TERMS AND CONDITIONS The Tour Price Includes: Air Transportation: Airfares are based on special contract agreements with various international airlines, and involve Southwestern Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre certain restrictions and deadlines. These fares are subject to cancellation penalties, and once they are issued, are NON- REFUNDABLE, NON-TRANSFERABLE AND CAN’T BE USED TOWARDS FUTURE TRAVEL. Please refer to our CANCELLATION AND REFUND OF AIR AND LAND ARRANGEMENTS CLAUSE/POLICY below. Airfares are based on prices in effect as of JANUARY 1, 2018, and they are subject to change without notice. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PURCHASE TRAVEL INSURANCE. 13 Day Holy Land & Surface Transportation: All surface transportation as described in the itinerary will be by modern motorcoach designed for highway travel. Groups will be met and transferred on arrival and departure. Hotels: First class Hotels (4 Star Throughout). Hotel classifications as per ratings on OHRG published by Ziff-Davis Company in New York. Hotels are double occupancy (2 people per room). Pilgrimage Single room additional cost $700.00. Single rooms are limited and will be awarded on a first come first serve basis. If you request a roommate and none are available, you will pay ½ this amount as a forced single room. Meal Plan: The meal plan is full board, 3 meals per day, consists of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, depending on the routine of the itinerary. Taxes and service charges normally appearing on the restaurant bills are included in the tour – Nazareth – Bethlehem – Sea of Galilee price. A list of all food allergies must be emailed to [email protected] for hotel accommodation. In the case the Mt. Beatitudes – – Tiberias – Rome – Papal Audience – Assisi hotel is unable to accommodate, passenger is responsible for all meals. Unused meals will NOT be reimbursed. 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The Tour Price Does Not Include: Expenses of passports, laundry, wines, liquors, mineral waters, after-luncheon and Daily Mass, 3 Meals A Day – Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner, Airport Taxes, Fuel Surcharges (Which Are Subject To Change), after-dinner tea or coffee or food not on the menus of the included meals; additional baggage; expenses of carriages, And Tips To Guides, Drivers, And Hotels Staffs.) guides, sightseeing or other services than those specifically mentioned as being included in the itinerary; baggage and personal insurance; all items of a personal nature plus those not listed above as being included in the tour price. Spiritual Director: Fr. Carlos Velazquez Booking Conditions: Deposits and Payment: A deposit of $300.00 per person is required at the time of booking. No order will be processed without a deposit. Full and final payment is due 90 days before departure. 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www.inspirationaltoursinc.com Church of All Nations to the Church of Visitation where the Blessed Virgin Mary visited her cousin, Elizabeth, and proclaimed the “Magnificat”. Continue to Bethlehem to visit the Bethlehem University, the only Catholic University in the Holy Land, which is supported by the Order. Vis- it the Shepherd’s Fields where the angels announced the birth of and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem that stands upon the site where Jesus was born. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Jerusalem. Mass at the Church of the Nativity

DAY 10- MT. TABOR / BETHANY/ JERICHO/ MT. TEMPTATION/ DEAD SEA The desert east of Jerusalem is rich in Christian Drivetradition. to Mount Further Tabor, east, site just of offthe the Transfiguration. Roman road that Jesus walked, is Wadi Qelt gorge, site of the Monastery of St. George. At the oasis town of Jeri- cho, visit the excavations of the oldest city in the St. John Lateran Church Mt. Beatitude world and view Mount of Temptation where Jesus fasted and was tempted by Satan. On the way back Francis and see the Chapel of St. Catherine. markets of the Old City. While praying the Stations of Tour of Assisi to include St. Francis Chapel, the Rose the Cross, we reflect on the greatness of His sacrifice. Garden, Francis Cave, and the chapel of Francis’ death. mineral-rich waters of the Dead Sea, renowned for thereits healing is time properties. for a swim Dinner (or rather and overnight a float!) inat the Celebrate Solemn High Mass at the Holy Tomb. After See the Tomb of St. Francis, then visit St. Claire’s breakfast, visit the Latin Patriarch and participate in Church where her body lies intact and site of the fa- hotel in Jerusalem. Mass at Mount Tabor the Pilgrim Shell Ceremony. Visit St. Anne’s Church, mous St. Damiano Crucifix; which spoke to St. Francis. the home of the Virgin Mary and her parents Saints Dinner and overnight in Rome. DAY 11- JERUSALEM AND THE PASSION OF JE- Joachim and Anne. We pass the Ecce Homo where Mass at St. Francis of Assisi Basilica Pilate proclaimed “Behold the man”; then the Wail- Church of the Holy Sepulchre SUS’: / DOMINUS FLEVIT/ GETHSEMANE/ CAVE OF BETRAYAL/ CAVE OF ing Wall, the most holy place for Jews. Nearby is the DAY 06 - ROME / TEL AVIV / MT. CARMEL / of the Rock and the Haram al Sharif or Temple DAY 01 - HOUSTON/ FRANKFURT STELLA MARIS / CAESAREA / TIBERIAS ASSUMPTION/ PATER NOSTER/ UPPER ROOM/ ST. PETER IN GALLICANTU Mount. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Jerusa- This morning transfer to the airport for your flight to lem. Tel Aviv. Upon arrival you will be met and travel via the Visit the Mount of Olives to walk the Palm Sunday route stopping at Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept Solemn High Mass at Holy Sepulchre LeaveDAY 02 Houston - FRANKFURT/ on flight toROME Frankfurt. coast to Caesarea, where the Romans held Paul prison- Arrive in Frankfurt then change planes to Rome. Upon er. Visit the Roman and Crusader ruins and continue over Jerusalem. Drive to Gethsemane, and view the Rock of Agony where Jesus prayed His last be- arrival, you will be met by your tour guide and have a onto Stella Maris, a Carmelite Monastery with the Ma- DAY 13- FRANKFURT / HOUSTON tour of Rome to include: St. Paul’s Outside the Walls donna of Mt. Carmel. Drive through the Jezreel Valley fore his arrest. Visit the cave of betrayal then the cave of the Assumption of Mary to heaven. Back on the This morning, transfer to the airport and fly to Hous- Church, the ancient catacombs where early Christians to Tiberias for dinner and overnight. ton. were buried, and the Trevi Fountain. Then you will be Mass at Mt. Carmel Mount of Olives, visit the Pater Noster with the Lord’s transferred to your Prayer in many languages. Drive through the Kidron hotel for dinner and overnight in Rome. DAY 07 - THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST IN GALI- Valley to St. Peter in Gallicantu where Peter denied Make the 2018 Lenten Season a memorable one Mass at St. Paul Outside the Walls Church LEE: TIBERIAS / BOAT RIDE ON THE SEA OF Him thrice. At the Cenacle, visit the Upper Room of by visiting the holy sites of our faith! GALILEE/ CAPERNAUM/ MT. BEATITUDES the Last Supper. Finish the day at Dormition Abbey DAY 03 - ROME / PAPAL AUDIENCE Today’s highlights include a boat ride across the Sea of where we believe the Blessed Mary died. Dinner and Come spend some time during Lent, 2018 in This morning, attend the Papal Audience if the Holy Galilee, the synagogue and St. Peter’s house in Caper- overnight at the hotel in Jerusalem. the Holy Land and follow in the footsteps of our Father is in Rome. Then you will have a tour of Ba- naum, the Mount of Beatitudes where the Sermon on Mass at the Rock of Agony in Gethsemane Lord, Jesus Christ. As a pilgrimage under the silicas of St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran (Cathedral the Mount was given, Tabgha to see the splendid mo- auspices of the Equestrian Order of the Knights of Rome), and the Holy Cross in Jerusalem. The ba- saic about the miracle of the loaves and fishes, and the DAY 12- STATIONS OF THE CROSS/ CHURCH of the Holy Sepulchre, you will have access to OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE /LATIN PATRI- silica was consecrated around 325 to house the Pas- nearby Church of Peter’s Primacy where Peter was told some unique opportunities and sights. This sion Relics brought to Rome from the Holy Land by “Feed my lambs, feed my sheep.” Dinner and overnight ARCH / ST. ANNES / WAILING WALL We begin to retrace the last steps of Jesus as we walk pilgrimage will also include the Eternal City of St. Helena of Constantinople, mother of the Roman at your hotel in Tiberias. Rome, Italy. Make this special time even more Mass at Mount of Beatitudes along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrow), through the Emperor Constantine. At that time, the basilica floor intriguing by visiting the sights of Rome and was covered with soil from Jerusalem, thus acquiring Assisi, Italy. Join me! the title “in Jerusalem.” Return to your hotel for dinner DAY 08- CANA / NAZARETH / MT. TABOR / and overnight in Rome. JERUSALEM Mass at St. Mary Major The day starts with a visit to Cana, the village of Jesus’ first miracle of changing water into wine; here couples DAY 04 - ROME may renew their wedding vows. Continue to the Ba- Visit Vatican City, including St. Peter’s Basilica, largest silica of the Annunciation in Nazareth and visit Mary’s FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: church in the world, the Vatican museum with its halls Well and the Church of the Angel Gabriel. Continue of paintings, tapestries, and statuary, and the breath- to Mount Tabor, scene of the Transfiguration. After- Michele Malloy taking Sistine Chapel. See the Mamertine Prison, wards drive through the Jordan Valley and then up Mistress of Pilgrimages where Paul was imprisoned, view the Roman Forum, through the Judean hills to the Holy City of Jerusalem. the Colosseum, and St. Peter in Chains Church, con- Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem. Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre Mass at the Basilica of the Annunciation taining Michelangelo’s masterpiece, the Statue of Mo- Southwestern Lieutenancy ses. View Palazzo Della Rovere, the headquarters of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Return DAY 09- JERUSALEM/ HOLY CITY/BETHLEHEM Tel: 713.819.7318 to your hotel for dinner and overnight. / CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY/ CHURCH OF Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica VISITATION/ BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY/SHEP- HERD’S FIELDS EARLY REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED! DAY 05 - ASSISI On the first day in Jerusalem we head to the village of FIRST COME - FIRST SERVE BASIS Morning departure to Assisi where we will visit St. Ein Karem, the birthplace of St. John the Baptist and Pope