Specializing in Catholic Holyland Pilgrimages
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Upcoming Pilgrimages to the Holy Land - Many of our trips sell out nine months in advance because they are that good. If peace continues there will be more and more people wanting to travel to the Holy Land, but there are so many hotels in Jerusalem and only so many flights each day to Israel. Book early and make a committment to visit the Holy Land.
**** Fall prices for 2008 have increased due to the fuel surcharges from the airlines, hotels and fuel for the bus while in Israel. Sorry for the rate increase but cost of fuel has caused all the prices to go up in the fall and will carry over to the spring.
***OCTOBER 19-30, 2008 10 day pilgrimage Trip #48 (click here to download registration form for this trip) All air seats are sold out you must get your own air to and from Tel Aviv. Land only is available and call for prices 888-727-5881.
***MARCH 22 - APRIL 2, 2009 10 day pilgrimage Trip #50 (click here to download registration form for this trip) land only price available - call for details at 888-727-5881. Only 16 seats left on this trip, which will sell out soon.
***MAY 10-21, 2009 10 day pilgrimage Trip #51 registration form will be posted soon.
These will be all the trips I plan to make in the 2008 calendar year. Many Catholics are now going to the Holy Land and both air seats and hotel reservations have been filling up 9 months to a year in advance. Please don’t wait too long to make your decision as there may be no room for you in the inn. Future pilgrimage dates can be arranged for individual groups. Please call Christopher Cross for possible future dates at 888-727-5881.
“Live each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. So climb slowly, enjoying each passing moment; and then the view from the summit will serve a more rewarding climax for your journey.”
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
A pilgrimage to the Holy Land creates a rare vantage point for the one who makes the journey. It is a glimpse of a place where heaven came down to earth and left on that spot the indelible mark of divinity in the dust of the desert. God’s presence permeates the very soil on which the footsteps of the Master trod. A pilgrim who follows in those footsteps cannot help but be changed and have his life transformed by the experience.
A pilgrimage with Christopher Cross affords a unique opportunity to deepen one’s spiritual life. It is truly a Catholic pilgrimage from beginning to end. The holy sites of Jesus’ life are experienced from their connection to Sacred Scripture, the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. What could be more appropriate, for instance, than celebrating Mass on Calvary since the miracle of the Mass makes Calvary present every time that it is celebrated or celebrating a Holy Hour in the Garden of Gethsemane on Thursday night when centuries before our Lord prayed there and asked His disciples to watch and pray?
This pilgrimage is the journey of a lifetime that every present day disciple of Jesus should make to the earthly Jerusalem. When at last we reach the summit of the mountain on the journey of life, we will be able to look back with satisfaction and see that this pilgrimage to the Holy Land was one of the most spiritually fruitful experiences of our lives. It is then that we will be ready to exchange our experience of the earthly Jerusalem for the heavenly Jerusalem whose light is the Sun of Justice, the Lamb once slain who lives forever.
For more information call 888-727-5881 and ask for Christopher Cross
“I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked.”Fr. Don Bauer, Syracuse, NY
