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Two Groups of the EOHSJ Visit Bethlehem University

Bethlehem University hosted on Tuesday, 17 September 2019, the Knights and Ladies of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (EOHSJ)- USA Middle Atlantic Lieutenancy and EOHSJ- USA Eastern Lieutenancy. Her Excellency Valencia Yvonne Camp, DGCH, Lieutenant of EOHSJ- USA Middle Atlantic Lieutenancy led a group of 45 people including Michael J. Ruck, Sr, KSG, KGCHS and Lady

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A Visit to Bethlehem University

Following the visit of H.E. Michael Scott Feeley, Lieutenant of the Western Lieutenancy, last April, Deacon Sir Ryan Adams led a pilgrimage group of members of the Western Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (EOHSJ) on a visit to Bethlehem University on Thursday, 9 May 2019. Vice Chancellor Brother Peter Bray

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44 Steppers Plus One….Holy Land pilgrimage 2018

By: Joe and Connie Micatrotto Earlier, in October 2016, we joined six other Area Councillors and Cardinal Roger Mahony and his family on a wonderful pilgrimage to the Holy Land that put us all on a spiritual whirlwind. We credit Cardinal Mahony and our fellow 27 pilgrims with providing us the impetus to answer the

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Cardinal Roger Mahony’s 29 steppers – Living stones of Jesus

By: Joe Micatrotto The old saying “not our first rodeo” would have seemed appropriate for the Catholic Travel Centre’s (CTC) Cardinal Mahony’s Holy Land Pilgrimage of October 4-10, 2014. After all, this was our third trip to the Holy Land in less than six years and we had “already” visited so many sites. Wrong! Oh, do

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The Portiuncula – a Chapel within a Church

It was only a short bus trip down the hill from from Assisi to the beautiful Santa Maria degli Angeli, a beautiful basilica constructed around a house famed to have been built in the 300s AD from relics of the original house where the Assumption of Our Lady took place. It is said this is

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Carlo Acutis – A Hidden Assisi Side-Pilgrimage

While we all visit Assisi for the town’s notable contribution of the great Saints Francis and Clare, we could have easily spent days atop this old world town and it’s surrounding countryside. This is Italy at its finest: old shops full of icons, keepsakes and unique mementos, side streets of cobblestone, and cafes and eateries

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Pope Francis: Homily from the Upper Room

On Monday, 26 May 2014, Pope Francis delivered a homily from the Upper Room (Jerusalem): The Upper Room speaks to us of service, of Jesus giving the disciples an example by washing their feet. Washing one another’s feet signifies welcoming, accepting, loving and serving one another. It means serving the poor, the sick and the outcast,

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