Is there any specific preparation for pilgrimage?
We have developed a pre-departure programme which offers a pilgrims meeting, typically 3 – 5 months before departure, where there is an opportunity to meet fellow travellers and the pilgrimage leaders, to watch a presentation on the itinerary, to ask about and discuss practical matters and to pray and reflect. In addition, McCabe will supply a comprehensive reading list. Books can be purchased direct form McCabe’s charitable arm, the McCabe Educational Trust, and a percentage of receipts go directly to Christian-based projects in the Middle East. On occasions, as we learn of suitable lectures, events and new books etc, we may write to let pilgrims know if this. Depending on the catchment area of pilgrims and the number interested, we are sometimes able to arrange for the hire of a coach to take us to the airport and back, leaving from one or two local points. This is an ‘extra’ to the main pilgrimage and it is necessary for us to charge, at cost, for the service, which in the past has
