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HOLY LAND OCTOBER 10-19, 2018 Experience a Franciscan Holy Land Pilgrimage to the Holy Land © Piergiorgio Pescali/CTS © Piergiorgio © Jerzy Kraj/CTS $3,672 PER PERSON/DOUBLE OCCUPANCY Please add $610 for single occupancy. • Cost for those who would like to arrange their own flights is $2,572. SITES YOU’LL SEE ALL-INCLUSIVE PACKAGE FEATURING • Mount of Olives • Via Dolorosa, The Tomb of Jesus and • Meals • Garden of Gethsemane the Church of the Holy Sepulchre • First-class accommodations • Cana of Galilee • The River Jordan • Transportation • The Holy Grotto of the Nativity • Bethany and The Tomb of Lazarus • Sightseeing and entrance fees • Jericho and the Dead Sea • Mount Tabor and the Mount of • A Holy Land Franciscan Friar to • Nazareth and St. Joseph’s Workshop Beatitudes guide you through the land the Holy Land friars call home! Find out more about Franciscan Holy Land Pilgrimages at www.HolyLandPilgrimages.org. HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE ITINERARY OCTOBER 10-19, 2018 DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10 DAY 6 - MONDAY, OCT 15 DAY 8 - WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17 DEPART USA JERUSALEM JERUSALEM • Our spiritual pilgrimage begins as we • The Holy Grotto of the Nativity as • Travel to Ein Karem to visit the depart on our transatlantic overnight well as the Manger and the Grotto of Church of St. John the Baptist, the flight to Tel Aviv St. Jerome birthplace of the Precursor of the DAY 2 - THURSDAY, OCT. 11 • The Franciscan Church of St. Lord, and the Visitation Church ARRIVE TEL AVIV Catherine, the scene of Bethlehem’s where we recall the Magnificat • Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Midnight Mass of Christmas • Drive to Mount Zion to visit the Aviv and take bus to our hotel on • The Shepherds’ Field where the nearby traditional site of the Upper shores of the Mediterranean in Tel angels bid glad tidings to the Room, remembering the Last Supper Aviv shepherds • See Dormition Abbey Church, which • Enter the Old City of Jerusalem at St. honors Mary’s “falling asleep” DAY 3 - FRIDAY, OCT. 12 Stephen’s Gate • St. Peter in Gallicantu, the site of TEL AVIV / NAZARETH • The Church of St. Anne and the Peter’s denial • Mount Carmel, the site of the Pools of Bethesda sacrifice of Elijah DAY 9 - THURSDAY, OCT. 18 • The Chapel of the Flagellation and • Mount Tabor and the site of the JERUSALEM the Arch of the “Ecce Homo” Transfiguration • Tour of the City of David • Walk the Via Dolorosa, carrying a • Check in to hotel in Nazareth • Travel to the Western Wall or Wailing wooden cross along the streets and Wall DAY 4 - SATURDAY, OCT. 13 among the markets and shops as • Special farewell Middle Eastern NAZARETH Jesus did on His journey to Calvary dinner party with wine, soft drinks, • Drive to Nazareth • Enter the Church of the Holy coffee, and tea • Annunciation Church Sepulchre, and visit Golgotha to DAY 10 - FRIDAY, OCT. 19 • St. Joseph’s Workshop complete our devotions at the JERUSALEM / TEL AVIV / USA • Cana of Galilee - Couples will have a Sacred Tomb of Jesus • Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel chance to renew their wedding vows DAY 7 - TUESDAY, OCT. 16 Aviv to catch the return flight home • Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee to JERUSALEM Capernaum • The summit of the Mount of Olives, *Cities in red are departure and • Tabgha, the site of the multiplication the Chapel of the Ascension and the destination cities. of loaves and fishes Church of Pater Noster Meals denoted with • The Church of Peter’s Primacy • Walk along the Palm Sunday Road to Breakfast visit the Chapel of Dominus Flevit • Mass on the Mount of the Beatitudes Lunch • Return to Nazareth • Celebrate Mass at the Church of Dinner All Nations next to the Garden of DAY 5 - SUNDAY, OCT. 14 Gethsemane NAZARETH / JERUSALEM • Jericho, the oldest known city in the • Depart for Burqin, the site of the Western World healing of the ten lepers • View Elisha’s Fountain, the Mount • Travel to Dothan and the well where of Temptation and the Sycamore Joseph was abandoned Tree, to remind us of the story of • Sebastia, the ancient capital of Israel Zacchaeus, the tax collector • Drink from Jacob’s well, where Jesus • Travel to the Baptism Site of Jesus met the Samaritan woman Christ on the River Jordan • Check in to hotel in Jerusalem • Swim in the unsinkable waters of the Dead Sea • Bethany and the Tomb of Lazarus © Mauro Gottardo/CTS © Mauro.