See the area where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount and taught his followers the beatitudes.
Holy Land: Location Reports
Join FaithND to virtually explore the Holy Land online! These are reports from locations in the Holy Land where events in the Gospels took place.
See the tree that locals claim Zaccheus climbed to see Jesus as he passed through Jericho.
Visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the center of worship for Jesus and his Jewish followers.
Explore the Vatican’s ecumenical institute in Jerusalem that is stewarded by Notre Dame.
Learn about the ancient mosaic placed around a rock believed to be the place where Jesus multiplied loaves and fishes to feed the crowds.
See what Jesus saw: the landscape around the Sea of Galilee, where he spent most of his public ministry.
View video of pilgrims traveling the road between Jerusalem and Jericho, and discover why Jesus used this place as the setting for the parable of the Good Samaritan.
Explore the ruins of the pool in Jerusalem that was the site of one of Jesus’ miraculous healings.
Visit the ruins of an ancient series of healing pools where Jesus healed a man who’d been sick for 38 years.
Spend time on top of the mountain that is the place where Jesus was Transfigured and shone with the glory of divinity.
View the area where Jesus was baptized in the Jordan.
See images from the place where Jesus prayed before his suffering and death.
Visit a church built over the site where Mary was born and raised, the home of Sts. Joachim and Anne.
Learn about the church built over the place where the resurrected Jesus appeared to the disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and appointed Peter as their leader.
Explore a church built over a cave where Jesus taught his followers the Our Father prayer.
Visit the place where the angel Gabriel invited Mary to bear God’s Son.
See the chapel venerated as the last place Jesus stood on earth before ascending to heaven
Explore the village where Jesus made his home during his public ministry—ruins there contain the remnants of Peter’s home.
See the rock and spring where Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter, for “on this rock I will build my church.”