Holy Land Study Tour

CSB|SJU undergraduates can earn 4 credits and Saint John's School of Theology·Seminary students can earn 3 credits by going to the Holy Land with the Saint John’s School of Theology·Seminary Study Tour Pilgrimage, May 16– June 7, 2008.

Tour leader, guide, and instructor
      Fr. Michael Patella, OSB*
      Associate Professor of New Testament

Itinerary

Departure:      Friday, May 16
                    Minneapolis-St. Paul

First week:     Saturday, May 17 - Sunday, May 25
                    Jerusalem and environs: Bethlehem
                                                     Qumran
                                                     Masada
                                                     Jericho

Second week: Monday, May 26 – Friday, May 30
                    Sinai: Summit of Mt. Sinai
                             Saint Catherine’s Monastery 
                    Jordan: Petra
                               Madabah
                               Jerash
                               Amman
                               Mt Nebo

Third week:     Saturday, May 31 – Saturday, June 7
                     Galilee: Sea of Galilee
                                Mount of Beatitudes
                                Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes
                                Tabgha
                                Capernaum
                                Chorazin
                                Bethsaida
                                Mount Tabor
                                Nazareth
                                Dan
                                Caesarea Philippi
                                Caesarea Maritima
                                Mount Hermon
                                All points between the Sea of Galilee and Mount Hermon
                                Jerusalem

Price 

    $4970*

*Cost includes accommodation at Dormition Benedictine Abbey while in Jerusalem, Tabgha Benedictine Priory while in Galilee, first class hotels in Sinai and Jordan, breakfast and supper, airfare, land tours, all entrance fees, gratuities, and tuition for a 4 credit undergraduate course or 3 credit graduate course.

More Information

Program coordinator: Bernadette Dunn, bdunn@csbsju.edu, 320-363-2839

Holy Land Study Tour Brochure

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*Note for undergraduate students: There are two trips to the Holy Land during Summer Term.  This one allows you to earn four undergraduate credits and is led by Fr. Michael Patella.  The other one is with SJU Campus Ministry, has no credits attached, and is led by Fr. Jerome Tupa.

Last update: 12/21/07 RB

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