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CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
CELEBRATING 3 HOLY MASSES
8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS
Sunday:Arrival, Tel Aviv
Monday: Muchraka, Nazareth, Cana, Tiberias
Tuesday: Mt of Beatitudes, Capernaum, Tabgha, Boat
Ride, Mt. Tabor
Wednesday: Jordan River, Jericho, Dead Sea,
Jerusalem
Thursday: Bethlehem, Ein Karem, Wailing Wall
Friday: Mount of Olives, Old City of Jerusalem
Saturday: Mt. Zion, Israel Museum, Emmaus, Tel
Aviv
Sunday: Departure
OPTION 1: PETRA, JORDAN
Sunday: Tel Aviv, Eilat
Monday: Eilat, Petra, Eilat
Tuesday: Departure
OPTION 2: CAIRO
Sunday: Tel Aviv, Cairo
Monday: Cairo
Tuesday: Departure
Sunday:Arrival, Tel Aviv
Arrival at the Ben Gurion Airport where
you will be met BY Vered Hasharon
representative. Transfer to your hotel for
dinner and overnight.
Monday: Muchraka, Nazareth, Cana,
Tiberias
After breakfast drive north to the
direction of Haifa to visit the Carmelite
Monastery in Muchraka. It is on this
summit that the dramatic battle between
Elijah and the prophets of Baal took
place. Drive to Nazareth and visit the
Basilica of the Annunciation erected over
the grotto where according to tradition,
the archangel Gabriel announced to
Mary that she would be the mother of
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Christ. Nearby, visit the Church of St.
Joseph. Celebrate Mass In Nazareth.
On to Cana where Jesus performed His
first miracle, at the request of His mother.
Couples will have the chance to renew
their marriage vows. Begin the drive to
Tiberias to check into hotel for dinner
and overnight.
Tuesday: Mt of Beatitudes, Capernaum,
Tabgha, Boat Ride, Mt. Tabor
After breakfast drive to the Mt. of
Beatitudes, where Jesus preached
the Sermon on the Mount. Proceed to
Capernaum where Christ went to live
after He left Nazareth. See the ruins of
an ancient synagogue, one of the earliest
and best preserved of the Galilean
synagogues. On to the church built over
the ruins of what was believed as the
house of St. Peter. Proceed to Tabgha
and visit the Benedictine Church of the
Multiplication and Church of St. Peter’s
Primacy. After which take a boat ride
on the Sea of Galilee as Jesus and the
apostles did. In the afternoon, drive up
to Mt. Tabor where according to tradition
the miracle of the Transfiguration of
CAPERNAUM Christ took place. Return to hotel for
dinner and overnight.
Wednesday: Jordan River, Jericho,
Dead Sea, Jerusalem
After breakfast drive to Yardenit, a
traditional baptismal site on the Jordan
River for the renewal of baptismal vows.
Drive along the Jordan Valley and
through the desert to Jericho, believed to
be the oldest city. Proceed to the Dead
Sea which is also called “Sea of Salt”
and is the lowest spot on the surface
of the globe. Here you can experience
floating and swimming in these waters
which have amazing healing powers.
Drive up to Jerusalem and check into
hotel for dinner and overnight.
Thursday: Bethlehem, Ein Karem,
Wailing Wall
After breakfast drive to Bethlehem to visit
the Church of the Nativity built over the
tomb of St. Geronimo. In the grotto under
the altar, see the silver star which marks
the place of Jesus’ birth. Next door to
the Church of the Nativity is the Roman
Catholic church of St. Catherine. It is in
this church that Christmas midnight mass
is celebrated and relayed throughout the
world via satellite. Visit the Shepherd’s
Field where angels appeared to the
shepherds to announce the birth of Jesus.
Celebrate Mass In Bethlehem Continue