Monday, June 19, 2017

Ten Catholic Places To See Before You Die

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Today's blog is a fantastic reads that highlights 10 breath-taking Catholic sites that are must-sees. The list includes Salzburg, Austria, The Pope's Bavaria among many others. Joanna Bogle's account of each location makes you feel like you're there. Check out the full list HERE!

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, June 12, 2017

A Pilgrim Finds God on a Spanish Mountainside

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Today's blog features a pilgrims journey on The Camino de Santiago, the way of St James. The journey winds towards Santiago de Compostela and over the mountains and plains of northern Spain for nearly 500 miles. Tony Collins describes his experience in great length and precise detail. You truly feel like you're right there with them.

Collins writes, "I learned, I think, two primary truths from my pilgrimage. First, the less you carry the easier it is to travel. For years my wife Pen Wilcock and I have been streamlining, disposing of books and clothes, heirlooms and ornaments. This needs to be accompanied by a metaphorical stripping, of hang-ups and anxieties and worries about status. The more firmly you grasp your pilgrim identity, the simpler this grows. A pilgrim learns to tread lightly upon the earth."




To read his account in its entirety, please click HERE

Start your pilgrimage journey with Foundations of Faith TODAY! Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/


Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Pilgrimage Trip - A Walk to Remember

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Today's blog features a pilgrimage taken by a group of college students to the Molungyimsen village. The walk was organized with the goal to learn and feel the deeper root of Christianity in Nagaland. The article delves into the pilgrimage walk, that was over 12 kilometers in length and the individuals highs and lows. The participants final destination was The Clark Light Tower that is situated near the village church. 

"Most of them experience it as a spiritual growth journey, as said by one of the students “throughout the entire walk, I was not disappointed; the walk had a precise balance of adventure, blessed discoveries and personal time to embrace my faith strongly." 


To learn more about this pilgrimage, read the full article HERE

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/



Tuesday, May 30, 2017

'River of Life' Pilgriamge

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Today we're featuring an article out the Episcopal News Service that highlights the Connecticut River as a new site for prayer through the River of Life pilgrimage.

New Hampshire Bishop Robert Hirschfeld explains, "This is a way to experience God’s love for us, God’s grace, God’s desire to flow in us and around us,” Hirschfeld told Episcopal News Service in a phone interview. “And in our forming a community of pilgrims, my desire was to slow down and put aside our electronic devices, all the busy-ness of our life, and just be fully present with God and each other in the midst of God’s creation.”



Learn more about this new pilgrimage experience HERE

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/



Monday, May 22, 2017

Christian Pilgrimage Documentary Wins Award

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Today's blog features a heart-warming documentary titled, "I'll Push You" that follows two friends' journey across the Camino Trail in Spain. Lifelong friends, Patrick Gray and Justin Skeesuck share the same commitment to faith. Justin lives with a progressive auto-immune disease and is currently wheel-chair bound. Wanting to experience this pilgrimage together, Patrick didn't think twice about pushing his friend the entire 500-mile long journey. Their well documented journey was just recently honored at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

To learn more about Patrick and Justin's journey, read the full article HERE!

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/



Monday, May 15, 2017

Experience Your Faith in Ireland with FOF!

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Foundations of Faith's pilgrimage to Ireland allows you to trace the footsteps of St. Patrick through some of the most enchanting sites in Europe. Explore your Christian faith through the following sites:
  • Croagh Patrick/Knock
  • Dublin
  • Meath, Louth & Belfast
  • Down & Arm'agh (Northern Ireland)
  • Armagh, Belleek & Sligo
  • Glendalough
Our experts will allow, you, your family or your group to experience the rich history of Ireland including their grand castles, cathedrals, monasteries, mountains and more. Contact Ron directly at ron@foundationsoffaith.com to start planning your trip of a lifetime.

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/


Monday, May 8, 2017

Explore Your Faith In The Beauty of Greece

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Do you have dreams of exploring your faith in one of the most beautiful countries in the world? At Foundations of Faith our expert tour guides will allow you to follow the steps of Paul through the glories of the Greek mainland--and even add a Greek Island cruise to your pilgrimage--including the following locations:


Athens

  • The Acropolis to see the magnificent Parthenon and other remnants of classical Greek architecture
  • The famous Plaka market
  • Mars Hill, where Paul preached (Acts 17:15-34)
  • The Agora, the ancient marketplace and former center of Athenian public life
  • The House of Parliament, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Presidential Palace

Corinth

(Corinth, Paul’s home for 18 months, was the center of Peloponnesian life at the height of the Greek Empire 
and where Paul wrote two of his epistles to the people of Corinth.)
  • The Archaeological Museum, the marketplace and the temples
  • The Bema, where Paul spoke to the Corinthians (Acts 18:1-17)
  • The Corinth Canal, which separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland and connects the Ionian and Aegean Seas

Delphi

  • Theaters and stadium where the Pythian Games were held (Paul references the Greek games as an illustration of the Christian life in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27)
  • Byzantine monastery of St. Luke on the slopes of Mount Helikon
  • Church of Mary, 10th century monastery with mosaics and frescoes that are among the most beautiful in Greece

Thessalonika

  • Follow Paul’s footsteps through Thessalonika on his Second Missionary Journey (Acts 17), where he preached in the city’s synagogue, the chief synagogue of the region, for at least three weeks and where he established a Jewish-Gentile church, although it was more heavily Gentile (1 Thes. 1:9). Paul faced great persecution at the hands of the mob and fled to Berea, but Thessalonians eventually forced him to leave there also (Acts 17:13-14).

Kavala (ancient Neapolis) & Philippi

  • City where the Apostles Paul and Silas, accompanied by Luke and Timothy, first set foot in Europe (Acts 16:11)
  • Byzantine Castle, aqueduct and museum containing finds from ancient Amphipolis (Acts 17:1)
  • The Roman and Greek tombstones and ruts of ancient chariot wheels en route to Philippi (Acts 16:12-40), where Paul delivered his first sermon in Europe and baptized “a certain woman named Lydia” (Acts 16:14-15)
  • Roman Forum ruins and rocky ledge above the town’s main road (with its inscriptions and carved reliefs), which was the “prison” where Paul and Silas were held (Acts 16:16-34)

Greek Islands

  • Mykonos, with its 360 little churches and chapels
  • Rhodes, the island of the sun whose old city was built by the knights of St. John, and visited by St. Paul
  • Patmos to see its famous monastery on the hill, where St. John the Evangelist wrote the Apocalypse while in exile 







If an experience like this is of interest to you, please contact Ron at ron@foundationsoffaith.com for more information!

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Explore Egypt with Foundations of Faith!


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Home to the most recognizable archaeological sites in the world, Egypt's origins and ancient civilizations date back more than 5,000 years. Take the trip of a lifetime by experiencing Egypt with Foundations of Faith!

Check out our sample itinerary:

Cairo

  • The Great Pyramids of Giza

Nile Cruise

  • See Upper Egypt and the ancient temples and burial places of the Pharaohs

Memphis & Sakkara

  •  The Sphinx and the Colossus of Ramses the Great
  • “Stairway to the Sky,” the original pyramid




Luxor & Karnak

  • The Temple of Luxor
  • Donkey ride to Karnak to see the Avenue of the Sphinxes, the unfinished Propylon
the Hypostyle Hall, the Obelisks of Queen Hatchepsut and Tutmosis III, the Temple of Amon,
the Granite Scarabeus of Amenophis II and the Sacred Lake
  • Thebes and the Valley of the Kings
  • Colossi of Memnon, the first ruins visible when arriving by ferry and the sole surviving remains of the funerary temple of Amenhotep III which, according to recent discoveries, was more vast than the complex of Karnak
  • The Temple of Karnak, the most important place of worship in all Egypt during Theban power








If an experience like this is of interest to you, please contact Ron at ron@foundationsoffaith.com for more information!

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/


Monday, April 24, 2017

Experience the Wonders of Jordan with Foundations of Faith!

Jordan is a country rich in contrasts and biblical heritage. The experts at Foundations of Faith have created a trip to this magical country to leave you with lasting memories that are sure to last a lifetime.


Experience a trip to Jordan with us and visit the following places:

Petra

  • A UNESCO Heritage site, this capital of the Nabateans carved into the Rose Red Edomite Mountains (often referred to as the 8th Wonder of the Ancient World)
  • City of Herod’s youth

Makawir

  • Biblical Machaerus, this was the site where Herod had John the Baptist exectued

Jerash

  • Gerasa, generally acknowledged to be one of the best preserved Roman provincial towns in the world, which came under Roman rule in 63 B.C. and was one of the 10 great Roman cities

Madaba

  • The amazing Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics of the “City of Mosaics,” located along the 5,000-year-old Kings’ Highway
  • The famous 6th century Mosaic Map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, depicting hills, valleys, villages and towns as far as the Nile Delta with 2 million pieces of vividly colored local stone (in St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church)
  • The church of the Virgin and the Apostles

Mount Nebo

  • One of the most revered holy sites of Jordan, this is the place from where Moses looked out over the Holy Land. During his visit to Jordan in 2001, the late Pope John Paul II preached here.

Bethany Beyond the Jordan

  • The area where John the Baptist lived and Jesus was baptized

For more information or any questions about this trip, please contact Ron directly at ron@foundationsoffaith.com!

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, April 17, 2017

Pilgrims Flock to Jerusalem to Celebrate Easter

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Today we're bringing you a wonderful article written by Robert Berger of VOA News that highlights the influx of pilgrims to Jerusalem this Easter season. Berger writes that after a beautiful sunrise service on Sunday that the group of pilgrims headed to the historic tomb where it is believed that Jesus was risen.

Berger spoke with one of the pilgrims after the service where he described his experience. “Being here where Christ was caused me to strengthen my faith,” Travis Cullimore, an American from San Francisco, California, told VOA. “It really provides a good perspective on who Christ is and what other people believe about Christ, and also it causes me to reflect on what I truly believe about Christ.”


Berger continues to illustrate the spiritual surroundings where pilgrims came from all over the world to experience Easter where, according to the New Testament, these events took place. 

Read more of Berger's account of the day by clicking HERE

Looking to experience your faith with a once-in-a-lifetime experience? Contact the experts at Foundations of Faith today! Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, April 10, 2017

Upcoming Pastor Trips with Foundations of Faith!

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Today we're featuring our upcoming pastor trip! If you're interested in experiencing this trip with us, please e-mail us today for more information!


MINISTERS FAMILIARIZATION TOUR TO ISRAEL

Dates To Be Announced
$1,979 per person for ordained congregational pastors (based on double occupancy)
$2,179 land package per person for pastor’s spouse (based on double occupancy   
$349 Single occupancy supplement
Package includes:
  • Round-trip airfare on El Al Israel Airlines including fuel charges and taxes
  • First class hotels
  • Itinerary specially designed for spiritual enrichment and Bible study
  • Breakfast and dinner daily including a special Farewell Dinner
  • Group meet & assist on arrival at airport and group transfer to/from airport/hotel
  • Sightseeing with outstanding English speaking licensed Bible scholar guide in private deluxe vehicle.
  • Entrance to all sites on itinerary

We're always updating the Pastor Trips page of our website so be sure to check back frequently!

 Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing 
 religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. 
   To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/


Monday, April 3, 2017

Foundations of Faith New Website!

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We're so excited to announce that our brand new website is officially live! Be sure to check out the new look and read into all of our destinations and exciting trips for Pastors and Ministers. Whether you're looking to plan a journey of a lifetime for yourself, your family or your religious group, we can help you do just that.


Visit our new site HERE!
 
Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith.

Monday, March 27, 2017

1,400-Year-Old Coins Discovered Near Christian Pilgrimage Site in Jerusalem

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Today we're bringing you some fascinating news about a cache of 1,400-year-old coins that were just discovered in excavations near Jerusalem.

JNS.org states, "According to the IAA, the cache of nine bronze coins were found in a large complex that served Christian pilgrims en route to Jerusalem, and provide “evidence of the Persian invasion at the end of the Byzantine period,” as the coins feature the images of three Byzantine emperors (Justinian 483-565 CE, Maurice 539-602 CE and Phocas 547-610 CE)."

Find the full article HERE!


The Holy Land is full of amazing historical findings. Do you want to plan your next pilgrimage to visit these breathtaking sites? Contact the experts at Foundations of Faith today! Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at https://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, March 20, 2017

Being Christian in the Holy Land

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Today we're sharing a special article out of The Catholic Spirit that describes the connection between the holy season of Lent and pilgrimage. Deacon Mickey Friesen writes, "Lent is an annual pilgrimage to renew our faith in Christ as we retrace his footsteps and walk with his disciples on the way to Jerusalem - the way to the cross."


When Jesus took this journey himself, he passed through Galilee, Samaria and Judea to teach, heal, forgive, feed and raise up those in need. Pilgrims are now taking this time to experience this holy journey and walk the path he traveled.

To read more into this special pilgrimage, read the full article HERE!

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at https://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, March 13, 2017

Swiss Guards Make Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

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Today we're bringing you a lovely read out of the National Catholic Register that describes the first time in its 500-year history that the Swiss Guard organized a Holy Land pilgrimage. Michele Chabin of NCR writes that 12 of the 110 guardsmen who protect the Pope on a daily basis toured Christian holy sites throughout Israel and the Palestinian territories last month.


“The main purpose of the trip was to learn more about the places where Jesus lived, where he preached, where he died and was resurrected,” said Father Thomas Widmer, the group’s chaplain, during a visit to the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame in Jerusalem. “For most of us, it is our first time here, and we are full of impressions.”

Learn more about this amazing trip by reading the full article HERE!  

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at https://foundationsoffaith.com/


Monday, March 6, 2017

Walking Where Jesus Walked

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Today we're bringing you a newsworthy article out of Christian Today that states that a new pilgrimage route in Jerusalem is recreating a journey Jesus and his disciples may have taken on their visits to the city 2,000 years ago.

Author Mike Woods writes, "The trail is centered on ancient ritual baths at the Ophel site used by the tens of thousands of pilgrims visiting the Temple for the three great festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. The pilgrims would have ascended from the Siloam Pool by way of the City of the David to the Ophel and its ritual baths and from there to the Temple Mount."

Learn more about the trail by reading the full article HERE!

Interested in learning more about this trail and possibly plan a trip to the Holy Land? Contact the experts at Foundations of Faith today! Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at https://foundationsoffaith.com/


Monday, February 27, 2017

Five Breathtaking British Pilgrimage Sites Off the Beaten Track

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Today we're brining you an interesting read out of the Catholic Herald that highlights five amazing British pilgrimage sites. They aren't very well-known but they are well worth the visit. 
The sites include:
St. Non, West Wales
Harvington Hall, Worcerstershire
St. Trillo's Chapel and Well, Rhos on Sea
Shrine of Blessed Cyprian Tansi, Mount St. Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire
Shepard's Law, Northumberland


Check out what these sites are all about by reading the full article HERE

               Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing 
 religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. 
   To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, February 13, 2017

Tattoos with Heritage

Today's blog features an interesting topic about how Christian pilgrimage tattoos have become an important piece of an individuals' journey to the Holy Land. The article features Wassim Rozzouck and his business tattooing pilgrims, a tradition that has been passed down through his family from generation to generation for over 700 years. 

Rozzouck explains, "The tattoo is a symbol of their journey to the Holy Land. It’s a symbol of their identity and it’s something they want to take home as a souvenir, as proof, and as a source of pride of their Christianity and of their pilgrimage to the Holy Land." 


Rozzouck's business continues to grow as he is in high demand among religious pilgrims, regular tourists and locals alike that are excited to mark their bodies with the most traditional and culturally authentic relics available in the Holy Land. 

Learn more by checking out the full article HERE

Start planning YOUR religious pilgrimage to the Holy Land today by contacting the experts at Foundations of Faith. Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, February 6, 2017

Couple Completes 600-mile Pilgrimage

In today's blog we're bringing you an inspiring article that features a brave couple's 600-mile journey of the Walk of St. James. The long trek begins in France and ends in Spain where the remains of St. James are said to be buried. Many pilgrims take this walk in hopes to find a miracle to a physical ailment, but for Georgie and Corbin Washington, they did it as a walk of thanks. 


Washington explains, "We did it in thanks, we are blessed, we are normal, average people, we are thankful," she said and added that "it was incredibly tough for me because I don't like to walk; I like to be comfortable."

To read the full article to learn more about their journey, please click HERE

Start planning YOUR religious pilgrimage to the Holy Land today by contacting the experts at Foundations of Faith. Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, January 30, 2017

The Pope's Visit to the Holy Land

In today's blog we're bringing you a beautiful video that shows the Pope's visit to the Holy Land. He talks about why it's so important for Christians to visit Jerusalem in general to further explore their faith. Pope Francis lovingly states, "Because it's a preview for what awaits for us up there." View the full video HERE!


Start planning YOUR religious pilgrimage to the Holy Land today by contacting the experts at Foundations of Faith. Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, January 23, 2017

Catholic Community Visits the Holy Land

In today's blog we're bringing you an article written by Maj. Christopher Rivers that highlights a group's recent trip to the Holy Land to take a deeper look into their faith. The trip was planned by Chaplain (Maj.) Felix Kumai where he led his group through a preparatory Bible study over five months. The group visited the Garden of Gethsemane, the Western Wailing Wall, and the site of the Last Supper to name a few. It was an exciting one to read that makes you wish you were there with them!

“The bond and friendships formed among the group is of lasting legacy for me... I see faith rejuvenated as pilgrims now attend daily Mass,” Kumai said. “For me, it was a unique opportunity to celebrate Mass at these holy sites.” 

Read the full article HERE and start getting excited about planning YOUR pilgrimage to explore your faith with the experts at Foundations of Faith today!
 
Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/

Monday, January 16, 2017

Holy Land Pilgrimage

In today's blog we're bringing you a website from Pastor Brad where he goes into detail about his Holy Land Pilgrimage. Read and learn about his experience through accounts, pictures and videos. Instead of bringing you insight on a pilgrimage from an individual's perspective, hearing it from Pastor is a totally new inside look. 

Check out his website to see all of his posts by clicking HERE


Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/


Monday, January 9, 2017

A Hallelujah Visit To The Holy Land


The East Oregonian recently published the article, "A Hallelujah Visit To The Holy Land" that gives a wonderful insight into a Christian pilgrimage including must-see sites along with fascinating archaeology an even a look into the economy and politics of Jerusalem. If you're thinking about visiting the Holy Land anytime soon, this article is a must-read to begin planning your adventures! 


Read the full article HERE

Foundations of Faith is a full-service travel agency specializing in designing religious pilgrimages that allow individuals, groups, and churches to further explore their faith. To learn more about their services, please visit their website at http://foundationsoffaith.com/