Pilgrimage to Holy Land with St. Mary’s Assumption Church
Date: January 15-23 (24), 2021
Spiritual Director: Fr. John Wiltse
Join us for a journey of a lifetime on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The Scriptures will come alive as you visit Our Lord’s homeland. It is an encounter that has changed the lives of many pilgrims, and it is an act of faith and prayer.
Registrations for this journey are reserved for parishioners of St. Mary’s Assumption Church in Cottonport, Louisiana.
If you are not a member of this parish, please check back soon for Open Registration or browse through some of our other journeys.
Ask a QuestionIn His Footsteps |  With a spiritual director to lead daily Mass and prayers, each day of your pilgrimage you will have time to renew and affirm your faith, to pray and reflect. |
The Pilgrim Experience
• At the Mount of Beatitudes, site of the Sermon of the Mount, pilgrims celebrate Mass in the garden overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Pilgrims renew their Baptismal promises at the Jordan River.
• At Mt. Tabor and the Church of Transfiguration, pilgrims feel the presence of God at the site of the Transfiguration, the last time Jesus was in the area of Galilee.
• At the Church of the Visitation, where Mary and Elizabeth met while both pregnant, pilgrims hear the Magnificat in multiple languages.
• Pilgrims take a “floating experience” at the Dead Sea.
Adapted from experiences by Luis A. Meza, M.D.
Carmelite Monastery, Lafayette La.
For more information:
E-mail: info@holytravels.org
Phone: 337.291.1933
Toll free: 877.454.7469
Fax: 337.291.1935
Orientation Meeting
Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s Assumption Church Building
820 Front Street
Cottonport, Louisiana
Join us to learn about the pilgrimage and take advantage of special discounts!
RSVP for the Orientation Meeting
Itinerary Highlights*
Galilee
• Church of the Primacy of St. Peter
• Mount of the Beatitudes
• Nazareth
– St. Joseph’s Church/ Home of the Holy Family
– Grotto of the Annunciation
• Mount Tabor
• Capernaum
• The Sea of Galilee (boat ride)
• Tabgha – site of the Miracle of Multiplication
Bethlehem
• Church of the Nativity
• Shepherds’ Field
Jerusalem
• Mount of Olives
• Gethsemane
• St. Peter in Gallicantu
• Church of Dominus Flevit
• Via Dolorosa
• Holy Sepulchre
• St. Anne’s Church
• Pools of Bethesda
Haifa
• Mount Carmel/Cave of Elijah
• Stella Maris
Jericho area
• Dead Sea
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Qumran
*Based on availability
