Jesuits Help Host an Evening Prayer for Peace in the Middle East

Jesuit Father Al Hicks, singer Joumana Modour, Director of the Jesuit Center Raed Awwad and Jesuit Father Clarence Burby present a gift to Modour for her performance at the Evening of Prayer for Peace in the Middle East.

 
An Evening Prayer for Peace in the Middle East, featuring acclaimed Lebanese singer, Joumana Modour, was held on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Melkite Church in Amman, Jordan.

The event was coordinated by Raed Awwad, Director of the Jesuit Center in Amman and Maroun Nejim, director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Amman, with the help of the Catholic Church communities in Jordan. Over 1,200 people from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq attended including 200 people who arrived by bus from Palestine. Among those present were Melkite Archbishop Yasir Aiash, Jesuit Father Clarence Burby and Jesuit Father Alfred Hicks, both of the New England Province of the Society of Jesus.

Greetings from the Jesuit Center in Amman Jordan

 
Lay colleagues Marcus Bleech and Tricia Steadman Jump from the Jesuit Conference in Washington, D.C. and Alice Poltorick, communications director for the New England province, had the pleasure of visiting the Jesuit Center in Amman Jordan on Sunday. 

In Amman, it's the center of lay workers and the Jesuit fathers in Jordan. The centers mission is the service of the faithful Christian in different theological and spiritual fields and in pastoral works. Its different works are performed by a group of Jesuit priests, together with a group of laypersons, who have specialized in theological and spiritual education.

Marcus, Tricia and Alice met with Jesuit Father Al Hicks, missioned to Jordan from the New England province and superior of the community as well as Jesuit Father Kevin O'Connell, also of the New England province and pastor of the English-language Catholic parish in Amman. They also joined the congregation at St. Joseph Church in Amman for Sunday Mass concelebrated by Frs. Hicks and O'Connnell. 

Video interviews and additional articles about the works of the Jesuit Center in Amman will be posted in the new weeks. In the meantime, below are few photos from the visit.