The Tour, led by Fr Michael Trainor, departs Australia on 26 December 2008. 

It will go to Turkey and Syria with a brief side-trip to Lebanon.

There has been a high level of interest in this Tour so if you wish to to be placed on the waiting list please contact Trish as soon as possible for more information when it becomes available.

This topic consists of a month's study-tour of 2 or more of the following countries: Israel, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Sinai. It is prepared for by two weekends of reflection and study. The tour itself and the two preliminary study sessions aim to assist participants to gain an appreciation of the religious, political, economic and cultural environment of Ancient Israel, Jesus and the early Christian Community in the first century.
Through study in situ particpants will become familiar with the geography and archaeology of Israel and the Middle East and will develop an understanding of the milieu in which the Old and New Testaments were written. This would include an appreciation of some of the themes and events reflected on in the Old Testament and of the spread of the Christian Movement, and the cultural and religious setting for reading the Old and New Testaments.

This Tour is open to all, and is not just limited to students enrolled at the Adelaide College of Divinity and Flinders University.

For information about the itinerary, dates and costs, please contact Trish McGeough.