Beautiful Hand-Carved Olive Wood Gifts from the Holy Land

Available for purchase after all Masses on November 23 and 24

Did you know that 600 Christian families living in Bethlehem are completely dependent on carving olive wood figurines for their livelihood? The recent clashes in the Middle East have stopped the tourism industry there, causing most of those families serious harm in earning their living and forcing many of them to leave their homeland.

With a mission to help families living in the Holy Land, Star of Bethlehem Group will visit St. Michael Parish on November 23 and 24 to sell beautiful religious olive wood handicrafts. The cost of goods goes to benefit the Christian carvers to keep them working in the spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ, and profits from sales goes directly to needy Catholic schools and clinics in the Holy Land.