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It was another cold day but without the wind from yesterday, it was MUCH more manageable and enjoyable! We began the day at the Western Wall, the holiest pla...

Day 11 was a whirlwind! We successfully evaded rough weather for our entire winter trip... until Day 11. We began our day in the absolutely frigid cold with ...

Our tenth day began with Mass at St. Catherine's Basilica, the Catholic chapel at the Church of the Nativity. We prayed for our loved ones around the world a...

We left Jericho early in the morning to beat school traffic into Bethany, only to find no traffic at all! This gave us extra time to head into Lazarus' Tomb ...

Our group was able to put away our scarves and winter hats and gloves for this day! The weather was warm and sunny. We woke up in Jericho, a Palestinian city...

Day 7 began EARLY in the morning for some of our pilgrims who decided to venture back into Petra at dawn to catch the Treasury in the early light of day and ...

There is not much to say about Petra except WOW! We learned about the Nabataeans and how they established this city around the second century BC. Their work ...

We woke up early in the morning to say goodbye to Galilee and cross over the border into Jordan. Border crossings are complicated here. Unload off the bus at...

Our home base for our travels around Galilee is Nazareth. We are staying in the Sisters of Nazareth Guesthouse, a guesthouse just a few steps away from the C...

What a day! We started our day with Mass at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. Katie was VERY pleased to hear 44 beautiful voices sing out on all th...

Our second day in the Holy Land had us driving up the coast from Tel Aviv to Caesarea Maritima, an ancient city built during Herod the Great's rule around th...

We, who call ourselves the Church of San Diego, are safe and sound in the Holy Land! There are 44 of us and we come from different churches, but in following...