A group of seven Saint Mary’s students did something different with their holiday break — they joined two staff members to visit the Holy Land on a pilgrimage in collaboration with Lewis University. The two Lasallian universities organized the journey so that students could engage in spiritual development, academic discourse and interfaith dialogue in the home of the three Abrahamic religions.
This “place-based learning” involved visiting the historic cities of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Nazareth, Caesarea Maritima and sites along the Sea of Galilee. In the evenings, the students were joined by speakers from various political and religious organizations to discuss the present-day conflicts in the region of the West Bank, Gaza and Israel.
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