About Us

Tour Leader and Spiritual Director: Rick Townend

My name is Rick Townend and I am zealous for Zion. I am a devout Catholic that has spent 24 years in Catholic Education as a teacher, consultant, coordinator and administrator. I have spent the last 15 years of my life learning and studying Gods home on earth, Israel and the apple of his eye the Jewish people and their culture. My heart has always been led to the Holy Land to see, hear, touch and sense the presence of God.

"Just as perfume leaves an odour in the jar after it has been poured out, so God has left traces of His presence in the Holy Land"(Fr. Tom Rosica, Executive Director of Salt and Light Television)

Since the first time I journeyed to Israel I knew that I was spiritually home. What a pleasure it has been to bring groups of people from all walks of life to experience the power and spiritual energy that is found in the Holy Land. It is a natural desire and wish for all Christians to want to "Walk in the footsteps of Jesus" for the Prophet Isaiah reminds us:

"Those that seek deliverance and seek the Lord consider the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were mined" Isaiah 51:1

A Spiritual Pilgrimage to Israel will deepen your faith and increase your awareness of the Jewish tradition and culture that Christianity is so deeply buried.

A trip to Israel will give you a stronger heart for Jesus. I share with you a prayer I recorded in my journal 12 years ago on my first trip to the Holy Land... this pray lives it's life out today "Jesus help me to learn more about your will and the will of the Father, teach me how to serve you more as I place all my trust in you."