CW Peace Team Praying for Entry into Gaza at boarder.....
Frank Cordaro
From: Scott Schaeffer-Duffy <there...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 11, 2009
Peace Team to Continue Praying for Entry into Gaza at boarder
Contact: 203 415-5896
RAFAH, Egypt - The six members of a Catholic Worker Peace Team from
California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Vermont
spent 16 hours today in an unsuccessful effort to convince Egyptian
authorities to allow them to enter Gaza, where physicians at the Al
Shifa Hospital and children at the Rschel Corrie Center are waiting
for them to deliver medical supplies and toys. Starting at about 4 PM,
the group knelt in front of the border crossing and prayed the Rosary
to persuade the officials to allow them to pass. The group continued
periodic prayers until 10 PM, when an Egyptian colonel gave his word
that the group would be allowed to return to the border at 6:30 the
following morning. The group intends to resume praying as soon as they
arrive at the border.
A spokesperson for the group, Mark Colville frpm New Haven, said, "We
fear that neither the Egyptian nor the US government want
international eyewitnesses to report on humanitarian conditions inside
Gaza. One result of the closure of Gaza's borders is the increase of
suffering and death of Palestinian civilians, as basic necessities are
not allowed through."
A number of Palestinians, including medical professionals thanked the
Catholic Workers for their efforts to open the borders.
For more info contact:
Saints Francis and Therese Catholic Worker House
52 Mason St., Worcester MA 01610
508 753 3588
there...@gmail.com
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The “Catholic Worker Peace Team” model explained by Scott
Shaeffer-Duffy and Brenna Cussen
http://groups.google.com/group/National-CW-E-mail-List/browse_frm/thread/f7f9bccbaa3fcaac?hl=en#
CW Peace Team arrive in Cairo with Medical Supplies and Toys for Gaza
http://groups.google.com/group/National-CW-E-mail-List/browse_frm/thread/7f64d91eff3300fc?hl=en
"Rafah Crossing Closed: CW Peace Team Will Attempt to Enter Gaza in
the Morning" first report from CW Peace Team in Gaza
http://groups.google.com/group/National-CW-E-mail-List/browse_frm/thread/1b403a448bebaf70?hl=en
Catholic Worker Peace Team delayed at Rafah Border; Medical supplies sit idle.
http://groups.google.com/group/National-CW-E-mail-List/browse_frm/thread/fff62c9e3f7d1130