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In Search of the Steadfast Olive

January 29, 2015

In Search of the Steadfast Olive: A Journey of Hope to the Holy Land

About the Speakers
Bob Holmes is a Peace Activist serving with CPT (Christian Peacemaker Team) in Hebron in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since year 2000. He leads Peace and Justice pilgrimages to the Holy Land every year. Bob is a Catholic priest, a member of the Basilian Fathers and makes his home in Toronto. Over the last 12 years he has served with CPT in Iraq (Baghdad and Kudistan), Colombia, Mexico (Chiapas), Congo, USA (on Arizona/Mexico border) and in Canada (with First Nations).

Brigitte Hutter Schmidt a retired high school teacher who has participated in Peace and Justice Pilgrimages to Colombia (2005), Mexico (2007) and Israel/Palestine (2006 and 2014).

Ted Schmidt is the former editor the Catholic New Times. As well he is the author of Shabbes Goy: a Catholic Boyhood on a Jewish Street in a Protestant City (2001), Journeys to the Heart of Catholicism (2008) and Never Neutral: A Teaching Life (2013). He is working on his fourth book, I Was a Catholic Zionist.

Need to know:
- Doors open at 6:50
- $5 donation (suggested minimum)
- Accessible on demand via portable ramp; washrooms not accessible
- Please avoid using strong-scented products due to sensitivities

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Venue: Beit Zatoun
Location: 612 Markham St. Toronto, ON
For information contact: Beit Zatoun
Phone: 647-726-9500
Categories: Human Rights, Law, Legal

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