{"id":1215,"date":"2022-11-04T14:12:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T14:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2022-11-04T14:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T14:13:28","slug":"illuminating-our-foremothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/illuminating-our-foremothers.html","title":{"rendered":"Illuminating Our Foremothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1216\" src=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jesus-at-home-of-mary-and-martha.jpg\" alt=\"Jesus at home of Mary and Martha painting\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jesus-at-home-of-mary-and-martha.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jesus-at-home-of-mary-and-martha-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Most tours of the Holy Land look at the women of the Bible as peripheral characters rather than being central participants. But there were many remarkable women who were close to Jesus, and too often the sites associated with them are overlooked by Christian pilgrimages.<\/div>\n<div>That&#8217;s why Deacon Holly Galgano designed her\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Heart of the Holy Land&#8221; Pilgrimage for Women<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; to bring biblical women out of the shadows and into the spotlight. For example&#8230;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Mother Mary in Nazareth and Golgotha<\/li>\n<li>Mary&#8217;s cousin, Elizabeth at Ein Karem<\/li>\n<li>Magdala, the home of Mary Magdalene<\/li>\n<li>The home of Mary and Martha in Bethany<\/li>\n<li>St. Anne\u2019s Church and Pool of Bethesda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1217\" src=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/st-annas-church-jerusalem.jpg\" alt=\"St Anna's church Jerusalem\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/st-annas-church-jerusalem.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/st-annas-church-jerusalem-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>The Church of Saint Anne was constructed around 1135 on the remains of a Byzantine basilica which the Crusaders believed was built on the site of the home Anne and Joachim, the parents of the Virgin Mary.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1218\" src=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ein_Kerem-_Marys_Spring.jpg\" alt=\"Mary's Spring Ein Kerem\" width=\"511\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ein_Kerem-_Marys_Spring.jpg 591w, http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ein_Kerem-_Marys_Spring-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At Ein Karem is the spring where Mary drank water while on her way to visit her cousin, Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1004\" src=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/milk-grotto-chapel.jpg\" alt=\"Milk Grotto chapel\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/milk-grotto-chapel.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/milk-grotto-chapel-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nNear Manger Square in Bethlehem is the Milk Grotto, where the Holy Family found shelter. Tradition holds that a drop of Mary&#8217;s milk fell onto the ground of the cave, turning it white. For hundreds of years, women have come to the grotto with the hope of improving their fertility.<\/div>\n<div>Our Holy Land small group tour is\u00a0<strong>exclusively available to women and feminine gender-identified participants<\/strong>, and we still have several spaces available.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/holy-land-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/holy-land-2022.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1667652780632000&amp;usg=AOvVaw352yN0NkFX1vbeqvxApHQw\"><strong>Get Full Details of Feb. 5 &#8211; 17 Women&#8217;s Holy Land Tour Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1219\" src=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/petra-jordan-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Petra, Jordan\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/petra-jordan-unsplash.jpg 640w, http:\/\/bodymindspiritjourneys.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/petra-jordan-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Photo credits:<br \/>\nSaint Anna&#8217;s church\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jerusalem_St_Anna_BW_2.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jerusalem_St_Anna_BW_2.JPG&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1667652780633000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Tc5_BzFWcLihUYQ0xM9wu\">Berthold Werner<\/a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\nMary&#8217;s Spring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ein_Kerem-_Mary%27s_Spring_(5566541133).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ein_Kerem-_Mary%2527s_Spring_(5566541133).jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1667652780633000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0XWMiJkJEYHZJ-KK-vaxQx\">Flavio~ from Mazkeret Batia, Israel<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1667652780633000&amp;usg=AOvVaw363S8FtDNtChtfcxs64Z7K\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\nMilk Grotto\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Chapel_of_the_Milk_Grotto,_Bethlehem.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Chapel_of_the_Milk_Grotto,_Bethlehem.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1667652780633000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1YnGNkE3ktKpVq6b_7T3dh\">Nevborg<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1667652780633000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3cNnMBrddSTFOgnkKEtle2\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most tours of the Holy Land look at the women of the Bible as peripheral characters rather than being central participants. But there were many remarkable women who were close to Jesus, and too often the sites associated with them are overlooked by Christian pilgrimages. 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