I sent an email this evening to all pilgrims with this information:
So while you are preparing and packing, please pick up a small gift (Toy, pencils, color markers, books for children, Lego etc. )
3. Emergency Contact- If your family needs to reach you in an emergency
there are a few options--- they could email you (which you can get
whenever you have wifi access), or contact the hotel and leave a
message at the desk for you (you have the hotel contact info sheet in
your packet), or
Between 8am-4pm Eastern Time weekdays, they can call the St Andrew
parish office (919-362-0414 or 919-362-0685 and ask to speak with Mary
or Lucille, who will have Cathy's cell phone number and be able to relay
the message.
- WEATHER UPDATE- according to my app, we may see a high of 80 degrees for the first few days of our trip, along the Sea of Galilee. (It is predicted to be about 7 degrees cooler in Jerusalem.) I will put another update on the blog on Sunday. So- while I still advise you to prepare for weather in the 50’s and 60’s, also have an option that you can wear in 80 degrees! (while keeping your shoulders covered)
- Sunday Mass- on Sunday, February 21, we will join the local Palestinian Catholic community for Mass. (we will also visit Shepherd’s Field, we just will not have Mass there). It is customary for visitors to bring gifts, which will be brought up during the offertory.
So while you are preparing and packing, please pick up a small gift (Toy, pencils, color markers, books for children, Lego etc. )
3. Emergency Contact- If your family needs to reach you in an emergency
there are a few options--- they could email you (which you can get
whenever you have wifi access), or contact the hotel and leave a
message at the desk for you (you have the hotel contact info sheet in
your packet), or
Between 8am-4pm Eastern Time weekdays, they can call the St Andrew
parish office (919-362-0414 or 919-362-0685 and ask to speak with Mary
or Lucille, who will have Cathy's cell phone number and be able to relay
the message.