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  A SUCCESSFUL & FUN CONVENTION  
- 2010 Convention was a great SUCCESS.
- Photos will be on the web soon.
- Summer 2011 - Pilgrimage Trip to Bethlehem.
- 2012 Convention will be in August 2012
  (place to announced).
- New Northern California chapter will be established
   soon by our young generation.
- We are seeking individuals who will act as our
   correspondence nationwide. Each correspondence
   will provide us with  community  news for our future
   Newsletter and the Web.  Interests please e-mail us at:
 
 
             info@ bethlehemassociation.org.

   BU SCHOLARSHIP GRADUATES

 We are pleased to announce the
 Bethlehem Association Scholarship
 Students who graduated at Bethlehem
 University this year. Seven students
 graduated with Bachelor degrees in
 Biology, Accounting, Business
 and Chemistry.

This great achievement has only been
 made possible by your generous
 support for which the students and
 the whole Bethlehem Community is
 forever grateful.
                            OUR GRADUATES

 

          
  Gaza Student Completes Her Bachelors Degree from Bethlehem University
             
           BERLANTY AZZAM was our Guest at the Convention in Northern California
                       among other three students from Bethlehem University

  • Ms. Berlanty Azzam completes course requirements for her bachelors degree!
  • 75 days from when she was blindfolded, handcuffed, and taken from Bethlehem to Gaza
  • Berlanty graduates in Gaza at the Holy Family Church
  • Bethlehem University expressed gratitude to Gisha and to thousands of local and international friends who joined in the efforts to seek justice for Berlanty.
  • Bethlehem University continues to seek support for other Palestinian students from Gaza to enroll in and attend courses at the Vatican-sponsored Bethlehem University – as well as at all other Palestinian universities in the West Bank or Gaza.                                        Read More
                                    BETHLEHEM/SACRAMNTO SISTER CITIES
Mayor Dr. Victor Batarseh signed the declaration in Bethlehem on May 19 in the presence of the
Sacramento organizers led by  Brigitte Jaensch and Patricia Dougherty. The declaration had been approved by the Sacramento City Counsel and signed by Mayor Kevin Johnson on December 15, 2009. Also attending were Bethlehem Association members Lily and Albert Hazbun. This was the end of a
very long and difficult effort which was delayed because of opposition by certain groups in Sacramento. The Mayor was very gracious and thanked the organizers. he also asked for an opinion from former Bethlehemite Albert Hazbun who thanked the Committee and also expressed his appreciation for members of the Bethlehem Association and the Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulcher who wrote to Mayor Johnson the Sacramento City Counsel supporting this initiative.

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Our organization brings together  people in North  America and elsewhere, whose  family  origin   is   from Bethlehem, Beit  Sahur,  and Beit Jala  in  the  Holy Land. They  bring with them a rich  Palestinian   heritage  accumulated over the ages since the birth  of Christianity in their small home  towns.  Visit our  web pages for news  and information on  the  Association,  its activities,   its members, upcoming  events,   what  we  are  doing  to  alleviate   the   present   desperate situation in the Bethlehem region, and  links to other interesting sites.