This morning we began our last full day in this Holy Land with a visit to Emmaus.  It seems that there was some confusion about the exact location of this place, where...

Some of you may have seen the movie Masada. Today we visited this site - the second most popular tourist site in the country (after Jerusalem). The journey south from...

This morning we journeyed to Bethlehem. We celebrated Mass in one of the caves of the Shepherd's Fields, and spent time both outdoors and in the upper church of this...

A pilgrimage visit to this land must include an opportunity to face the horrors that the first 'People of God' have been subjected to throughout history, and especially...

We are now back in Jerusalem after leaving the Galilee region. Our bus journey took us south to Jericho.Jericho is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world....

Today we left Tiberius and the Galilee region heading back to Jerusalem via Jericho and Bethany.The day began as a good day would - with an ice-cream stopThe city of...

Today we visited Nazareth, the home-town of Jesus.  It is probably that Jesus lived in this town for at least 25 years; his boyhood and teenage years, as well as his...

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One of the many highlights of each pilgrimage day is our 5.30 gathering to reflect together on the day.  We don't simply share what we saw and what we did. Instead this...

There are three chapters of Matthew's Gospel given to a significant portion of Jesus teaching. We know these chapters (5-7) as the "Sermon on the Mount". This teaching...