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PLANNING YOUR PILGRIMAGE |
11 days and 10 nights
(with Petra) |
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Notre Dame can
arrange these itineraries for you through affiliated tour organizers.
Whether you want to come on your own, join a group or bring your own
group, contact us and we will put you in touch with the organizer closest
to you.
Holy Land and
Petra in
Eleven Days and Ten NightsDay 1:
Home - Tel Aviv - Galilee
Begin your spiritual journey with an evening departure from your hometown,
on the overnight flight to Tel-Aviv.
Arrival
at Ben Gurion Airport. Exit the terminal and meet your guide. Transfer to
your hotel in Nazareth or Tiberias, with a stop on the way at Caesarea
Maritima, if time permits (this depends on your flight arrival
time). Dinner and lodging at your hotel.
Day 2: In Mary’s Footsteps
This morning we drive to Cana to visit
the Church commemorating the place where Jesus transformed water into
wine. Then on to Nazareth to visit the Basilica of Annunciation (Holy Mass
at the Basilica of the Annunciation), Mary´s Well and the
Synagogue.
In the afternoon, we travel
on to Haifa and Carmel. Ascending the Carmel Mountains we will visit the
Stella Maris Convent, and the Prophet Elijah´s Grotto, before
returning for dinner and lodging at your hotel.
Day 3: In
Jesus’ and the Disciples’ Footsteps.
We start the day with a boat ride across the
Sea of Galilee to Capernaum to see St. Peter´s Memorial, St.
Peter´s House and the Synagogue. Then on to Mt. of Beatitudes where
our Lord gave the Sermon on the Mount.
We proceed to Tabgha, the site of multiplication of fish and loaves,
returning to celebrate Holy Mass at St. Peter’s Church in
Capernaum.
We then drive to the Jordan
River at the southern end of the Sea of Galilee to renew our Baptismal
Vows.
We finish the day with a visit to
Mt.Tabor and the church of the Transfiguration. Then drive back to the
hotel for dinner and lodging.
Day 4: Visiting Ancient Cultures
We leave Tiberias to cross over to
Jordan by the Sheikh Hussein Bridge where we will be met and
assisted in a visit to the Roman city of Jerash, including the Cardo
Maximus, the street lined by columns and flanked by temples, churches,
theaters and innumerable mosaics. From there we travel south to Mount Nebo
to celebrate Holy Mass at the mountain-top memorial of Moses with
captivating views of the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, River Jordan and the
Holy Land.
We end the day with the
journey to our hotel in Petra, where have dinner and overnight lodging.
Day 5: Crossing the Jordan River into the Promised
Land
In the early morning we
start our visit to Petra, the Rose Red
City. The visit will include the main sites
such as the "Siq", a long winding fissure between two walls of overhanging
cliffs, the "Khazneh" referred to as the Treasury, the Street of Facades,
the Court House and the Amphitheater. If time permits we can also include
visits to the High Place of Sacrifice and the Monastery. After the visit,
we cross back into Israel by the Allenby Bridge. There we will be met and
assisted in the journey to our hotel in Jerusalem, where we receive dinner
and overnight lodging. Vía Dolorosa, from the Church of Flagellation,
the Ecce Homo Arch and on to the Holy Sepulchre. There we will visit
Calvary and the empty Tomb of our Lord, and the different sections of the
church. We will have free time at the church for prayers and reflection
before going back to the hotel for dinner and lodging.
Day 8: The Wilderness: Bethany - Qumran - Dead Sea -
Masada
Today we drive to
Bethany, the village of Mary, Martha and Lazarus, where we celebrate
Holy Mass and visit Lazarus’ Tomb.
Then we travel through the Judean
Desert on our way to Jericho, to visit the ancient city,
Elisha’s spring, the Sycamore tree, the new city, where we will have
a view of the Mount of Temptation. From here we drive to the Dead Sea
area to see the excavations of the Essene Monastery and the caves where the
Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden.
We
continue on to Masada and the Dead Sea coast, before returning for dinner
and lodging at the hotel in Jerusalem.
Day 9: Mount of Olives – Mount Zion
After breakfast we drive to the top of the Mt.
of Olives to visit the Chapel of the Ascension, the Church of Pater Noster
where Jesus taught his disciples how to pray, and then proceed down the
Palm Sunday route to the Church of Dominus Flevit, where our Lord wept
over the city, and then to the Garden of Gethsemane, where we will
celebrate Holy Mass in the Church of All Nations.
In the afternoon we go on Mount Zion to visit
the Church of the Dormition Abbey, the Cenacle, and the Church of Saint
Peter In Gallicantu. After this we return to our hotel for dinner and
lodging.
Day 10: Jerusalem, going around.
In the morning we celebrate Holy Mass on Mount
Calvary, after which we return to the hotel for breakfast. Then we
leave again to visit Mini Israel where you can see miniature models of
some of the sites you visited on this pilgrimage. After this we will
return to the hotel for a special lunch meal.
Enjoy the afternoon to re-visit the Holy
Sites and do some shopping, before returning to the hotel for dinner and
lodging.
Day 11: Tel Aviv -
Home
Transfer to the airport for your return flight
home.
- Please note that
overnight lodging in these itineraries, whether in Galilee or Jerusalem,
is normally arranged in Christian hostels.
- Towards the end of the
pilgrimage there will be a special moment for the blessing of articles
bought in the Holy Land.
- You will be invited to
watch the film ´The Passion of Christ´ by Mel
Gibson.
« Please keep in
mind...
The Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa are located in some
very narrow streets in the market area of the Old City, which is normally
full of people going about their daily life. Don´t be disappointed
by this, but remember that the conditions must have been similar when our
Lord passed on his way to Golgotha, in the midst of the crowds.
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