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Walking in Solidarity and Faith to Support Bethlehem University Students<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n\t
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Br. Peter Bray’s Pilgrimage of Solidarity<\/h4>\n

Br. Peter Bray, FSC, former Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University is \u201cwalking the talk\u201d of solidarity May 23-June 27, 2024.<\/p>\n

The El Camino de Santiago<\/a> in Spain is a pilgrimage of faith to Santiago de Compostela, St. James of the Field of Stars. He is making this pilgrimage to draw attention to the situation in Palestine and to show his solidarity with the Palestinian people and also raising funds to help students at Bethlehem University.<\/p>\n

Read Br. Peter’s full letter<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you’d like to support Br. Peter’s Camino journey by mail outside of the United States or through a home-country giving entity, click here to see various options<\/a>. Please let us know of your intent to support by emailing Kathy Carver at kcarver@bufusa.org<\/a> or Shahinda Nassar at shahinda@bethlehem.edu<\/a> so that credit for this campaign can be assured. Thank you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\t

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Share the Journey<\/h4>\n

With so many families of students involved in the hospitality industry, and because no pilgrims or tourists are visiting Palestine, there is no income available to those families. In addition, with the checkpoints closed to Palestinian workers who have jobs in Jerusalem, the same applies to those families. This means children of those families who attend Bethlehem University are having serious difficulties paying their tuition. As a result, the University has difficulties paying salaries and running costs. Over a $1 million funding gap exists this Spring.<\/p>\n

Br. Peter knows that his successor, Br. Hern\u00e1n Santos, has walked into a very difficult situation and hopes that this effort will slightly ease the challenges he faces.<\/p>\n

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Will you walk with Br. Peter, and for our BU students?<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n