Driving Out Christians
Pilgrims to the Holy Land will see in abundance the holy shrines of Our Lord and the rocks of the prophets. These are often referred to as the “Ancient Stones” of the faith. These...
Category: The Holy Land
Southern Cross Pilgrims Prepare for the Holy Land
Gauteng-based pilgrims taking part in the Southern Cross pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Rome in May came together for a preparation meeting at the Jesuit Institute in Johannesburg. It was a time to...
Brislin on the Holy Land: The Church Cannot Stay Silent
Addressing Palestinian Christians in the West Bank town of Zababdeh, Archbishop Stephen Brislin of Cape Town said the Church cannot be silent or neutral in the face of injustice. Archbishop Brislin and Fr Peter-John...
Go to the Holy Land, if You Can
Recently I had the most wonderful opportunity to visit the Holy Land. Friends of mine invited me and I did not have to think twice about it, because visiting the Holy Land was always...
St Paul VI’s Legacy of Community in the Holy Land
For Holy Land Christians, St Paul VI left behind a legacy of Catholic institutions to serve and strengthen the community.
‘Holy Land Christians Need our Solidarity’
If we are looking for an example of Christian unity in action, we should look to the Palestinian Christians, and other Christian communities in the Middle East. This was one of the messages in...
Where is the Real Place of the Tranfiguration?
Tradition holds that the Transfiguration of Jesus took place on Mount Tabor, the 586 metre-high bluff which overlooks the Jezreel (or Esdraelon) plains.
Finding Jesus at the Waters
In biblical times, as today, water was vital: to be hydrated, to stay clean, to produce crops, to raise livestock. Water was life. So it is no accident that so many crucial events in the Gospel take place around water: the Sea of Galilee, the River Jordan, and the various wells and healing pools.
Bryanston Parish Pilgrims in Galilee!
A group from Bryanston parish in Johannesburg on the shore of the Sea of Galilee during their Holy Land pilgrimage, led by Frs Keith Gordon-Davis and Theo Macupe, and guided by Gaby Makhlouf, a...
Catholic Returns to Stolen Home
This week’s massacre of 55 people in Gaza took place during a protest commemorating what Palestinians call the Naqba (Catastrophe), when many lost their homes to the newly-established state of Israel 70 years ago....
Mary with Jesus in the Holy Land
In the second of his three articles on ten places where we find Mary in the Holy Land, Günther Simmermacher guides us to the Temple in Jerusalem, the wedding feast in Cana, and through Mary’s sorrow as her Son is crucified.
Finding the Real Mary in the Holy Land
The Blessed Virgin Mary was a real person of flesh and blood, and the recorded stations of her life are marked by shrines and churches throughout the Holy Land. Günther Simmermacher guides us on a pilgrimage to Mary.
