General Audience
At the Pope’s General Audience, he gave a special greeting to our pilgrimage group: My special greeting goes to the pilgrimage group from the Diocese of Rapid City, accompanied by Bishop Robert Gruss. Upon you and your families I invoke God’s blessings of joy and peace! English translation of the Pope’s...
read morePilgrimage Day 3, Mount Tabor, Cana, Nazareth
Day 3 Begins The day began with breakfast at 7:00 AM. Breakfast consisted of a buffet containing a variety of cheeses, meats, fruits, scrambled eggs, pork hotdogs, breads, cereals, juices and coffee. One thing I often do when traveling, is to try different foods, and so I tried some of just about everything. And everything I tried was good. So it was a good start to the day. Mount Tabor On the drive to our first stop, our guide Peter provided us with more information not just about Mount Tabor, but about many things about the area, some...
read morePilgrimage travel to Holy Land and Rome
The pilgrimage began early Friday morning at the Rapid City Airport. The first group left at 6:35 AM flying to Minneapolis Saint Paul, New York, Rome, arriving in Tel Aviv shortly after 3:00 PM Israel time or 6:00 AM Rapid City time on Saturday. The other group left at 8:50 AM flying to Denver, New Jersey, arriving in Tel Aviv around 3:30 PM Israel time or 6:30 AM Rapid City time. Our Guide and Bus Driver met us after we passed through Customs. We proceeded to pick up our luggage, which all arrived with the only exception being Bishop Gruss’....
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