Day 1: Monday Departure

• Depart for your overnight flight to the Holy Land. Meals will be served on board.

Day 2: Tuesday -  Arrive Tel Aviv

• Arrive in Tel Aviv, meet your guide and transfer to Bethlehem.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 3: Wednesday - Bethlehem- Shepherd’ field

Mass at Bethlehem Basilica.

• Shepherd’s Field in Beit Sahour.
• The Church of the Nativity.
• Catherine church, the Grotto of St. Jerome, Milk Grotto.
• Old city of Bethlehem.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 4: Thursday - Dead Sea, Jericho, Bethany

Mass at Bethany Church.

• Bethany, Lazarus tomb.
• Qumran, site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Baptism site (Jordan River).
• Visit Jericho, Zacchaeus tree old city and view mount of Temptation.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 5: Friday - Ein Karem, Mount Carmel      

Mass at Stella Marris

• Depart for Galilee via Coastal Plains
• Ein Karem.
• Caesarea Maritima
• Stella Marris, Baha’i Gardens, Mount Carmel.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tiberius.

Day 6: Saturday - Nazareth, Mount Tabor

Mass at Nazareth Basilica

• Nazareth, visiting the Basilica of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Church, and Mary’s well.
• Mount Tabor.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tiberius.

Day 7:  Sunday -Sea of Galilee

Mass at St. Peter’s Primacy

• Tabgha, site of the multiplication of the fishes and the loaves.
• The Mount of Beatitudes for a time of prayer and reflection.
• Enjoy a meal of “St. Peter’s fish” and boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tiberius.

Day 8: Monday -  Sea of Galilee

Mass at Capernaum.

• Caesarea Philippi.
• Peter’s Primacy.
• Jordan River
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 9: Tuesday - Mt of Olives, Gethsemane

Mass at Gethsemane

• Panoramic view from the top of Mount of Olives.
• Ascension Hill on the Mount of Olives.
• The Church of Pater Noster.
• The Church of Dominus Flevit.
• The Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations. (Celebrate a Mass).
• Zion and the Cenacle (Upper Room).
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 10: Wednesday - Via Dolorosa, Holy Sepulcher

Mass at Holy Sepulcher.

• The Western Wall.
• Anne’s Church, the Pools of Bethesda.
• Walk the Via Dolorosa ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 11: Thursday - Departure

• We will arrive back in the USA the same day.