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Palestinian Christian Leader to Speak at NPU
CHICAGO, IL (September 26, 2002) - Palestinian Christian leader and Catholic
priest Father Elias Chacour will speak at North Park University (NPU) at
7:30 p.m. Monday in a free lecture at Anderson Chapel.
The event is sponsored by North Park's Center for Middle Eastern Studies
and the Institute for International and Cultural Studies. It is part of a
one-year curriculum emphasis through various presentations in answering the
question: Who is God?
Chacour, who teaches at Prophet Elias College in Ibillin (part of Galilee),
Israel, will present, "Who is the God of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar?" He has
been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and was the 1994 recipient of the
World Methodist Council Peace Award, awarded previously to such political
leaders Anwar Sadat, Nelson Mandela and
Jimmy Carter.
For more information about the event, call Jen Pope at 773-244-5553.
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