2010

Pope Benedict on Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

by Steve Ray on December 28, 2010

“To go on pilgrimage is not simply to visit a place to admire its treasures of nature, art or history. “To go on pilgrimage really means to step out of ourselves in order to encounter God where he has revealed himself, where his grace has shone with particular splendour and produced rich fruits of conversion [...]

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The Pope, the Word of God & The Holy Land

by Steve Ray on December 8, 2010

I love taking pilgrims to the Holy Land. My certification card for teaching at the holy sites was just renewed and on the way in the mail. I will be leading six groups of pilgrims to the Holy Land in 2011. I can confirm what the Pope recently said about the land of Israel: The [...]

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Group Picture of our St. Paul Cruise

by Steve Ray on December 1, 2010

Thought you might like to see the group of wonderful pilgrims who joined us for our Footprints of St. Paul Pilgrimage & Cruise through Turkey, Greece and Italy. We are in front of the Celsius Library in Ephesus, the third largest library in the world in it’s day, right across the street from the two-story [...]

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What do you think …

by Steve Ray on November 25, 2010

… of our cool new trailer for Egypt & Jordan? For more information, call Suzanne at 800-727-1999 or at sparran@ctscentral.net.

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Faith and Family

by Steve Ray on November 22, 2010

Check out our new ad featured in “Faith and Family” magazine’s winter edition!

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Want to go to the Holy Land with us?

by Steve Ray on November 18, 2010

Your chance to win a trip to join Steve Ray in the Holy Land in April 2011. The Diocese of Phoenix is selling raffle tickets to win (1) free trip to the Holy Land. Tickets are $50.00 each and ONLY 300 tickets will be sold. Tickets are selling fast and the drawing is December 10, [...]

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ONE THOUSAND MILES!

by Steve Ray on November 16, 2010

Last Thanksgiving 2009 my son Jesse suggested we run 1,000 in one year. We set up a chart (click here) and started keeping track. I JUST PASSED THE GOAL A FEW DAYS EARLY! Not only that but I crossed our huge milestone on a bridge crossing the Tiber River in Rome! This was exciting since [...]

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Greetings from Greece

by Steve Ray on November 15, 2010

I am currently in Athens, Greece where I have been on a CSS pilgrimage through Greece and Turkey via cruise ship lead by Steve Ray.  We are coming to the end of the pilgrimage and now that I’m off the cruise ship I have the opportunity to email you and tell you what an awesome [...]

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Keepsake DVD – “Thanks”

by Steve Ray on November 11, 2010

We received this note from one of our Holy Land pilgrims. “I received my DVD it was like going on the trip over again. I will play it often. The trip was fantastic I will recommend anyone who mentions traveling to go on your tours. Very well done, it is much appreciated. ~Rita Young I [...]

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