Celebration of World Migrant Day in the Jerusalem parish
On Sunday, January 18, 2015, the Arabic language parish at Saint Savior Church in Jerusalem welcomed about forty members of the two Filipino Jerusalem communities with their priests in order to mark the World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
The mass was celebrated by Father Firas Hijazeen OFM and concelebrating were Father James Oclarit of the Saint Lorenzo Ruiz community and Father Karol Kulpa of the Good Shepherd community. The Filipino faithful participated in the entrance procession and they sang the entrance song. The mass was in Arabic but the second reading was in English and there were prayers of the faithful in English and Tagalog.
After mass, there was a reception in the parish hall and the Filipino community shared some of their songs with their Arab brothers and sisters.
This was another important expression of the unity of the Church of Jerusalem in all her diversity.
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