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Dear Readers,
August and September are months in which we mark the birth and assumption of Mary. That is why we have decided to dedicate this newsletter to Virgin Mary. The first holiday is the Feast of the Assumption on August 15, and the second is the Feast of the Nativity on September 8.
To read more about the Feast of the Assumption, click here
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Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary |
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The Feast of the Nativity, commemorating the birth of Mary, is celebrated on September 8. While the canonical Gospels are silent about her origins, we know about her parents Joachim and Anne, her birth and childhood from the second century Protoevangelium of James. Early Christian tradition places the home of Joachim and Anne next to a double pool that was a popular healing center - the pool of Bethesda. To read more >>>
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A Holy Land Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of the Virgin Mary |
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Reaffirm your faith by taking a spiritual journey while tracing the life of Mary, mother of Jesus, within the Biblical landscape in which she lived. On August 15, 2011, in the Holy Mass marking the Feast of the Assumption, His Holiness Benedict XVI said, “In contemplating the Virgin Mary we are granted another grace: the ability to see our own life too in depth. Yes, because our own daily existence, with its problems and hopes, receives light from the Mother of God, from her spiritual journey, from her destiny of glory…."
Make the Virgin Mary’s journey your own by creating an itinerary that follows her footsteps in the Holy Land and provides a special spiritual experience for any believer.
To read more about the sites in the Holy Land associated with the Virgin Mary, click here |
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Vote for the Dead Sea as one the New7Wonders of Nature |
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Time is running out to vote in the New7Wonders of Nature competition, so don’t delay!
Vote for the Dead Sea today. |
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We look forward to welcoming you in the Holy Land
To arrange your own pilgrimage please click here |
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