Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ®
Holy Land Pilgrimage - 2007
In response to call from our Grand Master, Fra´ Andrew Bertie, 1,340 pilgrims from the Order of Malta from around the world traveled to the Holy Land in early October, 2007 to bear witness and pray for our Christian brothers and sisters living there.
Our group of 87 that traveled together included 11 from the Federal Association and we were joined by the Western Association so there were about 100 from the United Sates.
The entire Malta group came together on only three occasions; at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth which was built over the excavated ruins of Mary’ house, at St. Catherine’s Basilica in Bethlehem where Christ was born, and at an outdoor Mass in the Olive Garden where Christ was betrayed.
We can never completely recapture all that we experienced but the Scriptures will now be heard with much more meaning since we have walked in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.
To see some of the images from our travels, please click on Photo Gallery at the top of the page.