March 4-15, 2024 • Twelve Days
Pilgrimage
only- Single Room $450 additional
Franciscan Pilgrimage Programs offers pilgrims the opportunity to visit further afield into the Holy Land by adding a visit to Jordan, which is also part of the Land in which our Redemption took place.
The visit to the Memorial of Moses upon Mount Nebo is very interesting. Here the Franciscans have excavated some of the most stunning examples of Byzantine mosaic floors in the whole of Jordan.
The Roman city of Jerash, the Madaba mosaic map – the oldest known map of the Holy Land – as well as the Nabatean city of Petra, once described as ‘The rose city half as old as time’, are other highlights of the visit to Jordan.
Before returning to Israel, to complete the pilgrimage there, pilgrims will have the opportunity to visit the Baptismal site where John the Baptist baptized Jesus.
This 4:28 minute video of Fr. Chircop, OFM may help you in your decision to become a pilgrim to the holiest place on earth. Double click on the video and you may view it on a full screen.
The actual program schedule varies according to length of the pilgrimage and days of the week. This example is provided to give the pilgrim a general idea of the pilgrimage content. Your program will have differences.
Sample Holy Land Pilgrimage including the Jordan
Day One Departure for Israel
Day Two
- Pilgrims arrive at Ben Gurion Airport (Tel Aviv)
- Visit Mount Carmel ; Opening Eucharist on Mount Carmel
- Lunch on the road to Nazareth – Depending on time of arrival
- Transfer to the hotel in Nazareth
- Orientation
- Dinner and overnight in Nazareth
Day Three
- 10:00a Mass at Nazareth
- Visit of Nazareth
- Transfer to Mount Tabor
- Lunch on Mount Tabor
- Visit Cana
- Transfer to the hotel in Nazareth for dinner and overnight
Day Four
- Transfer to Dan and Banias
- 12:00p Boat ride across Sea of Galilee
- 1:00p Lunch
- Transfer to Caphanaum. Mass at 15:00
- Tabgha, Beatitudes
- Transfer to the hotel in Nazareth for dinner and overnight
Day Five
- Leave Nazareth and transfer to North Border
- Cross to Jordan
- Visit Jerash
- Lunch on our way
- Visit Mount Nebo, celebration of Mass
- Drive to Petra
- Transfer to the hotel in Petra for dinner and overnight
Day Six
- Visit Petra
- Lunch in Petra
- Leave Petra for Amman, visiting Madaba
- Transfer to the hotel in Amman for dinner and overnight
Day Seven
- Transfer to baptismal site, by the River Jordan
- Renewal of Baptismal Vows
- Transfer to Allenby and cross over to Israel
- Lunch in Jericho
- Visit Jericho
- Mass in Jericho at 16:00 hours
- Temptation Mount
- Transfer to the hotel in Jericho for dinner and overnight
Day Eight
- Leave Jericho
- Visit Masada
- Dead Sea
- Visit and Lunch Qumran
- Transfer to Bethany, Eucharist at 15:00
- Transfer to hotel in Bethlehem for dinner and overnight
Day Nine
- Morning in Bethlehem. Mass at 9:00a
- Lunch at the hotel
- Shepherds’ Fields
- Ain Karem
- Visit Yad Vashem Memorial
- Transfer to the hotel in Bethlehem for dinner and overnight
Day Ten
- Transfer to Mount of Olives, Bethpage, Ascension etc
- 12:00p transfer to Hotel in Jerusalem for lunch
- Transfer to Mount Sion for visit
- 16:00 Mass at the Chapel of the Cenacolino
- Visit Western Wall, Jewish Quarter
- Transfer to hotel for dinner
- Transfer to Gethsemene at 20:00 for Holy Hour in Basilica
- Transfer Back to the Hotel. Jerusalem, and overnight
Day Eleven
- Visit to the Holy Sepulchre with Mass
- St. Anne’s, Flagellation, Via Dolorosa
- Lunch at the hotel
- PM Free Time
- Transfer to the hotel in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight
Day Twelve Departure to Ben Gurion Airport
Pilgrimage cost includes: pensioni that is clean, comfortable, secure and well located; three meals per day with few exceptions; transportation by air-conditioned coach; all tips, offerings and sanctuary fees; books, notebooks, full services of staff; daily input with lectures and conferences. Snacks and shopping not included. NEW FOR 2023: To offer you the most flexibility in making flight arrangements, we have decided to offer Land Only prices for our pilgrimages this year. If you would like to use a travel agent to book your flights, please contact Barbara Witkowski, at Rex Travel (1.800.777.7739). We ask that all pilgrims meet our staff at Fiumicino Airport (Rome) or Ben Gurion Airport (Tel Aviv) outside of Customs at noon on Day 2 of the pilgrimage (Day 1 is a travel day). Our buses will leave soon thereafter. If you miss the bus, you will be responsible to meet the group at your first hotel.