ORDO SUPREMUS MILITARIS TEMPLI HIEROSOLYMITANI®
A UK Registered International Charity
A
non-governmental organization (NGO) non-profit, voluntary Christian group organised on a
local, national and international level
The Magistral Grand Priory of The Holy Lands
(Notre Dame, Saint Mary of Magdalene)
OSMTH
Magistral Grand Priory of the Holy Lands Joins Old Catholic Church Alliance in
Supporting
Sudanese Peace Treaty Ending 21 Years of War
The
OSMTH Magistral Grand Priory of the Holy Lands
has joined the Old Catholic Church Alliance with The Free Catholic Church of
Europe in conjunction with the Old Catholic Church of Great Britain and The
Interdenominational Church of the Holy Lands to set about a joint plan to aid
the displaced Sudanese that are now returning to their homeland after the 21
year war has ended with a peace agreement.
The Old
Catholic Church representative and Magistral Grand Prior of the OSMTH,
Archbishop Gary Beaver, stated that “the Norwegian government is providing
returnees in two camps with materials to construct grass-thatched houses. The
United Nations refugee agency reports that about 200,000 non-registered refugees
and 400,000 internally displaced people have already returned to their homes in
southern
When
asked what the Old Catholic Church alliance were planning, Archbishop Gary
Beaver commented “at the top of the list of
the many challenges facing those returning home is a lack of sanitation and
clean drinking water, live landmines strewn all over the southern Sudan
landscape and education for the children. We must remember that the refugees are
returning to a country with very little or no social services and local
government service infrastructure. It is these areas that we are dedicating our
church alliance focus, in order to alleviate the suffering and help make their
villages a safe and healthy environment once again.
International donors recently
pledged more than $4 billion for post-war reconstruction in
The
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