let us go to the House of the Lord” Psalm 122:1

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As the cradle of the three Monotheistic faiths, the Holy Land remains a permanent  invitation, a way and a voice  reflecting God’s Presence and Message to all humanity. For Christian faithful it was and remains the very place where the Incarnation and human salvation took place. Even the stones proclaim and praise the Risen Christ!

Pilgrims from all nations love to see what He saw and to walk where He walked, taught, preached and healed….

This course opens up the land for a personal encounter with the Teacher to offer a deep spiritual encounter with the Gospel in its authentic context. Beyond the sites, course members can read the spiritual, the political and the social background Jesus knew.

Our aim is not to look towards the past but to consider our past in the light of the Gospel, determined to reconnect with the Lord and to restart our witness to His Presence and Love.

Our spiritual goal is to find the special meaning of our human life lived with the Lord and for Him and to try a renewal of real faith, of a positive energy and of a joyful hope.

“ Come and see, says the Lord!”