A Hospital in the Holy Land For All | EWTN News In Depth September 17, 2021

at the edge of the old city of jerusalem in the holy land there is a hospital the saint louis french hospital run by the sisters of saint joseph of the apparition and inside the hospital is a beautiful church this is sister freda nasser this is the church of the hospital of course in the middle is the blessed sacrament and if you look around you can see that it is an historical place we have here saint louis the hospital is dedicated to saint louis and it's very beautiful sister frida is the provincial superior of the sisters of saint joseph of the apparition she walks the corridors of the different departments and the patients feel comfortable talking to her she speaks fluent french italian [Music] sister how many years have you been here the sister's been here in this hospital in this hospital as in 1882 we started but our presence in the holy land is from 1848. the sisters of saint joseph of the apparition were founded on christmas night in france in 1832 they arrived and started their work in the holy land in 1848 and when they arrived the two major needs they noticed the people had were healthcare and education so they answered the needs of the people the hospital they built here in jerusalem was originally built in the old city within the latin patriarch it was a small three-room hospital and they soon outgrew this and a bigger hospital was built just outside the walls of the old city opposite the new gate now we are coming up to the hospital it is in three sections palliative care elderly people and palliative care with some treatment we are specialized for the last stage of life can it be difficult sometimes you know there's so much division here and conflict and inside the hospital of course you're trying to heal look inside the hospital we don't feel it but when you are outside the hospital you feel it i can tell you from my experience in in the schools for example we can feel it a lot with the students [Music] it's very tense really tense the situation is tense but inside this hospital i can assure you that we don't feel anything and we don't speak about politics with right human being only here we treat he is helping you the hospital can hold a hundred patients most of whom are in the final stages of life and for many of these patients they grew up in the face of conflict and division and so the sisters devote special care love and attention to them heskel is from iraq but has been living in jerusalem for 70 years he's been in hospital now for five months why did they come here yeah because i have a cancer and i have no home okay you cancer in your chest yes okay i'm sorry to hear that ah never mind everything best in my life life is life i know but how do you feel fine good good i don't think about it you don't think about it no why not why why should i why b will be that's sure it's not in my hand there's nothing i can help it's in the hands of god yes yeah and you are jewish yes yes and you share your room here yes and here's christian while outside the hospital walls there is a great division between people of different fates the sisters have insisted on caring for those of all faiths we have jewish patients muslims patients christian patients to let them really go to the lord peacefully and with serenity i don't have anything just to have sisters give me please give me mass pan amro is from ethiopia and is christian he's been here under the care of the sisters for 10 years after a disease left his legs partially paralyzed different religious who have jewish people who have christian catholic greek orthodox i like all here in the hospital it's very beautiful it's like my home to pass the time mazpan loves to play the piano and paint this painting displays symbols of christianity judaism and islam where do you see jesus in the work that you and the sisters do here you know our founders and emily devialar she is the french lady and when she founded the congregation is to come to help people they are in need suffering so whatever we do is for the glory of god and for the good of the others as if we are seeing jesus in all these people how many years have you been a sister i already 40 years 40 years yes congratulations do you still have that fire and passion i think yes because of course it's not easy it is tough it is tiring it's all what it's discouraging sometimes but finally finally it's giving strength by the lord grace yeah it's it's nice it's a mission for us in jerusalem column flind ewtn news in depth you

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Length: 6min 40sec (400 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 17 2021