A JOURNEY OF FAITH TO THE HOLYLAND
A CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO ISRAEL
Spiritual Director: FR. BOB NEWBURY
Escorted by:
MIKE MILANO of M and M Travel
Date: JANUARY 16 - 26, 2010
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 -
The New York Passengers:
Depart New York (JFK) with Delta Airlines nonstop flight # 86 leaving at 10:10PM
The Denver Passengers:
Depart Denver with Delta Airlines nonstop flight # 1910 to Atlanta, leaving at 3:50PM and arriving at 8:40PM.Connect with Delta Airlines nonstop flight # 152 to Tel Aviv, leaving at 10:45PM.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 – TIBERIAS (D)
The New York Passengers:
Arrive TelAvivBenGurionAirport at 4:05PM. You will be met at the airport by Ya'lla Tours USA Israel representative and transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
The Denver Passengers:
Arrive TelAvivBenGurionAirport at 5:20PM. You will be met at the airport by Ya'lla Tours USA Israel representative and transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Our hotel, RON BEACH, is a tourist class hotel, located only 10 minutes walking distance from downtown Tiberias, with a private beach. Take your Bible and walk for a quiet, private moment of meditation. All 100 guest rooms are sea front with balcony, bath with tub & shower, hair dryer, telephone, and satellite TV. Facilities and services include indoor and outdoor dining, a bar, a swimming pool, a souvenir shop, currency exchange, internet access station, laundry and central air-conditioning.
MASS: In a private room at the hotel
MONDAY, JANUARY 18– TIBERIAS (B,D)
Take a private boat ride across the Sea of Galilee to Kibbutz Genosar and
visit the fisherman's boat discovered in 1986 and dating back to the days of Jesus.
Next, visit the Church on the Mt. of Beatitudes, where the Sermon on the Mount took place.
Continue to Capernaum and visit Peter's House and the Church of the Multiplication at Tabga.
Then visit the Church of the Primacy, where Jesus instructed Peter (after his three-time denials of Jesus) with the words "Feed My Sheep" (John 21: 15-19) This is the event from which the early and modern Catholic Church received it's apostolic leader (e.g., the Pope, as the successor of Peter) with authority over the worldwide Church)
End the day at the Jordan River.
Return to Tiberias for dinner and overnight.
MASS: Church of the Beatitudes
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 – TIBERIAS (B,D)
Drive to Mt. Tabor andtake a taxi to the top for a visit of the Church of the Transfiguration. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the YizraelValley and read from Judges 5.
Drive to Cana and the Church of the Wedding.
Continue to Nazareth and the Church of the Annunciation and St. Joseph’s Grotto.
Drive to Beth Shean, one of Israel’s most ancient cities. In its 7,000 year history the Egyptian, Roman and Byzantine empires have laid claim to the site, attracted by abundant water, and fertile soil. Visit the ruins of the largest Roman city being excavated today.
Return to Tiberias for dinner and overnight.
MASS: Church of the Transfiguration on Mt.Tabor
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 – JERUSALEM (B,D)
Start the day with a visit to Mt.Carmeland the Carmelite Monastery of Muhraka, where Elijah fought against the priests of Ba'al.
Drive to the ruins of Caesarea, a large port city built by Herod the Great to honor Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus. Herod built a port in the bay and erected all the cultural institutions found in every great Greco-Roman city - a theater, a hippodrome, and a luxurious bathhouse. In order to supply water to the city’s ever-growing population, he built an aqueduct system stretching from the springs of Mt.Carmel to Caesarea. Part of this system is still visible today. The book of Acts refers repeatedly to Caesarea as the city Peter visited (Acts 10).
Continue into the Judean Hills to the village and Church of Emmaus.
Then drive through the Judean Hills to the most beautiful city in the world: Jerusalem, for dinner and overnight.
Our hotel, NOTRE DAME CENTER, is located in the very heart of the holy city, offering you the means to make your pilgrimage to the Holy Land a deep spiritual experience. All 150 rooms have a private bathroom, telephone, air conditioning, and wireless internet connection. Hotel facilities include 3 restaurants, chapel, conference center, lobby and terrace with panoramic views of Jerusalem. www.notredamecenter.org
MASS: Chapel at Emmaus
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 – JERUSALEM (B,D)
Today we will drive 6 miles south to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity, the oldest church in the holy land still in use. Construction began in 326 AD, with the aid of the local tradition which held that Jesus was born in a cave at the edge of the village.
Return to Jerusalem and drive to the Eastern side of Mt. ofOlivesto the Church of Bethpage.Visit the ancient first Century Tomb and the Church from where Jesus went up to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
Continue toMt. of Olives for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. Visit the Church of Pater Noster, (Our Father), and the Church of the Ascension.
Walk down the Mt. of Olives and see the site where Jesus predicted the future destruction of Jerusalem (Church of Dominus Flevit), and then on to the Church and Garden of Gethsemane.
Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
MASS: Chapel of St. Jerome in Bethlehem
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 – JERUSALEM (B,D)
Enter the Christian Quarter of the OldCity through St. Stephen’s Gate and see the Pool of Bethesda, St. Anna Church, and the Lithostrothos at the Ecce Homo Arch, from where, according to an old tradition, Pilate uttered the words "Behold the Man" (John 19:5)
Walk the Way of the Cross to the HolySepulchreChurch.
Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
MASS: HolySepulchreChurch
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 – JERUSALEM (B,D)
Depart Jerusalem and drive east to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth.
Continue to Masadaa natural fortresswith majestic ruins overlooking the Dead Sea. Peer into amazing water cisterns as a cable car delivers us up to Herod the Builder’s elaborate aerie. Marvel at the impressive villas built on different levels. Imagine bathing in one of the luxurious bath houses. Large store houses fed hundreds. Jewish zealots held the rock against the unrelenting 10th Roman legion until 72 AD, when a monumental siege, using an astounding attack ramp, conquered the fortress. The camps and other fortifications that encircle the mesa constitute the most complete Roman siege works to have survived to the present day.
Descend by cable car and drive to the Dead Sea for an opportunity to float in the water.
On the way back to Jerusalem stop and see where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947 and visit the Essene community ruins at the Wadi Qumran.
Return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
MASS: Church of Gethsemane
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 – JERUSALEM (B,D)
Visit the Shrine of the Book with the exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Also see a Model of Jerusalem in the days of Jesus.
Continue to Ein Karem and the Church of St. John the Baptist.
Then climb to the Church of the Visitation and view the different versions of the Magna Carta.
Then drive for a visit to Jericho and take the cable car to Mt. of Temptations.
Then see the Zacchaeus' traditional Sycamore Tree and Elisha’s Well.
Then visit the ancient excavations and see the remains of the ancient Wall.
Return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
MASS: Church of the Visitation
MONDAY, JANUARY 25 – JERUSALEM (B,D)
Drive to Caiaphas House (Church of Peter Galicantus) and see the dungeon where Jesus was held before his trial.
Continue to Mt.Zion and visit David’s Tomb and the Cenacle (The Upper or Last Supper Room)
Enter the OldCity through the Zion Gate for a walking tour of the Jewish quarter. See the Burnt House and the Herodian Quarter, vivid reminders of the Roman conquest and destruction of the SecondTemple.
Walk down the stairs to the Western Wall, the only remains of the SecondTemple and the holiest site in Judaism.
Enjoy a special visit to the DavidsonCenter and a multi-media presentation about Jerusalem in the days of Jesus.
Then visit the Wall Excavations, also known as the Rabbinical Tunnels.
Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
MASS: Caiaphas House
Return to the hotel for dinner and time to rest before your flight.
At 8:00PM you will be transferred to BenGurionAirport.
The Denver Passengers:
For your departure with Delta Airlines flight # 153 departing at 11:25PM.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26 -
The New York Passengers:
For your departure to New York (JFK) with Delta Airlines nonstop flight # 87 leaving at 12:40AM, arrive 6:10AM.
The Denver Passengers:
Arrive Atlanta at 6:05AM. Clear U.S Customs and Immigration and connect with Delta Airlines nonstop flight # 1897 to Denver, leaving at 8:35AM and arriving at 10:05AM.
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