Day 11: Jerusalem
Today we made our way over to the Temple Mount to visit the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Dome of the Rock is the golden dome...
Day 10: Via Dolorosa/Stations of the Cross
Jerusalem, our destiny! After a week and a half of traveling, we finally made it and began our journey at the Mount of Olives with one of...
Day 9: Bethlehem Day 2 & Bethany
We began our day with a trip over to a nearby Settlement, Efrat, to meet with an American settler from Chicago named Ardie. Ardie toured...
Day 8: Bethlehem
We began our day with Mass in a chapel off the Church of the Nativity. We sang Christmas hymns, read the Christmas Eve readings, and...
Day 7: Masada, Qumran & the Dead Sea
Today we left Jericho and drove along the Dead Sea coast to Masada, an ancient Jewish fortress and the site of Herod the Great’s palaces....
Day 6: Jordan River & Jericho
Today we departed Amman and descended down the mountains to the Jordan River. Our archaeologist tour guide, Waleed, was able to explain...
Day 5: Petra
As a group we decided to wake up before the rest of the tourists so that we could have Petra to ourselves. It was the smartest decision...
Day 4: Jordan
We said goodbye to Nazareth bright and ... no, wait... dark and early. To beat Nazareth traffic (oh, there is such a thing!) we needed to...
Day 3: Villages, Kids and Cana
Before we left the United States, our group read the book "Blood Brothers" by Father Elias Chacour. As a child, Elias Chacour lived in a...
Day 2: Galilee
We started our very busy day off with Mass at 9am in an outdoor chapel in Tabgha, the location of Jesus' appearance to his disciples...
