Consulate General of Israel and Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Co-Host Photo Exhibit
May 13, 2015
CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON-
HOUSTON CO-HOST CEREMONY OF OFFICIAL PHOTO
EXHIBIT’S PREMIERE SHOWING IN
HOUSTON
HOUSTON – The
Houston-based Consulate General of Israel to
the Southwest the United States and the
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston are formally
marking the opening of an exclusive photo
exhibit of His Holiness Pope Francis visiting
Israel. The local ceremony will be at:
Time: 9:30 a.m. (immediately following
morning Mass)
Date: Friday, May 15,
2015
Place: St. Vincent de Paul Catholic
Church Family Center, 6800 Buffalo Speedway,
Houston, TX 77025
The official
exhibition of Pope Francis’ recent trip
to the Holy Land is being displayed for the
first time in Houston.
A crowd of
300 is anticipated to attend the opening
ceremony, which will be led by:
•
Consul Daniel Agranov of the Consulate
General of Israel to the Southwest United
States
• Bishop-Elect Brendan
Cahill, Director of Clergy Formation and
Chaplaincy Services, Archdiocese of
Galveston-Houston
• Father
Reginald Samuels, Ecumenism and Inter-
Religious Affairs Chairman for the
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
•
Msgr. William L.(Bill) Young, Pastor, St.
Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
•
Carolyn Sears, Principal, St. Vincent de Paul
Catholic School
The exhibit will
be open to the public through the month of
May.
About the Photo Exhibit
The photo exhibit highlights His
Holiness Pope Francis’ historic visit
to Israel in 2014. The images were captured
by an official photographer of the Israeli
government who had virtually unrestricted
access to the time Pope Francis spent with
former President of Israel Shimon Peres;
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of
Constantinople, as well as leaders of the
Muslim and Jewish faiths. The encounters
occur among some of the holiest Jewish and
Christian sites.
Highlights of
the Exhibit
• Pope Francis
exchanging warm greetings with former Israel
Pres. Shimon Peres
• Pope Francis
is also photographed praying alone and with
Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I in
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where they
kneeled together before the Stone of the
Anointing.
• Pope Francis is
pictured on the Temple Mount and praying at
the Western Wall.
• At the
Western Wall, he is affectionately and
simultaneously greeted by Rabbi Skorka and
Imam Dr. Aboud.
• Prime
Minister Netanyahu was with Pope Francis when
he laid a wreath on the grave of Zionist
Visionary Binyamin Ze’ev Herzl and
visited a Memorial to Victims of Terrorism on
Mt. Herzl.