While we have yet to visit a shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia, we were able to visit another church. This is St. Stephen's Modern Church, which is located at Beit Jamal monastery in Jerusalem.
What was very nice about the Church was that it provides free Bibles and Christian pamphlets in different languages. We were able to get one written in Tagalog.
Do you know that St. Stephen is the first Christian martyr? Such a noble fact to remember him with.
Beit Jamal monastery, aside from the church also contains the first meteorological station, which unfortunately we were not able to see the time when we visited the place. It is still running, and has been in existence since 1919 under the Salesian Monks.
Above are some pictures of the Church of Saint Stephen. Hopefully, I can finally find a Saint Rita of Cascia shrine, if not here in Israel, then maybe the one in the US or if lucky enough, the Italian shrine even.
What was very nice about the Church was that it provides free Bibles and Christian pamphlets in different languages. We were able to get one written in Tagalog.
Do you know that St. Stephen is the first Christian martyr? Such a noble fact to remember him with.
Beit Jamal monastery, aside from the church also contains the first meteorological station, which unfortunately we were not able to see the time when we visited the place. It is still running, and has been in existence since 1919 under the Salesian Monks.
Above are some pictures of the Church of Saint Stephen. Hopefully, I can finally find a Saint Rita of Cascia shrine, if not here in Israel, then maybe the one in the US or if lucky enough, the Italian shrine even.
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When I was on a Biblical Course in Jerusalem in 2004 no one seemed to able to tell me where to find the Holy Place reputed to be the site of the Rabinical School of Gamaliel where St. Stephen and St. Paul were disciples.
Eventually I brought there, througb the kindness of the Trappist Monks of Latroun. I was absolutely fascinated by the history of the place, beauty of the Church. The elderly Salesian Father showed us the shrines of several Martyres of his own Congregation.
I would love to learn all there is to know of this wonderful Holy Place.
Thank you so much for your comment dom..
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