Holy Land Trip - 2008

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Itinerary

Wednesday, 4/16:  Mass at Capernaum at the Sea of Galilee

Thursday:  Includes Mass at the Basilica of the Annunciation,  and a visit to St. Joseph "workshop

Friday:  Mount of Transfiguration, (mass), towns of Bethsaida and Korazim, renewal of wedding vows at Cana

Saturday: Mount Carmel,

Crusader fortress in Akko, Haifa and Muhraka, the Church of Elijah the Prophet

Sunday: Mass at local Arab Catholic parish and visit with some Christians  who live in the Holyland, drive to Jerusalem

Monday:  "Star of Bethlehem", Shepherds Field

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Tuesday: Visit Ain Karem, and Mass in the Church of the Visitation

Wednesday:  Stations of the Cross before dawn, mass at the Tomb of Christ, Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, Calvary

Thursday:  Bethany - Town of Mary, Elizabeth and Lazarus, Judean Wilderness, and a dip in the Dead Sea

Friday:  Free day in the city of Jerusalem, closing dinner

Saturday:  Fly onto London and New York