Caregivers in the north gather for end of year prayer


On December 31, 2015, a group of migrant caregivers gathered for a thanksgiving mass in Kibbutz Gesher, south of the Sea of Galilee.

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A group of migrant caregivers from the Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India as well as some agricultural workers from Thailand gathered together to offer a thanksgiving mass for the blessings they received during 2015. This was also the occasion to begin the year of 2016 with joy, greater hope and confidence in God's merciful goodness. A Filipino priest, Father Erwin Blasa, and an Indonesian priest, Fr.Johannes concelebrated the mass. Both are students of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, completing a semester of study at the Hebrew University.

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