PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LANDSpiritual Leader: Raymond Leo Cardinal BurkeAssociate Spiritual Leader: Monsignor Henry Breier

FEBRUARY 29 - MARCH 10, 2016

... "The Gospel message takes on a new immediacyand stronger color when one walks in the places whereJesus spoke and sees the landscapes that Jesus saw.In fact, the geography and local customs so influencesome pages of the Bible that it is difficult tounderstand them without having seen this land" ...

FEBRUARY 29 to March 10,2016

PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND

Spiritual Leader: Raymond Leo Cardinal BurkePatron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Associate Spiritual Leader: Monsignor Henry BreierPastor, St. Raphael the Archangel Parish, St. Louis, Missouri

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29 - We depart from our home city for an evening connecting overnight flight to Tel Aviv.Dinner and breakfast served aboard. D (dinner) & B (breakfast)

TUESDAY, MARCH 1- We land at Ben Gurion Airport in the morning. We clear customs and drive a short distance tothe west to arrive at the coastline and leach the old city of Jaffa, now a suburb to the south of modern Tel Aviv. In Actswe read that here St. Peter stayed ar'the house of Simon the Tanner and also performed the miracle of raising Tabithafrom the dead. At St. Peter Church in Jaffa is where we will celebrate the OPENING MASS OF OUR PILGRIMAGE.In the afternoon we transfer by motor coach to the city of Tiberias to check in at our hotel, located directly on the Sea

of Galilee. We dine together this evening. D TIBERIAS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 - This morning we head to Nazareth. Shortlybefore our destination we stop in Cana. Here we recall the scene of Our Lord'sfirst miracle, remembering His Blessed Mother's words, "Do whatever Hetells you." Here couples in our group will have the opportunity to renew theirMarriage Vows. Arriving in Nazareth, where Jesus spent most of His Life, wego to the beautiful Basilica oftheAnnunciation. There in the Grotto of theAnnunciation we venerate the very spot where the Word Was Made Flesh.In the great Upper Church we celebrate HOLY MASS in the BASILICA OFTHE ANNUNCIATION. We will also visit the nearby Church ofSt. Joseph's

Workshop. After time for lunch we head to the Mediterranean coastline, driving north to ascend the Cannel MountainRange. We stop at the site of Muhraqa, where Elijah challenged and defeated the 450 prophets of Baal. We continueon to Stella Maris on Mt. Carmel, the largest monastery ofthe Carmelite Order and its headquarters. Here we see theCave of Elijah. Back at our hotel we have dinner together. B & D TIBERIAS

THURSDAY, MARCH 3 - Our morning begins with a boat ride on the Sea ofGalilee, remembering the striking passages of Jesus and His apostles on this lake.After disembarking, we drive along the lake shore to a site called Tabgha (SevenSprings), where our first stop is at the site of the Multiplication of Loaves andFishes. Next we visit the Church of the Primacy of Peter, the place where Our Lordbestowed upon Peter the role of leadership of the Church. Here we will pray forthe intentions of the Holy Father. We go on to Capernaum, known as the SecondCity of Jesus, where we will see the ruins of the second century Synagogue (John:

6). In this city Our Lord called a number ofthe Apostles, he taught the Good News of our Redemption and he cured manypeople of their afflictions. Here we celebrate HOLY MASS in the CHURCH OFST. PETER, built directly over the ancient structure of the House of Peter. Ourlunch is provided today, which will offer St. Peter's fish, a specialty of the area.Next we ascend the heights ofMt. Tabor, where Jesustook Peter, James and Johnand was gloriously Transfigured in their sight. B,L(lunch)&D TmERIAS

FRIDAY, MARCH 4 - After check out his morning we drive up to Mt. Beatitudes,which overlooks the Sea of Galilee. We recall that in this place Jesus preached

His Sermon on the Mount. On this holy site we celebrate HOLY MASS.Our journey takes us south through the fertile Jordan River Valley, arrivingjust above the place where the Jordan empties into the Dead Sea. We godirectly to its bank and recall that here, when St. John was baptizing thosewho responded to his call for repentance, he heard Our Lord and obedientlyBaptized Jesus Himself. We will renew our own Baptismal Promises at theriver. Then we reach Jericho, the most ancient city in the Holy Land. Werecall its prominence for events in both the Old and the New Testaments. Onour drive through we see the foundations of this city and Elisha's Spring. Wewill board a cable car and ascend Mt. Temptation. At the top we are providedlunch. Driving up to Jerusalem, but before arriving to this Holy City, we will stop at Bethany, home of Martha, Maryand Lazarus, for visit of its beautiful little church and even see the tomb of Lazarus. In Jerusalem we check in to ourhotel, which is across the street from the Walls of the Old City of Jerusalem and is our lodging for the next six nights. Wehave dinner together. B, L & D JERUSALEM

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 - This morning we drive to the Summit of Mt. Olives to visit the Chapel of the Ascensionand the Church of Pater Noster. Walking the Palm Sunday Road, we visit and celebrate MASS IN DOMINUS FLEVITCHURCH. There, too, we have a wonderful panoramic view of the City of Jerusalem. At the foot ofMt. Olives we enterthe Garden of Gethsemane, scene of Our Lord's Agony in the Garden. There will be time for lunch on our own. This

afternoon we travel to Ein Karem to visit the Church of St. John theBaptist and the Visitation Church, where Mary came to visit her cousinElizabeth and spoke praise of God with her Magnificat. We return to ourhotel for dinner and overnight. B & D JERUSALEM

SUNDAY, MARCH 6 - This morning we celebrate MASS IN THEFRANCISCANS' CENACLE CHAPEL near the Mt. Zion area ofJerusalem. Then a few steps away we visit Dormition Abbey Churchhonoring the passage of Our Lady from this life to Heaven. Nearby wevisit the traditional site of the Upper Room, remembering there with

devotion the Last Supper, Easter Sunday night and Pentecost Sunday. This afternoon is free for our own activities.Some may want to visit the Museum at the Citadel, which displays the history of Jerusalem from ancient times to thepresent day. Time spent there is well worth it. This evening we return to the Garden ofGethsemane and Rock of AgonyChurch, there to spend a Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and the opportunity for the Sacramentof Reconciliation. B & D JERUSALEM

MONDAY, MARCH 7 - Traveling a short distance south of Jerusalem, we arrive inBethlehem. We begin our visit in the countryside at the Shepherds Fields ofBoaz, rememberthe angels' glad tidings to the shepherds. We celebrate our HOLY MASS in a GROTIOOF SHEPHERDS FIELDS. Within the Town of Bethlehem at Holy Nativity Church we goto venerate the Holy Grotto of the Nativity and the adjacent Holy Manger, as well as theGrotto of St. Jerome, the setting where this early saint translated the Bible into the Vulgate(into the Latin language). We also will be in the Franciscan church of St. Catherine, sceneof Bethlehem's Christmas Midnight Mass. A special experience will be a visit to BethlehemUniversity, where we will meet students, faculty and its Christian Brothers directors. Thisis the only Christian University in Palestine. It provides higher education to both Christiansand Moslems. Our lunch is provided by their hotel management faculty. Time permitting,we will stop at a Bethlehem store that offers olive wood religious carvings and many otheritems. B, L & D JERUSALEM

TUESDAY, MARCH 8 - Early this morning, with the Franciscans chanting the common hymns, we celebrate HOLYMASS AT THE TOMB OF JESUS in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. After breakfast we walk a few steps to theheadquarters and Cathedral of the Latin Rite Patriarch of Jerusalem. There we are received in audience by the Patriarch,hearing first-hand about the life of his flock, Catholics who can rightly be called the "Living Stones" of the Holy Land.

After a break for lunch we enter the Old City of Jerusalem at St. Stephen's Gate where our first stop is at the Churchof St. Anne and the Pools of Bethesda. Next, in preparation for making the Way of the Cross, we visit the Chapel ofFlagellation. Carrying a wooden cross and praying the Way of the Cross along the streets and among the markets andshops as Jesus did on Hisjourney to Calvary, we follow the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Withinthe church, we visit Golgotha and complete our devotions at the Sacred Tomb of Jesus. This evening we go out andare served a special Middle East Dinner. B & D JERUSALEM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 - Our bus takes us to a Gate of the Old City where we enterand are at the sacred Jewish Temple area of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall. Prayers areoffered up at these remaining holy stones of the glorious second temple. We are aware that

now the only structures standing above on the Temple Mountitself are the Moslem Shrines of the Dome of the Rock andMosque el Aqsa. Just across the square south of the Western Wallwe enter a small excavation called the Jerusalem ArchaeologicalPark and view a video that will enlighten us regarding the areaof the Second Temple. Next we drive along the walls of the Old City to Mt. Zion, and therewe celebrate HOLY MASS in the CHURCH OF ST. PETER IN GALLICANTU. This churchis built over the spot where Jesus was held in the dungeon of Caiphas' house, and the site ofSt. Peter's triple denial of Our Lord. The rest of this day is free for our personal activities orshopping. We have dinner together at our hotel. Then we head to Ben Gurion Airport for ourflight home which departs a few minutes before midnight. B & D JERUSALEM

THURSDAY, MARCH 10 - Our flight from Tel Aviv arrives in the U.S. very early this morning, and will connect to aflight that will bring us to our home city by mid-morning.

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PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND

Spiritual Leader: Raymond Leo Cardinal BurkePatron of the-Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Associate Spiritual Leader: Monsignor Henry BreierPastor, St. Raphael the Archangel Parish, St. Louis, Missouri

February 29 - March 10, 2016

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PILGRI~GE TO THE HOLY LANDSpiritual Leader: Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke

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