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Notre Dame of Jerusalem
Notre Dame of Jerusalem. Photo: David Delgado
Jerusalem has a plethora of historical spiritual assistance for the increasing numbers accommodate the inlux of pilgrims locking
and religious venues that hold a special of pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. to the Christian Quarter.
place in the hearts of believers from all The tide changed in the War of Independence
faiths and denominations, but none A turbulent past (1948), when the building was severely
ofers such a sanctuary – especially The impetus to build Notre Dame de France damaged in ighting, due to its front line
position. The IDF used the south wing -
for Catholics – as the Notre Dame Of (NDF) was a visit to Jerusalem by one
thousand wealthy French pilgrims in 1882,
rendered uninhabitable by two explosions -
Jerusalem Center. who were forced to sleep in tents, given the as a guard post, while refugees lived in the
lack of suitable accommodation. The Notre north wing. To this day, you can still see bullet
By Inga Michaeli Dame chapel was consecrated in 1894 and, holes in the structure.
after twenty years of ongoing construction,
the center was inally completed in 1904 with The center sufered inancial losses even
C oming from the Mamilla Mall in ooftop. This is a replica of Our Lady of handed over to the Holy See in 1972, at the
the erection of the statue of the Virgin Mary after Jerusalem was united in 1967, and was
on the r
request of Pope Paul VI. In December 1978, it
Jerusalem and walking along the Old Salvation in Paris, though here the Virgin Mary
carries her son on her shoulder (rather than was oicially declared a Pontiical Institute and
City walls towards the Damascus
Gate, on the seam between East and embracing him in her arms as in the original an ecumenical holy place, with the rededication
of the Our Lady of Peace Chapel.
West Jerusalem, an imposing building statue), thereby achieving the extra height that
with crenelated towers looms on the left,
Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral.
gleaming in white - a combination of classical allowed the statue to tower over the nearby On November 26, 2004, Pope John Paul II
and modernist architecture with some entrusted the Notre Dame Center to the
eastern motifs thrown in for good measure. Over the years, NDF became a symbol of Legionaries of Christ, stating in his Decree,
This is the Notre Dame de France (NDF),
French prestige in the Middle East. One year “We dedicate this Center to Our Lady of
irst opened in 1888, and today (now Notre after the center opened, the Turks breached Jerusalem, Regina Pacis (Queen of Peace),
Dame of Jerusalem Center), it is one of the the Old City walls to create the New Gate, and ofer it to the world as a place of fruitful
most special places ofering accommodation, just opposite the Notre Dame, in order to spiritual development.”
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Notre Dame of Jerusalem. Photo: David Delgado
Jerusalem has a plethora of historical spiritual assistance for the increasing numbers accommodate the inlux of pilgrims locking
and religious venues that hold a special of pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. to the Christian Quarter.
place in the hearts of believers from all The tide changed in the War of Independence
faiths and denominations, but none A turbulent past (1948), when the building was severely
ofers such a sanctuary – especially The impetus to build Notre Dame de France damaged in ighting, due to its front line
position. The IDF used the south wing -
for Catholics – as the Notre Dame Of (NDF) was a visit to Jerusalem by one
thousand wealthy French pilgrims in 1882,
rendered uninhabitable by two explosions -
Jerusalem Center. who were forced to sleep in tents, given the as a guard post, while refugees lived in the
lack of suitable accommodation. The Notre north wing. To this day, you can still see bullet
By Inga Michaeli Dame chapel was consecrated in 1894 and, holes in the structure.
after twenty years of ongoing construction,
the center was inally completed in 1904 with The center sufered inancial losses even
C oming from the Mamilla Mall in ooftop. This is a replica of Our Lady of handed over to the Holy See in 1972, at the
the erection of the statue of the Virgin Mary after Jerusalem was united in 1967, and was
on the r
request of Pope Paul VI. In December 1978, it
Jerusalem and walking along the Old Salvation in Paris, though here the Virgin Mary
carries her son on her shoulder (rather than was oicially declared a Pontiical Institute and
City walls towards the Damascus
Gate, on the seam between East and embracing him in her arms as in the original an ecumenical holy place, with the rededication
of the Our Lady of Peace Chapel.
West Jerusalem, an imposing building statue), thereby achieving the extra height that
with crenelated towers looms on the left,
Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral.
gleaming in white - a combination of classical allowed the statue to tower over the nearby On November 26, 2004, Pope John Paul II
and modernist architecture with some entrusted the Notre Dame Center to the
eastern motifs thrown in for good measure. Over the years, NDF became a symbol of Legionaries of Christ, stating in his Decree,
This is the Notre Dame de France (NDF),
French prestige in the Middle East. One year “We dedicate this Center to Our Lady of
irst opened in 1888, and today (now Notre after the center opened, the Turks breached Jerusalem, Regina Pacis (Queen of Peace),
Dame of Jerusalem Center), it is one of the the Old City walls to create the New Gate, and ofer it to the world as a place of fruitful
most special places ofering accommodation, just opposite the Notre Dame, in order to spiritual development.”
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