Monday, January 27, 2014

Catholic institution will use state-of-the art technology to educate pilgrims to Israel

By Elhanan Miller. Excerpts of an article  in Times of Israel 

Opus Dei, a Catholic institution, will provide spiritual guidance to Christian pilgrims in a new visitors’ complex being constructed outside Jerusalem.

Saxum, a project comprising a conference center and multimedia resource center, is located between Kibbutz Maaleh HaHamisha and the Arab village of Abu Ghosh, 15 kilometers (10 miles) west of Jerusalem. Construction on the site began in 2013, and is scheduled for completion in 2015. 

According to the Saxum website, the conference center will include 50 guestrooms, two chapels, and classrooms. The multimedia center will serve to train tour guides and use state-of-the art technology to introduce visitors to Jerusalem’s Christian sites.

One of Saxum’s goals is to promote Christian pilgrimage to Israel. The Saxum Foundation, an Italian nonprofit, estimates that some 30,000 visitors will pass through the center every year.


Visit the saxum website at: http://www.saxum.org/

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