The Southern Cross pilgrimage with Archbishop Brislin and editor Gunther Simmermacher to the Holy Land and Italy is underway and we are keeping up with what they are doing through their photos. On the first leg of their tour they visited Nazareth, Mt Tabor the village of Nain and Cana.
Archbishop Stephen Brislin celebrates the Southern Cross pilgrimage’s first Mass in the Basilica of the Annunciation, where the story of the Incarnation began. at Basilica of the Annunciation.
Guide Rimon Makhlouf explains the Basilica of the Annunciation to the pilgrims. The church’s courtyard has mosaics of the annunciation from many different countries, including South Africa. at Basilica of the Annunciation.
The pilgrims at Mass in Cana, during which 14 couples renewed their wedding vows
Ethne Stevens does the first reading and the psalm during our first Mass in the Basilica of the Annunciation, the place where the story of the incarnation began. at Basilica of the Annunciation.
The Pilgrimage group at Nazareth
Couples renewed their wedding vows at Cana
The pilgrims pray in the crypt of the church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor.
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