HOLY LAND & PETRA/JORDAN CATHOLIC TOUR
Holy Land & Petra in Jordan
12 days tour
NOV. 24 - DEC. 5, 2010
pilgrimage coordinator:
MRS. DOMINIKA SMERECZYNSKI
e-mail: epiphanyyoungadults@gmail.com
cell phone: 312 593 4254
ITINERARY:
Day 1 FLIGHT TO ISRAEL
Departure from your gateway city, overnight flight to Israel, Tel Aviv.
FLIGHT FROM NEWARK: CO84 24 NOV, EWR - TLV 3:55PM - 9:15AM -next day
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Day 2 ARRIVAL TO HOLY LAND
Upon arrival to Israel group will meet with the guide for transfer to Jerusalem. Today in the afternoon group will celebrate opening Holy mass in Ein Karem; you will visit the Church of Visitation the site of the Blessed Virgin Mary's visit with her cousin Elizabeth. This is the place where Our Lady said Her "Magnificat". Visit here will also include the birthplace of St. John the Baptist. Late in the afternoon group will check in to hotel, rest before dinner and overnight.
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Day 3 JERUSALEM - BETHLEHEM
In the morning after breakfast we drive to Bethlehem (house of bread in Hebrew). First is the visit to the Shepherd’s Field where Angels appeared to the shepherds (Luke 2), to announce the Birth of Jesus. Later to visit the Church of Nativity built over the tomb of St. Jerome, In the Grotto under the central altar we will walk by the Holy Manger, and the Silver Star with the Latin inscription "Hic de Maria Virgine Jesus Christus Natus est".
Holy mass and time for your own prayers before you return to hotel for dinner and overnight. Afternoon is free to enjoy beautiful view on Mt. Herodian and Judean Hills from the town of Bethlehem.
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Day 4 JERUSALEM - NAZARETH - CANA
In the morning after breakfast you will leave for Nazareth, here upon arrival group will celebrate Holy mass and visit Nazareth, the boyhood home of Jesus and the place where He spent the first 30 years of His life. We will pray in the churches of St. Joseph and the Annunciation where the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that She would be the Mother of God. A walk through old Nazareth brings us to see the Well where Mary went for water, visit Orthodox church there. After lunch break tour will continue to Cana the site of Jesus' first miracle. In this little town we will have the Renewal of the Marriage Vows and blessing of families. Check in to hotel for dinner and overnight.
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Day 5 CAPERNAUM - MT. OF BEATITUDES - TABGHA - SEA OF GALILEE
This morning pilgrimage In the Footsteps of Jesus continues with visit Mt. Of Beatitudes where the Lord Jesus preached Sermon on t
he Mountain celebrate the mass here. Next on your route is visit to Capernaum, where Jesus lived; new church built at the site of the Home of St. Peter, ruins of the synagogue where Jesus preached, one that had being built in the time of Jesus. Through story of our guide we will get to know more of the Life of Jesus in Capernaum. Same day you will enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee before going to Tabgha, the site of the Multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the church of St. Peter's Primacy. Today’s pilgrimage is over after our visit to Jordan, same river Jesus was baptized in by St. John. Here you will have chance to renew your baptismal vows. Return to our hotel.
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Day 6 MT. TABOR - JERICHO
This morning to beat the afternoon crowd we will drive to Mt Tabor. We will take a short taxi drive up to the mountain to visit the Church of Transfiguration and celebrate holy mass here.
After visit we will head south through the Jordan Valley to Jericho, the oldest known continuously inhabited city in the world. After a stop to tell the story of Zacchaeus and renew ourselves “The Parable of Good Samaritan” we will immediately continue with drive through Judean Desert, passing by the Mt of Temptation. Same late morning continue to Qumran, the place where Dead Sea Scrolls were found, more than 900 pieces in 30 caves. Same afternoon we will head towards Masada, the group will visit this fortification and palaces King Herod rebuilt for himself, here we’ll hear an amazing story from almost two thousand years ago. At the end of the day you will have a chance to truly unique experience of floating in the Dead Sea, end of the day in the area in one of the hotels by the Dead Sea/Jericho.
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Day 7 JERICHO - JORDAN, PETRA 
In the morning after a rich buffet breakfast we will leave Jericho and drive to the border with Jordan and after border crossing procedures enter Jordan. Drive to Madaba to see the ancient mosaic map of the Holy land and then to Mount Nebo place from where Moses looked at the Promised Land, great view the Jordan Valley, Jericho, and Dead Sea etc. Visit the remains of a Byzantine church with a mosaic floor, continue to Petra for dinner and overnight.
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Day 8 PETRA, JORDAN
After breakfast, leave the hotel and ride on a horse drawn carriage to the “Siq” canyon and from here on foot to Petra known as red rock city, the ancient capital of the Nabateans. Visit the most interesting carved monuments such as the Treasury (El Khazneh - a tomb of Nabatean king) then the field of tombs, obelisks, the altar... After the visit leave we will go back to hotel. Dinner and overnight will be at the hotel in Petra.
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Day 9 JORDAN - Jerusalem
Today the group leaves Petra and Jordan, we will be crossing the border and heading to Jerusalem. Upon arrival to Jerusalem we will start with visit of the religious capitol of the world, first to Mt. Zion, and visit the Upper Room where the Last Supper took place, and the church of Dormition where the Blessed Virgin Mary fell into Eternal Sleep. Our travel day ends in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
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Day 10 JERUSALEM - MOUNT OF OLIVESAfter 
breakfast we start our day with a view of the Holy City from atop the Mount of Olives. We then walk down the Palm Sunday Road, the road Jesus followed on His way to Jerusalem. We stop at the chapel of Dominus Flevit where our Lord wept and shed a tear for the city of Jerusalem (Luke 19: 37- 42). We than proceed to the Garden of Gethsemane and pray at the church of All Nations (Church of Gethsemane), where Jesus prayed: "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me, nevertheless, not my will but your will be done". At the end of the day you will visit the church of St. Peter Gallicantu, the church built on the site of the house of high priest Caiaphas. This is where Jesus spent night in the dungeon after his arrest. On this site Peter denied Jesus three times and the cock crowed (Gallicantu). For the end of the day, just before returning to hotel group will go to the Temple Mount area with the Cardo Maximus, street from the Roman times and then end by the Western Wall of Solomon's Temple, with the Al Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock mosque above it. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.
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Day 11 OLD JERUSALEM - "VIA CRUCIS"Jerusalem as our destination: today we will enter the old town and follow the Stations of the Cross or the Via Dolorosa. We will see the pool of Bethesda where Jesus Christ healed a man who was crippled for 38 years. The church of St Anne one of the rare churches 
that was spared from destruction of Moslems because was built over the crypt venerated as a birthplace of Mary and a home of her parents Joachim and Anne. Today we are also visiting the site of Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, on this site is a church of the Holy Sepulcher where we celebrate Holy Mass. Afternoon is planned for a visit to the Wailing Wall and Temple Mount.
Rich and inspiring day, rest of it is free for shopping or additional sightseeing.
Farwell dinner at our hotel in Jerusalem.
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Day 12 DEPARTURE HOMEEarly morning transfer to "Ben Gurion" Tel Aviv International airport for our flight back home - arrival home same day!
FLIGHT FROM TEL AVIV:CO85 05 DEC, TLV - EWR at 11:15AM arrival at 4:40PM
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RATE - based on min 25 people in the group:
- per person in twin/double room: $3260.00
- single room supplement: $420.00
INCLUDES:
+ Round trip airfares Newark - Tel Aviv - Newark, airport taxes included
+ 4* first class hotels "Intercontinental" in Jericho, "Notre Dame" in Jerusalem & "Mt. of Beatitudes convent house" Tibearias
+ 4* first class hotel in Petra, Jordan "Beit Zaman Hotel"
+ Buffet breakfast and buffet dinner daily
+ English speaking Christian/Catholic guide on the tour
+ High class air-conditioned tourist bus
+ St. Peter's fish lunch by the Sea of Galilee
+ Entrance fees according the itinerary
+ Israel exit/border tax
+ Tips for guides, drivers, porters and hotel staff
+ Porterage of one piece of luggage in/out hotels
NOT INCLUDED:
+ personal expenses, souvenirs, drinks
+ third meal, lunch daily - only one day lunch included
+ Jordan visa costs
+ travel insurance recommended
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