Today I noticed that they are starting to “decorate” the city for Christmas. I’ll hold off on the pictures until they finish whatever they’re …

It’s hard to believe that it was two weeks ago today that I left snowy Chicago for the little town of Bethlehem. I’m starting …

Today was just an average class day. We had two classes in the morning and then our speaker on Islam came back for part …

Field trip day! Today’s field trip took up the entire day and it was an awesome day! We loaded up our bus and headed …

Today was basically just a class day. In addition to our two morning classes on the Gospel of Luke and The Spiritual Pilgrim we …

Today we had another field trip. This morning we started out by visiting Solomon’s Pools. These are huge reservoirs near Bethlehem that were constructed …

We had Mass this morning at the St. Catherine’s Catholic Church which is connected to the Church of the Nativity. This church functions as …

Today we had our “official” tour of the Church of the Nativity with a professional guide. As we walked to the church she pointed …

Today is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and we are having a day of prayer here just as we would back in the …

The Monastery of Mar Saba After our regular morning classes today we took our first “field trip”. Our first destination was to a remote …