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Pilgrimages
 

Below is information about scheduled pilgrimages. We will also be happy to organize a special, customized pilgrimage for your small group or family [usually 12-16 persons].
 
 

March 4-18, 2009
 
 

Holy Land Institute is a ministry of St. Thomas More Church
 

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Program Overview [subject to change]

  • Day 1: Arrive in Amman, Jordan, transfer to Our Lady of Peace

  • Day 2: Mar Elias, Anjara [Our Lady of the Mountain], Gadara

  • Day 3: Home visit

  • Day 4: Mount Nebo, Madaba, Renewal of baptismal vows at the Baptism Site on Jordan River

  • Day 5: Amman & Salt

  • Day 6: Jerash, cross Northern Jordan Border to Israel, Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth

  • Day 7: Cana, "Evangelical Circle" around Lake of Tiberias [Sea of Galilee] to include Capernaum, Beatitudes, Tabgha

  • Day 8: Bethlehem Church of the Nativity, Shepherds' Field

  • Days 9 & 10: Jerusalem: Cenacle, Mount of Olives and Gesthsemane, House of Caiaphas, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulcher

  • Day 11:  Hebron, Ein Karem,  Cremisan Winery

  • Day 12: Home visit

  • Day 13: Qumran, Dead Sea, cross border to Jordan

  • Day 14: Petra [among the new Seven Wonders of the World]

  • Day 15: Depart from Amman
Features

  • Small group of pilgrims

  • English speaking guides

  • Private rooms with bath in religious guesthouse or hostel

  • All meals and all standard gratuities included in price

  • Encounter with local Christians

  • Daily liturgy

  • Leader: Dr. Claudia Devaux (805) 544-9088

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13 November 2008
     
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