7: A vision that changed history
Our time in the Holy Land was slowly winding down. For a week we followed in the footsteps of Jesus,...
Our time in the Holy Land was slowly winding down. For a week we followed in the footsteps of Jesus,...
When St Peter left the lands of his birth for the city of his death, he departed by boat from...
As one prepares to visit Rome for the first time, one may expect that the highpoint would be St Peter’s...
At breakfast on Wednesday morning in Rome, our group of 45 pilgrims seemed a little more animated than usual. This...
Francesco di Bernardone was in many ways the prototype hippie, in the best sense of the word. He opted out...
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...