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Holy Land: The path in between

Mariam Baouardy, the Blessed Mariam of the Crucified Jesus, was born in January 1846 in Palestine, not eighteen kilometres from Nazareth. She was a simple girl from a poor Galilean family, she could not read and yet was a mystic endowed with the exceptional gifts of the stigmata and levitation. In 1878, Mariam brought about the construction of a Carmelite convent in Bethlehem, directly above the grotto where, as it later transpired, David was anointed King.

Today nine sisters inhabit the Bethlehem Carmel, whilst a further four endeavour to join them. Beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1983, Mariam became the first modern day Palestinian saint referred to as The Little Arab.

Production Date: 2007
Duration: 13'

Copyright: CRTN
Language: English, French
Executive Producer: Mark Riedemann
Director: Magdalena Wolnik