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Pilgrimage to the Holy Land “GLORY B E I N T HE N AME ” P ILGRIMAGE TO THE H O LY L AND Group Leader: Sister Magdalit Bolduc Spiritual Director: Father Jacques Philippe C ATHOLIC C OMMUNITY OF THE B EATITUDES March 31 - April 15, 2016 $4,662 from Denver / $4,562 from New York (Air is available from any city: www.206tours.com/airports ) www.pilgrimages.com/srmagdalit TEL AVIV * NEGEV * EIN AVDAT * AVDAT * MIZPE RAMON * TIMNA * EILAT * RED SEA * MASADA * THE DEAD SEA * EIN GEDI * JERICHO * THE JORDAN VALLEY * NAZARETH * CANA * SEA OF GALILEE * GALILEE * MOUNT TABOR * MUKHAKA * CAESAREA * TEMPLE MODEL * EIN KAREM * BETHLEHEM * MT. OF OLIVES * MT. ZION * HOLY SEPULCHRE * YAD VA SHEM * SAMARIA * TAYBE * EMMAUS NICCOPOLIS Ein Karem Church, Israel In the name of the Son (Galilee) Stations of the Cross, Jerusalem ABOUT FR. JACQUES PHILIPPE: FATHER JACQUES PHILIPPE WAS BORN ON MARCH 12, 1947, IN LORRAINE, FRANCE. AFTER STUDYING MATHEMATICS IN COLLEGE HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS TEACHING AND DOING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. HE JOINED THE CATHOLIC COM- MUNITY OF THE BEATITUDES AND BECAME THE FIRST PRIEST TO BE ORDAINED IN APRIL 1985. FATHER JACQUES SPENT HIS FIRST YEARS AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN JERUSALEM AND NAZARETH. WITH OVER HALF OF A MILLION OF HIS BOOKS SOLD ON TOPICS SUCH AS: PRAYER, INTERIOR FREEDOM, AND PEACE OF HEART; HIS WRITINGS HAVE BE- COME CLASSICS OF MODERN CATHOLIC SPIRITUALITY. HE PREACHES RETREATS REGULARLY IN FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN, AND THE USA. HE HAS CONSOLIDATED HIS MAIN RETREAT THEMES INTO SEVEN BOOKS ON SPIRITUALITY. CURRENTLY, HIS TIME IS NOW MOSTLY DEVOTED TO PRAYER, WRITING AND TOURING WORLDWIDE. HIS PREACHING GENUINELY HELPS PEOPLE TO PRAY, FIND HOPE AND PEACE. WHEN FR. JACQUES IS NOT ON MISSION, HE RESIDES IN A HER- MITAGE IN FRANCE WHERE HE WRITES BOOKS. Father Jacques Philippe ABOUT SR. MAGDALIT BOLDUC: SISTER MAGDALIT HAS SERVED AS A CONSECRATED SISTER OF THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF THE BEATITUDES FOR 28 YEARS. SHE IS BILINGUAL IN HEBREW. SISTER MAGDALIT LIVED IN ISRAEL FOR TWELVE YEARS, AND HAS GUIDED PILGRIMAGES THERE FOR OVER 22 YEARS. LAST APRIL, SHE WAS APPOINTED LIAISON TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER, AND SHE JOYOUSLY DEVELOPED A MINISTRY TALKING TO CATHOLICS ABOUT THE JEW- ISH IDENTITY OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND TALKING TO JEWS ABOUT CATHOLICISM. GIVEN HER EXTREME KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE, JEWISH TRADITION AND THE HOLY LAND ITSELF, SHE WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE A DEEPLY PRAYERFUL PILGRIMAGE EXPERIENCE. SR. Magdalit Bolduc AN INVITATION TO JOIN US! DEAR FRIENDS, STUDENTS, READERS, AND FUTURE PILGRIMS, NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM! THIS IS A JEWISH GREETING PRONOUNCED ALL OVER THE WORLD DURING FESTIVALS. HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT VISITING THE HOLY LAND? HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU SAID, “ONE OF THESE DAYS I AM GOING!” I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A TIME AND A MOMENT FOR EACH OF US, SET BY GOD… MAYBE THIS IS THAT TIME FOR YOU. WHY DO I TALK SO MUCH ABOUT JERUSALEM? IT IS MOSTLY OUT OF COMPASSION. I HAVE BEEN QUENCHED IN THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL IN THE HOLY LAND AND I WANT TO SHARE WHAT I HAVE FREELY RECEIVED. THE OLD RABBIS USED TO SAY THAT A PIECE OF EVERY SOUL CAN BE FOUND IN JERUSALEM. I LIVED IN ISRAEL FOR TWELVE YEARS, AND HAVING GUIDED A LOT OF STUDENTS AND PILGRIMS, BOTH THEN AND SINCE, I CAN TESTIFY THAT WHAT PSALM 87 SAYS IS TRUE: “EVERYONE CALL SION “MOTHER”, AND NOT JUST SION, BUT THE WHOLE COUNTRY. OUR PILGRIMAGE WILL BE IN THREE PARTS. I HAVE NAMED THEM LIKE THE GLORY BE: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHY? I HAVE NOTICED THAT OFTEN THE FATHER EXPRESSES HIMSELF MORE IN THE DESERT; JESUS, IN THE NORTH AROUND NAZARETH, MOUNT TABOR, OR THE SEA OF GALILEE AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IN JERUSALEM. FOR THIS REASON, WE WILL GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE LAND, SOUTH AND NORTH, WHICH IS NOT CUSTOMARY. I WANT YOU TO BE LED IN THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE SCRIPTURES, AND EN- COUNTER GOD, AS MOSES AND THE PATRIARCHS DID, IN THE DESERT. THAT IS WHY WE WILL START OUR PILGRIMAGE BY GOING TO THE NEG- EV THROUGH BEER SHEVA, RIGHT FROM THE AIRPORT. IT WILL CUT YOU RADICALLY FROM ORDINARY LIFE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. WE WILL FOLLOW GOD THE FATHER, THROUGH THE BIG EVENTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. THE SECOND PART IS WITH THE SON: JESUS WILL REACH OUT TO YOU IN GALILEE, THE PLACES WHERE HE LIVED, WALKED, MINISTERED, AND IN THE LANDSCAPE HE ADMIRED FROM HIS CHILD- HOOD TO HIS PUBLIC LIFE. AND THERE HE JUST MIGHT CALL YOU BY NAME. FINALLY, IN JERUSALEM, THE HOLY SPIRIT MAY BECOME A REAL PERSON FOR YOU, THROUGH THE FIRE HE WILL KINDLE IN YOUR HEART. EACH SOUL IS UNIQUE AND MIGHT NOT FOLLOW THIS PATTERN EXACT- LY, BUT I KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF YOU INVITED TO THIS PILGRIMAGE WILL ENCOUNTER THE FATHER AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE THIS IS HIS WILL, OUT OF LOVE FOR YOU, WHICH IS WHY YOU ARE READING THESE WORDS I AM WRITING. ALREADY, YOU ARE IN HIS PROVIDENCE. IT IS A JOY FOR ME TO INVITE YOU. ALTHOUGH OUR JOURNEY IS A PILGRIMAGE, IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO TEST YOUR PHYSICAL ENDURANCE. WE WILL EAT WELL, STAY IN GOOD HOTELS, AND TRAVEL IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED BUS, AND YES, THERE WILL BE SHOPPING TOO. HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE TO EITHER BE IN SHAPE OR BE WILLING TO STAY IN THE BUS IF YOU BECOME TIRED AS THERE WILL BE HOUR-LONG WALKS EVERY DAY. OUR PILGRIMAGE WILL ALSO GIVE US TIME FOR PERSONAL REFLECTION, ESPECIALLY REFLECTIONS UPON THE BIBLICAL TEXTS APPROPRIATE TO EACH PLACE WE VISIT, BUT ALSO TIMES OF REST AND PRIVATE MOMENTS. MAY I TELL YOU A STORY? ONCE I COMPLAINED TO THE LORD: “WHY DO I HAVE TO LIVE IN EXILE FROM JERUSALEM?” HE REPLIED WITHIN ME: “IF YOU WEREN’T ABROAD, OUT OF ISRAEL, WHO WOULD TELL MY PEOPLE TO COME TO ME?” MAY YOU BE LED BY HIS WISDOM TO MAKE A GOOD CHOICE AS TO HOW AND WHEN TO COME TO HIM. BOTH FATHER JACQUES AND I CONSIDER IT A JOY AND A DUTY TO INVITE YOU. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT I AM DEEPLY TOUCHED THAT FATHER JACQUES HAS AGREED TO LEAD THIS SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. HIS TRUST, HIS RESPECT FOR SOULS AND HIS PASSION TO GUIDE THEM TO UNION WITH CHRIST ARE VERY INSPIRING. TO LISTEN TO HIS HOMILIES EVERY DAY IN GOD’S LAND IS SUCH A BLESSING! HE JOINS ME IN SAYING: “KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE HONORED TO BE THE ONES TO BRING YOU ‘HOME’ TO THE HOLY LAND.” YOURS IN CHRIST, SR. MAGDALIT YOUR TRIP INCLUDES: † Round-trip Air to Israel from Denver or New York * Depart from your local airport: www.206tours.com/airports * You may book without airfare: please contact us for more information † All Airport Taxes, Security Fees & Fuel Surcharges † Accommodations for 14 nights at Hotels/Religious Houses: (or similar) ~ 2 nights: April 1 – 3: Kibbutz Mashabe Sade, Negev ~ 1 night: April 3 – 4: Kibbutz Elot, Elot ~ 1 night: April 4 – 5: Masada Youth Hostel, Masada ~ 2 nights: April 5 – 7: Sisters of Nazareth, Nazareth ~ 1 night: April 7 – 8: Kare Deshe, Tiberias ~ 7 nights: April 8 – 15: Franciscan Missionary of Mary Sisters, Jerusalem † Transfers as per itinerary † Breakfast daily † Lunches (12) included † Dinners (13) included † Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach † Guide throughout Pilgrimage: Sister Magdalit † Sightseeing and Admissions fees as per itinerary † Headsets for sightseeing † Free Wi-Fi on motor coach † Arrangements for Mass Daily & Spiritual activities † Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents Not Included: Tips to guide and driver Optional: Travel Insurance optional (www.206tours.com/insurance) Extended Cancellation Protection Plan @ $299 (www.206tours.com/cancellationprotection) Church of All Nations, Jerusalem,Masada, Israel Israel Sample day-by-day itinerary: Day 6: Tuesday – April 5: Ein Gedi – Jericho – The PART I: IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FATHER... Jordan Valley - Nazareth Drive along the Dead Sea, which takes you to Ein Gedi Day 1: Thursday – March 31: Depart for Tel Aviv where a precipitous cliff, filled with caves, rises some Make your way to your local airport for your overnight 2,000 feet. Passing by Qumran, the site where some of flight to Tel Aviv. Meals will be served onboard. the Dead Sea Scrolls were found we will continue on to Baptismal site on the River Jordan, where we will renew Day 2: Friday – April 1: Journey into the Land of the our baptismal vows (Mt3:13). There will be are shift from Bible ‘the Father to the Son’ in our Trinitarian journey. Visit the Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in the afternoon local time, old city of Jericho (Js 6:1-20), and see a sycamore tree you will be met by our representative. A luxury motor like the one of Zacchaeus the tax collector (Lk19:1-10). coach will transfer you to Negev, passing through Beer Take in a view of the Mount of Temptation, where Jesus Sheva (Gn 21), where you will overnight in a Kibbutz at fasted for forty days and forty nights (Mt 4:1). Have the doors of the Negev. (Request for Mass in the Wilder- lunch in a beautiful restaurant of Jericho. Continue along ness or Shiva) Dinner and overnight at the Kibbutz the Jordan Valley to Nazareth to your lodging at the con- Meshabe Sade. vent of the Sisters of Nazareth. In the evening, we will celebrate Mass in a Marian Center entrusted to the ‘New Day 3: Saturday – April 2: The Negev – Exploring Way’ Community.
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