Terra Sancta Education Trust - 2008 Pilgrimage of Solidarity

Pilgrimage

Have you always dreamed of visiting the Holy Land and walking in the steps of Our Blessed Lord? Are you praying for peace in the Middle East? Are you concerned about the welfare of our Christian brothers and sisters in Palestine?

Join us on a special pilgrimage of solidarity and friendship, to the home of JESUS!

You are most cordially invited by the Christian community of the Holy Land to visit them and experience their friendship on a special pilgrimage of solidarity...

For centuries, the Christians of the Holy Land have worked in the hospitality industry, offering guest services to pilgrims. Sadly, in recent years, the political situation has brought the tourist industry, and the local economy, to a near total standstill. Our Christian brothers and sisters in Bethlehem are now living in what is virtually an open air prison, behind an 18 foot “security wall” guarded by armed Israeli soldiers. Unpleasant as this is for them, meaning that many Christians are not free even to travel as far as Jerusalem (short 20 minute journey by car), Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor's 2006 visit to Bethlehem demonstrates that it is safe for foreign visitors.

Christian pilgrimage sites are not located in areas of unrest.

The TERRA SANCTA EDUCATION TRUST organises an annual Pilgrimage of Solidarity to the Holy Land. On this special pilgrimage, we are accompanied by a licensed Christian tour guide and a Catholic priest to all the Gospel sites. Not only do we visit the places of Christ’s life and ministry, we are also guests in the homes of Arab Christian families. We thus offer them support, hope and friendship as well as making it possible for the families to earn much needed income through providing meals in their homes. The Christians of the Holy Land ask only that we give them the opportunity to work. This pilgrimage is organised to give as much work as possible to local Christian families, making it possible for us to share our friendship with many Christians in Palestine and Jordan.

Please contact us for more information on dates and prices for the next annual pilgrimage.

All site photographs by
Frank Rehwaldt

Web design by
Paula Gonzaga de Sa
on behalf of the
Terra Sancta Education Trust