Welcome to the information, formation and resource page for the North Queensland Education pilgrimage to World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal and the Holy Land, in August, 2023.
Pilgrimage offers pilgrims unique opportunities for spiritual renewal and wellbeing. Harvest Journeys will take pilgrims on a journey to sites where the physical meets the spiritual and the extraordinary enters the ordinary. They partner with the world’s best pilgrim ground-operators and guides who share a passion for the sacred and impart knowledge about holy and historical sites, expertise about local cuisine and customs, and provide a welcoming experience and unique care and insight at each stage of the journey.
Pilgrims will depart Australia from Brisbane on Saturday, 29 July for Portugal and return from Jerusalem on Wednesday, 16 August, arriving Brisbane Thursday 17 August, after journeying through Lisbon, Fatima, Bethlehem, Jericho, Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee, Nazareth, Cana, Mt Tabor, Caesarea Philippi, Mount of Beatitudes, Haifa, Mount Carmel, Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem.
Should you require further information please contact the Pilgrimage Coordinator Louise Vella-Cox on 0408 294 705 or lvellacox@tsv.catholic.org.au
WYD Portugal Holy Land Pilgrimage ITINERARY
Travel info
Date | Flight No. | Departure City | Departure Time | Arrival City | Arrival Time |
Saturday 29 July | EK435 | Brisbane | 9.00pm | Dubai | 5.10am (Sunday 30 July) |
Sunday 30 July | EK191 | Dubai | 7.25am | Lisbon | 12.35pm |
Monday - 7th August
- Departure from Lisbon at 01:00 am via coach to Madrid Airport (8-hour journey).
- Flight departing from Madrid Airport at 11:40 am, arriving at Tel Aviv Airport at 17:25 pm
Wednesday 16 August | EK932 | Tel Aviv | 7.55pm | Dubai | 11.59pm |
Thusday 17 August | EK434 | Dubai | 10.35am | Brisbane | 6.25am |
Accomodation
Date | |
30 July - 7 August | Ramada Hotel Avenida Engenheiro Arantaes Oliveira #9 Lisbon Tel +351 2 1843 4200 |
August 7-9 |
St George Hotel |
August 9-13 | Leonardo Tiberias Gdud Barak St #17 Tiberias Tel +972 4 670 0800 |
August 13-16 | St George Hotel Amr Ibn Aas St #6 Jerusalem Tel +972 2 627 7232 |
Key People
Louise Vella-Cox
Pilgrimage Coordinator - TSV
E: lvellacox@tsv.catholic.edu.au
M: 0408 294 705
Ian Davis
Pilgrimage Coordinator - CNS
E: idavis@cns.catholic.edu.au
M: 0407 121 044
Fr Joseph Reddy Dondeti SVD
Chaplain
E: jrdondeti@tsv.catholic.org.au
M: 0435 036 823