GALILEE SEMINAR 2020

“JESUS OF HISTORY AND CHRIST OF FAITH”

Texts and Contexts of the Gospel Message

A Journey of Study, Reflection, Pilgrimage and Dialogue in the Holy Land
Wednesday Sept. 16 – Tuesday Sept. 29, 2020

[Arrivals in Jerusalem by Wed. Sept. 16 for 7 pm Dinner and Opening Session; Last Full Day of Seminar is Mon. Sept. 28; Departures on Tues. Sept 29.]

SEMINAR Coordinator: Ms. Laurie Parrish (LP)
SEMINAR Leaders/Instructors: Rev. Dr. Kamal Farah (K) & Dr. Henry Ralph Carse (HR)

September, 2020

Wed 16 WELCOME TO THE HOLY LAND!

AHALLAN WA-SAHALLAN! BERUCHIM HA-BA’IM!

7.00 pm (19.00) Dinner as a group at the hotel in Jerusalem
20.00 FORMAL OPENING OF “GALILEE SEMINAR”

Group Gathering, Introductions and Orientation to the Program
Evening Prayer and Reflection
Overnight in Jerusalem

Thu 17 THE ROAD TO GALILEE

7.30 Breakfast
8.30 Opening Prayer and Reflection
9.00 BRIEFING: “The Sacred Geography of Galilee”
Preparations for Departure to Galilee
12.00 Early Lunch
13.00 Departure for Galilee via the Judean Desert
Visit WadiKelt (Nahal Prat)
REFLECTION: “Jesus in the Wilderness”
Arrive in Nazareth
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Nazareth
20.00 Group Reflections and Evening Prayer

Fri 18 THE VOCATION OF JESUS

7.30 Breakfast
8.30 Opening Prayer and Reflection
9.00 SEMINAR PRESENTATION(K & HR): “Jesus of History and Christ of Faith”
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
12.00 Lunch and Rest
14.00 GROUP OUTING: Mount Precipice Overview
The Old City of Nazareth
Visit a Synagogue for Jewish Prayer of Kabalat Shabat (Welcoming Shabat)
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Nazareth
20.00 Group Reflections and Evening Prayer

Sat 19 GOSPEL IN A LAND OF CONFLICT

7.00 Breakfast
8.00 BRIEFING ON THE BUS (K and HR): “Land of Conflict and Hope”
GROUP OUTING: Depart for Visit to a“Lost Village”
10.00 ARRIVE BIR’AM, Tour village, meet w/locals “The Bir’am Story”
11.00 MASS at Bir’am Maronite church
12.00 Lunch en route
14.00 Visit a Bedouin Visitors’ Center
REFLECTION: “Bedouin Culture”
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Nazareth
20.00 Group Reflections and Evening Prayer

Sun 20 LIVING STONES

8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Opening Prayer and Reflection
10.00 Sunday Worship with Local Christians
12.00 Lunch and rest
FREE AFTERNOON
17:00 BRIEFING (K and HR): “Christian Communities in Galilee Today”
19:00 Dinner and Overnight in Nazareth
20.00 Conversation with a Christian Woman of Galilee

Mon 21 JESUS AND THE SYNAGOGUE

7.30 Breakfast
8.30 Opening Prayer and Reflection
9.00 SEMINAR PRESENTATION (K): “The Judaism(s) of the Time of Jesus”
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
10.30 Break
11.00 SEMINAR PRESENTATION (HR): “Gospel Languages and Idioms”
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
12.30 Lunch and Rest
14.00 GROUP OUTING (K): Faith Communities of Galilee Today:
“Women’s Voices in Galilee” Jewish & Muslim
CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN of DIFFERENT FAITHS
GROUP OUTING (HR): Optional Walking Experience on the “Jesus Trail”
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Nazareth
20.00 Group Reflections and Evening Prayer

Tue 22 JESUS THE TEACHER

7.30 Breakfast
8.30 Opening Prayer and Reflection
9.00 GROUP OUTING (K): Visit “Nazareth Village”
REFLECTION: “This is Jesus, of Nazareth, in Galilee”
12.00 Lunch en route
14.00 GROUP OUTING (HR): Optional Walk on the “Jesus Trail”
REFLECTION: “The Questions of Jesus”
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Nazareth
20.00 Group Reflections and Evening Prayer

Wed 23 THE HOLY FAMILY - AND BEYOND

7.30 Breakfast
8.30 Opening Prayer and Reflection
9.00 SEMINAR PRESENTATION (HR):
“Family & Community Dynamics in Jesus’ Time” Part 1
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
10.30 Break
SEMINAR PRESENTATION (K):“Family and Community Dynamics” Part 2
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
12.00 Lunch en route
14.00 GROUP OUTING (K): Faith Communities of Galilee Today:
Visit Bahai and Ahmadiyeh Communities in Haifa, & Druze Mt Carmel
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Nazareth
20.00 Group Reflections and Evening Prayer

Thu 24 SACRED TEXTS AND EARTHLY CONTEXTS

7.30 Breakfast
8.30 Opening Prayer and Reflection
9.00 SEMINAR PRESENTATION (HR): “Jesus the Teacher: Methods and Message” Part 1
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
10.30 Break
SEMINAR PRESENTATION (K): “Jesus the Teacher: Methods and Message” Part 2
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
12.30 Lunch and Rest
14.00 FREE AFTERNOON
GROUP OUTING (HR): Optional Walking Experience
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Nazareth

Fri 25 TEACHER, HEALER AND PROCLAIMER OF THE KINGDOM

7.30 Early Breakfast
8.30 Opening Prayer and Reflection
9.00 Early Departure for Full Day Excursion to the Sea of Galilee
Visit the Ancient Synagogue at Capernaum
REFLECTION: “Jesus in the Synagogue”
Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee
REFLECTION: “Stilling the Storm”
Visit the Mount of Beatitudes
REFLECTION: “The Beatitudes”; Optional Walk to ‘Eremos’ (HR)
12.30 Lunch
Visit the Magdala Center and the Excavations of the Ancient Synagogue of Migdal
REFLECTION: “Mary of Magdala: Apostle to the Apostles”
Visit the Loaves and Fishes Basilica Restoration at Tabgha (Heptapegon)
Visit the Chapel of Peter’s Repentance (“Primacy Church”) at Tabgha
GROUP REFLECTIONS ON THE LAKESHORE: “Do You Love Me?”
Return to Nazareth
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Nazareth
20.00 Group Reflections and Evening Prayer

Sat 26 OUR FACES TOWARD JERUSALEM

7.30 Breakfast
8.30 Opening Prayer and Reflection
9.00 BRIEFING: “Farewell to Galilee”
Visit Mount Tabor
REFLECTION: “Transfiguration”
GROUP OUTING (K): Faith Communities of Galilee Today:
Visit Circassian Community in Kfar Kama
Departure for Jerusalem via the Jordan Valley
12.00 Lunch en route in Jericho
Arrival in Jerusalem via the Mount of Olives
REFLECTION: “Weeping Over Jerusalem”
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Jerusalem
20.00 Group Reflections and Evening Prayer
OPTION for a special evening experience at a holy site 19:30-22:30 (LP)

Sun 27 “HE IS RISEN, HE IS NOT HERE!”

Sunday Worship with Local Christians
Full Free Day
Lunch ad lib in the City
OPTIONAL OUTINGS: To Be Suggested
19.00 Dinner and Overnight in Jerusalem

Mon 28 DIVINE LOVE AND MERCY

YOM KIPPUR (DAY OF ATONEMENT)
Dawn OPTIONAL Early Walk to the Church of the Resurrection
SILENT REFLECTIONS
7.30 Breakfast
8.30 Opening Prayer and Reflection
9.00 Visit Some Places of Jesus’ Teaching and Ministry in Jerusalem:
Mount of Olives, Qidron Valley, Bethesda Pools, Via Dolorosa
REFLECTION: “Jesus in Jerusalem”
12.00 Lunch en route
Visit the Anastasis / Resurrection Basilica (“Church of the Holy Sepulchre”)
REFLECTION: “From Darkness to Light”
FREE AFTERNOON
19.00 Farewell Dinner and Closing Gathering

Tue 29 FAREWELLS

7.30 Breakfast
8.30 Final Prayers and Reflections
DEPARTURE OPTIONS after Breakfast

FAREWELL, SALAMAT AND SHALOM!

He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside,
He came to those who knew Him not.
He speaks to us the same word: ‘Follow thou me!’ and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our own time.
He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall know in their own experience Who He is.

- Albert Schweitzer, The Quest for the Historical Jesus 1906 (1945) 401

THIS ITINERARY SCHEDULE IS AN OUTLINE AND NOT A CONTRACT;

IF NEEDED, CHANGES MAY BE MADE BY THE PROGRAM LEADERS.

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