Small Group SPECIAL PILGRIMAGE to ISRAEL

Proposed Itinerary for a Different Pilgrimage

Join us on this special trip.   IT’S SAFE TO TRAVEL TO ISRAEL AGAIN!     12-21 November 2024 with Father Mullaney and Heidi

Sunday 3 NOV     Depart Dulles on direct flight to Tel Aviv on United 72 (see important note)

Monday 4 NOV     Arrive in Tel Aviv at 4:30 PM and drive North along the Mediterranean to Haifa, stopping at Aqueduct if possible.  Dinner and overnight.

Tuesday 5 NOV     After breakfast, see the Bahai Temple and Gardens and depart for Akko.  Tour of the ancient port city to include Crusader Fortress and Tunnels,  Al-Jazzare Mosque and Citadel, the Khan al-Umdan.   Lunch break.   Drive Southwest to Cana where Father will celebrate Mass and renew Wedding Vows.  Continue to Nazareth for dinner and overnight.

Wednesday 6 NOV  After breakfast, depart to sail on the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum.  Visit and time for prayer.  Stop at the Mount of Beatitudes for prayer.  Continue to Betsaida to see the ruins of the town that St Peter, Andrew and Philippi came from.  Jesus reportedly restored a blind man’s sight at a place just outside the ancient village of Bethsaida.   He miraculously feeds five thousand near here. Continue to the ancient Jewish settlement of Safed, is the highest city in Israel,  dating back to the Temple Period.  This “City of Kabbalah” was established in the 16th  century by rabbinic scholars and other Jews who were fleeing from the Spanish Inquisition.  Lunch on your own.   Later stop at Tabgha where Jesus multiples the loaves and fishes and at the Franciscan Magdala (home of Mary Magdalene) where Father will celebrate Mass.  Return to Nazareth for dinner and overnight.

Thursday 7 NOV     Mass at the Church of the Annunciation.  After breakfast, depart for Bet She’an.  Tour the extensive archaeological site where King Saul and his 3 sons heads were. placed on the walls of the city after they were defeated on Mount Gilboa by the Philistines.  Continue South to the Jordan Baptismal site to renew our promises before we stop for lunch.  Continue South to Ein Gedi for dinner and overnight.

Friday 8 NOV      After breakfast, have personal time to hike some of the Ein Gedi trails or ‘float’ in the Dead Sea.  Depart for Bethlehem and lunch.  Visit to the Grotto of the Nativity.  Father will celebrateMass in Jerome’s Cell.  Time in Shepherd’s Field and depart for Jerusalem.   Dinner and overnight.

Saturday 9 NOV  After breakfast, Mass in the Cenacle then depart to visit Herodian.  After lunch tour the Israeli Museum.  Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Sunday 10 NOV    After breakfast, Mass in Gethsamane before our tour of the City of David and the Pool of Silowan.  Lunch break and walk through Jewish Quarter to Christian Quarters.  Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem

Monday 11 NOV   Mass in the Holy Sepulcher.  FREE DAY.  Special farewell dinner before going to the airport.

Tuesday 12 NOV    Depart at 12:20 AM on UA73 and arrive in Dulles at 6:05 AM.

This pilgrimage will only have maximum 12 pilgrims.  Each pilgrim must make their own flight arrangements **

PRICE:  $2,575.00. Land arrangements only (see below about flights)

INCLUDED:

  • All transfers and assistance with arrival and departure
  • Deluxe bus transportation as required
  • Hotel accommodations in double and triple rooms using first-class hotels with private baths
  • Half board (Breakfast and dinner) daily
  • 2 lunches and a special farewell dinner
  • Services of English speaking local guides
  • Services of a Tour Manager from the U.S.A.
  • All entrance fees as shown on  the itinerary
  • Daily Mass and spiritual direction
  • All service charges

NOT INCLUDED:

  • AIRFARE:  Please arrange your flights on United 72 from Dulles and United 73 from Tel Aviv**
  • A Tip fund of $209.00 Covers ALL tips including hotels, dining rooms, porters, drivers, and guides.
  • Expenses of a personal nature
  • Meals not mentioned.  Drinks with dinner.
  • Single Supplement  of $850.00 when no roommate  

**or arrange flights to arrive in Tel Aviv by 4:30 PM on Monday, November 13, 2023

Send $500.00 deposit by check made out to.

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