Everyone arrived on time along with their luggage. We drove across Ireland to Clanmacnoise which was the ancient monastery built by Saint Caíron in the 500’s. We had Mass along the Shannon River in the same place Saint John Paul II celebrated Mass. Fr. James Conlon’s excellent  introduction, opening comments and homily here. Enjoy the […]

JUST REPORTED BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL: “In June alone, 310,200 tourists entered Israel – an increase of about 2% compared with June of last year. (PICTURE: Our full bus of pilgrims in June 2018. One of 8 trips this year to the Holy Land.) “For the first time, Israel crossed the threshold of 2 […]

Our last day was rich with spirituality, friendship and fun. We started out VERY early in the morning but everyone thanked us later 🙂 Fr. Sean Did a marvelous job leading us prayerfully through the Stations of the Cross leading to the type of Calvary. Our final Mass of the Pilgrimage was celebrated on the […]