Magdala Through History | A Shelter for Adventurers

A Shelter for Adventurers By Fr. Cristobal Vilaroig In 1807 the German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen arrived on the Gennesaret plain. He was accompanied only by a guide named Hussein, and they entered the plain of Gennesaret from the north. Next to the abandoned caravanserai of Beit-Zeide (today Horvat Minnim), the guide told Seetzen that…

Letter from Fr. John (XLXIX)

My Dear Magdala Family, Time goes by so fast. During these weeks, we have received many pilgrims in the Holy Land, some of them encouraged by our virtual pilgrimages: Welcome to the Holy Land! It is beautiful to meet the faces behind the ‘likes’ we got on our social networks during the pandemic. In May,…