ITINERARY
Day
1, June 10, Friday, DEPART USA.
Our pilgrimage begins as we leave Home town Airport for an overnight
flight to Lisbon. Dinner and breakfast are served on board.
Day 2, June 11, Saturday, ARRIVE
LISBON – SANTAREM -FATIMA
Arrive
Lisbon, drive to the town of Santarem for a short visit, one of the
oldest cities in the world. We will walk through the narrow streets
to the Church of St Stephen, containing the oldest recorded
Eucharistic miracle. Behold the 750 years old Holy Miracle of
Santarem, a relic of the Bleeding Host. Stolen by a woman in payment
to a sorcerer, the host begins to emit a brilliant beam of light and
began to profusely bleed. Reverently returned to the church of St
Stephen, this miracle has been on continuous display since 1269. In
the afternoon, we drive to nearby Fatima, the location of the
Blessed Mother who appeared in 1917 to three simple shepherd
children and exhorted mankind to pray for world peace. After
settling into your hotel, evening mass at the Basilica Dinner and
overnight in Fatima
Day 3, June
12, Sunday,
FATIMA.
After
breakfast, we will celebrate morning Mass at the Little Chapel of
the Apparitions. After watching the video presentation we will tour
Fatima and see the Basilica, site of Francesco and Jacinta's graves; the Hamlet of Aljustrel, where the
children lived; and Valinhos, the site of Our Lady's appearance after the children's return from prison. Follow the Stations of the
Cross along the Via Sacra (The Sacred Way) was built by Hungarian
refugees and culminates in the Chapel of Calvary, which overlooks
all of Fatima. Dinner and overnight in Fatima
Day 4, June 13, Monday, FATIMA-BURGOS.
After breakfast, we will celebrate morning Mass
at the Little Chappel of teh Apparitions. We will depart for Burgos,
Spain. Dinner and overnight in Burgos.
Day 5, June 14, Tuesday, BURGOS
-LOURDES.
After breakfast. we will drive through Pyrenees
Mountains to Lourdes. Evening Mass at the Basilica in Lourdes.
Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.
Day 6, June 15,
Wednesday,
LOURDES
After breakfast morning mass at the Grotto.
Participate in the walking
tour of Lourdes. Lourdes is the birthplace of St. Bernadette to whom
Our Lady appeared in 1858 near the Grotto of Massabielle. Take time
for personal devotions, drink Holy water, visit the Miraculous
Baths and enjoy a video presentation telling the story. Guided tour
to the Museum and St. Bernadette’s House. Dinner and overnight
in Lourdes
Day 7, June 16, Thursday, LOURDES-
NICE
After mass drive to Nice for dinner and
overnight.
Day 8, June 17,
Friday NICE- ASSISI
After breakfast, we
will drive to Assisi for dinner and overnight.
Day 9,
June
18, Saturday ASSISI-ROME
After
breakfast we will visit the pilgrimage center of Assisi, where St
Francis tended the poor and sick and founded the Franciscan order.
We celebrate Mass at the tomb of St Francis. Explore the
quaint hilltop birthplace of St Francis, which still retains an
unspoiled quality similar to the early 1200’s when he began his
Ministry. Contained within the huge 13th-century Basilica are
many of his possessions and a series of frescoes depicting his life.
You may kneel before the crucifix from which Jesus spoke to St.
Francis, asking him to rebuild His church. It was St Mary of
the Angels Basilica, where St Francis spent most of his life. Here
we visit the Chapel, Portiuncola, the rose bush, and the cave where
the saint retired for prayer. We will continue our trip to Eternal
city of Rome. Dinner and overnight in Rome.
Day 10, June 19,
Sunday, ROME- CLOSING CELEBRATION FOR YEAR OF THE PRIEST WITH POPE
After breakfast depart
to St. Peter’s Square to join the closing celebration for year of
the priest with Pope and see the Basilica of St. Peter
in Vatican City. Afternoon free time in Vatican. Dinner
and overnight in Rome.
Day 11, June
20, Monday, CHRISTIAN
ROME-MAJOR
BASILICAS
After breakfast we will drive through Capitoline
Hill, Forum, Colosseum, Arch of Constantine, Circus Maximus,
Pantheon, Old Appian Way and Palazzo Venezia. We will tour three
major Basilicas: St Mary Major, this is one of the oldest shrines
dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, after she appeared to Pope Liberius
in 358 requesting a church be built in her honor.
This shrine contains a relic from the manger where the infant Jesus
was laid. The Basilica of the St John in Lateran, the former
residence of all the popes prior to their return to Rome in 1377.
Five ecumenical councils were held in this cathedral housing the
remains of 4 saints. St Paul Outside the Walls, which houses
the remains of St. Paul under the main altar. Many relics are
displayed, along with the chains that once bound the apostle while a
prisoner in Rome. Dinner and overnight in Rome
Day 12, June
21, Tuesday, ROME-USA
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your
flight to home.
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