2005 – Page 4 – The Southern Cross

1: Welcome in the Holy Land

In bygone eras, pilgrims to the Holy Land would arrive at the bustling, colourful port of Jaffa (at least if […]

When the author Mark Twain made his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1869, he found Nazareth “wonderfully interesting because

The advent of Jesus’ public ministry arguably was his baptism by his relative John, the itinerant preacher of a new

Tabgha, at the foot of the Mount of Beatitudes, is one of those sites that reminds us that Jesus� concerns

A Holy Land pilgrimage is a transforming experience. This is not necessarily evident externally, but few pilgrims come home without

One makes many new friends on a pilgrimage. As one shares a profound spiritual journey with others, one becomes close

When Queen Helena, mother of the newly converted emperor Constantine, came to the Holy Land in the first half of

The Mount of Olives was to Jesus� times in Jerusalem what the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee was

When we think of Mary at the time of the Annunciation, we may well imagine a young country girl, perhaps