By Nancy Freeman, Published in the Ave Herald Newspaper The Holy Land is the land where lie the ruins of the world’s most ancient civilizations. To the Jews this is the land of the Bible and their past glories; to the Christians this is the land where Jesus lived and suffered, the land which heard [...]
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Even though Turkey and Greece have been in the news lately, all is well. We are currently in the heart of Athens and I have been running through the city to keep up my miles. Pictures below are from today showing no one is disrupted here and life is going on as usual as if [...]
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I think you will enjoy my latest run through Athens early this morning. I put it up with about 70 pictures and 10 videos. It is covered with beautiful Greek music. I start out running past the 2004 Olympic Stadium, then to Mars Hill (Acts 17) where St. Paul defended the teaching of Christianity to [...]
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All went well and the group is safely on their way home. The only problems are with internet and filters which is giving me a lot of grief trying to get the last two videos up. I will get them soon. Sorry. Part I Masada, Qumran, floating in the Dead Sea, lunch and biblical sites [...]
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Part i Part II.
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The wake up call came at 4:30 AM. Argh! “You will thank me later,” I told the pilgrims. We left the hotels at 5:00 AM to walk the Via Dolorosa (Stations of the Cross). After walking the Way of Sorrows we quickly toured the Church of the Holy Sepulchre before settling into the benches set [...]
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Hey, family and friends — leave your comments and greetings below in the COMMENTS and I will read them to your family and friends each day on the bus. Another great day!
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“Made it home safe and sound, Steve and Janet. Thank you for making the Holy Land Pilgrimage so special. I am so happy that I took the leap of faith. Will be looking for future trips to take. In 10 days, I grew more in my Catholic faith than I have in many years. God [...]
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