10 DAY PILGRIMAGE
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Day 1 & 2 - USA to the Holy Land Your spiritual pilgrimage begins as you depart the USA on an overnight flight. You will be welcomed to the Holy Land by our airport representative and transferred to your Bethlehem hotel. Enjoy dinner before retiring for the night. Day 3 - Bethlehem, Bethany & Ein Karem In Bethlehem , visit the cave revered as Jesus’ birthplace which now resides in the world’s oldest functioning church (Luke 2:1-7). Celebrate Mass in Bethlehem and then gaze out over Shepherds’ Field where the angels first proclaimed the Good News. Visit Bethany , the home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha. Here Jesus visited on several occasions, and raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11). Travel to Ein Karem , the village where John the Baptist was born and the Virgin Mary visited Elizabeth prior to our Lord’s birth (Luke 1:26-40). Visit the Church of St. John , birthplace of John the Baptist. Day 4 - Qasr El Yahud, Wadi Qelt, Jericho, Qumran & Dead Sea Visit and renew your baptismal vows at the baptismal site of Qasr el Yahud , where tradition says Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. Just off the Roman road that Jesus “walked”, is the Wadi Qelt gorge, site of the Monastery of St. George . Journey to Jericho (considered the oldest city in the world) to visit the ruins of the ancient city conquered by Joshua (Josh. 6:1). From Jericho, in the distance you can see the traditional site of the Temptation of Jesus (Matt. 4:1). Celebrate Mass in the Church of the Good Shepherd in Jericho near a sycamore tree and remember Zacchaeus, who climbed to see Jesus (Luke 18-19). Travel to Qumran , where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. End your day with the opportunity to take a dip in
Educational Theme Jesus: His Life, His Times, His Land, His Hebrew Faith
Two Units of CEU Credits Available
the mineral laden waters of the Dead Sea . Day 5 - Cana, Nazareth & Mount of Precipice
Visit the Franciscan Wedding Church at Cana , site of Jesus’ first miracle as He changed water into wine (John 2). Continue on to Nazareth , Jesus’ boyhood home (Matthew 2:23), and celebrate Mass in the Basilica of the Annunciation . You will also see the House of the Holy Family , St. Joseph’s Workshop and St. Joseph’s Church (Luke 2:41-52; Matt. 2:19-23). Stand atop the Mount of Precipice , where Luke describes how Jesus was rejected by those in the synagogue after He taught them. Filled with anger, they “led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong” (Luke 4: 29). Day 6 - The Galilee Enjoy beautiful Capernaum , the center of Jesus’ ministry, and visit the synagogue located on the site where Jesus taught (Matt. 4:13, 23). Sail across the Sea of Galilee , reflecting on the gospel stories of Jesus calming the storm. Listen to Jesus’ words from His Sermon on the Mount at the Mount of Beatitudes (Matt. 5-7) and celebrate Mass at the Church of the Beatitudes . At Tabgha , traditional location of the feeding of the 5,000, explore the Church of the Fish and the Loaves (Luke 9:10-17). Take a moment to reflect and pray in the Chapel of the Primacy , where Peter professed his devotion to the risen Christ (John 21). In Magdala , once home to Mary Magdalene, visit a recently discovered first-century synagogue.
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