Briefing on Holy Land trip

Parishioners going on the Parish Pilgrimage to The Holy Land were given a briefing on their trip by travel agent Joe Tully on Monday night.

He provided a detailed background to their travel arrangements and the security aspects of the visit, which is centred in Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, and in Jerusalem itself.

During the nine days of the trip the participants will visit the site of the Sermon on the Mount, and the location of the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes at Tabgha.

They will also take in Nazareth, Cana, Haifa and the Dead Sea before moving to the second location in Jerusalem.

There they will visit parts of the old and the modern city related to the stories from the Bible, including the Garden of Gethsemane and the Room of the Last Supper.

A visit to Bethlehem is also on the itinerary.

The trip begins on October 16, when the group is flying to Tel Aviv via Frankfurt.

Brian Byrne.