While the sacred compositions that reverberated throughout the Basilica of Santa Croce were sung in various languages ranging from Swedish to Arabic, the performers had only one purpose in mind. <\/p>\n
Around 100 guests attended a concert for peace presented by the Magnificat Institute, a music school based in the Old City of Jerusalem<\/strong>. <\/p>\n FR. ALBERTO PARI<\/strong> The eight-person choir was invited to Italy for four concerts in honor of the feast of the Immaculate Conception<\/strong>. Although the audience may not have understood all of the group's lyrics, the beauty of their devotion to Mary did not go unnoticed. <\/p>\n JAMIL FREIJ<\/strong> The Magnificat Institute was established in 1995 with a mission of providing high-level education in music from early childhood to adulthood, regardless of students' gender, race, language or religion<\/strong>. The school currently employs teachers from various backgrounds and faiths who instruct the Christian, Muslim and Jewish youth of Jerusalem. <\/p>\n FR. ALBERTO PARI<\/strong> As the choir now returns to the Holy Land, where tensions remain high, the Institute assures it will continue to promote peace through interreligious interaction and, of course, beautiful music. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 5, 2018. The Choir from the Magnificat Institute sings sacred songs in various languages, but with one purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-fl8k_oGj5A","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"","type":"none","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Director, Magnificat Institute<\/strong>
\n \u201cWe want to be a sign that it's possible to live together, especially if we have a good purpose. For us, it's to do nice music and to share also a message of peace.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Student, Magnificat Institute<\/strong>
\n \u201cI want people, especially in Rome, from these concerts to see that \u2013 first of all \u2013 there are Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem, locals who speak Arabic. I want to show this to people so they can realize that 'Ok, there's hope, there's the music.' We're doing this and we'll continue to do this no matter what.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Director, Magnificat Institute<\/strong>
\n \u201cThey grow up together living without borders, without labels and differences between cultures and religions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n