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Day 1 >
Friday: Depart for Tel Aviv.
...witness to all nations...
(Matthew 24:14)
Day 2 >
Saturday: Arrive in the Land of the Bible.
Day 3 >
Sunday: Start of Jesus’ Public Ministry.
The Word became flesh... (John
1:14)
 Visit
Cana (renew wedding vows), sing Mass in Nazareth at the Church of the
Annunciation, and ascend to Mt. Tabor/Transfiguration.
Day 4 >
Monday: Sea of Galilee – Jordan River.
...Behold, the Lamb of God...
(John 1:29)
Boat ride to Capernaum, site of the
Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes. Renew baptismal vows in the Jordan
River, visit Mt. Hermon and worship at the Church of the Beatitude, site
of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
Day 5 >
Tuesday: Jordan Valley – Jericho – Jerusalem.
...going
up to Jerusalem... (Mark 10:32)
Day 6 >
Wednesday: The Visitation and the Nativity.
...Blessed are you among women...
(Luke 1:42)
Visit Ein Karem, the Holocaust Museum (Yad
Vashem) and the Israel Museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. On to
Bethlehem and Shepherd’s Field for liturgy.
 Day
7 >
Thursday: City of David – Temple Mount – Mt. Olives-Mt. Zion.
Do this in memory of me... (Luke
22:19)
Visit the site of the Last Supper,
excavations of Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock, Jesus’ Palm Sunday route.
He saw the city and wept over it...(Luke
19:41)
Day 8 >
Friday: Masada – Dead Sea – Qumran.
See Bethany, Herod’s palace in Masada, the
Dead Sea, and Qumran.
Day 9 >
Saturday: Via Dolorosa – Leisure – Evening Concert.
Carry the cross and
retrace Jesus' footsteps to the stations. Perform farewell concert in
Jerusalem.
Day 10 >
Sunday: Return from Tel Aviv.
Suggested Venues:
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Nazareth: Basilica of the Annunciation
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Jerusalem: Church of the Redeemer, St.
George Anglican Cathedral, Chapel of the Ascension, Shrine of Pater
Noster, Chapel of Dominus Flevit, Church of the Agony/All Nations,
Holy Sepulcher, St. Anne Church
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Bethlehem: Bethlehem University,
Shepherd’s Field, Grotto of the Nativity
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Tabgha: Church of the Primacy
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Mount of Beatitudes: Church of the
Beatitudes
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Mt. Tabor: Site of the Transfiguration
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Mt. Carmel: Mt. Carmel Monastery
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Mt. Zion: Franciscan Church of the
Cenacle, Dormition Abbey
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Bethany: Church of Lazarus
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Jericho: Church of the Good Shepherd
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