Accommodations at first class tourist hotels. Daily breakfast and dinner. Guided tours, sightseeing as indicated in the itinerary, and admission fees. Professional tour director. Hotel taxes, service charges and baggage handling. Daily mass with accompanying priest.
Your Itinerary
Day 1:
November 6, WASHINGTON DC, NEW YORK - LISBON
Our pilgrimage begins as we leave from JFK airport, New York for an overnight flight to Lisbon. Dinner and breakfast are served on board.
Day 2:
November 7, BARCELONA
Arrive Barcelona via Lisbon and meet in Barcelona airport and proceed to guided city tour including the famous Sagrada de Familia Church, the Gothic Quarter, Las Ramblas, the most famous avenue in Barcelona. Dinner and overnight in Barcelona.
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Day 3:
November 8, BARCELONA CITY TOUR
After breakfast we travel to Monastery of Monserrat to visit the Royal basilica and view the venerated black Madonna, which according to tradition was carved by St. Luke. In the afternoon, visit the Picasso Museum. Evening, enjoy optional Flamenco Dance Show. Dinner and overnight in Barcelona.
(B) (D)
Day 4:
November 9, BARCELONA - LOURDES
After breakfast, we depart for the great pilgrimage center of Lourdes SW of France. The birthplace of St. Bernadette to whom our Lady appeared in 1858 near the Grotto of Massabielle. Settle into your hotel and celebrate Mass in the world's famous Shrine. Join prayers with pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink the water from the miraculous spring, where the Blessed Virgin directed Bernadette to locate at the base of the grotto which has flowed uninterrupted since 1858. Our guided tour includes the sanctuary; the Basilica of St. Pius X, the world's largest underground church., participate in candlelight procession, if available. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.
(B) (D)
Day 5:
November 10, LOURDES
Celebrate Mass at the Grotto, and walk in the Footsteps of St. Bernadette. See Boly Mill where St. Bernadette was born and the "Cachot," an abandoned prison where Bernadette's impoverished family lived. Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous spring the Virgin directed Bernadette to locate at the base of the grotto, and submerge yourself in the healing baths. Experience Christ's love as you walk the life-sized Stations of the Cross overlooking the holy Grotto. Kneel in the chapel built on the very rock of the Grotto in obedience to the request of the 'Immaculate Conception'. Attend the blessing of the sick and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady. Time for private devotions before dinner and overnight in Lourdes.
(B) (D)
Day 6:
November 11, LOURDES - NICE
After breakfast, we depart by motorcoach for Nice a beautiful seaport and resort SE of France. Dinner and overnight in Nice.
(B) (D)
Day 7:
Novemeber 12, NICE - MONTE CARLO
Mass after breakfast. Enjoy guided tour in the beautiful resort of Monte Carlo. Evening, enjoy the World famous Monte Carlo Casinos. Dinner and overnight in Nice.
(B) (D)
Day 8:
November 13, NICE - NEVERS
After breakfast, we depart by motorcoach for Nevers. St. Bernadette lived for 12 years as part of the congregation of the Sister of Nevers after taking the veil in 1867. Throughout her life she suffered and eventually died from asthma, at age 35. Dinner and overnight in Nevers.
(B) (D)
Day 9:
November 14, NEVERS - PARIS
After breakfast, visit the convent of St. Gildard where St. Bernadette's incorrupt body reposes. Then, we continue on to Paris and celebrate mass at the majestic Notre Dame Cathedral. Dinner and overnight in Paris.
(B) (D)
Day 10:
November 15, PARIS - LISEUX
After breakfast, we will travel northwest by motorcoach to the town of Lisieux, the home of St. Therese of Lisieux whom Pope Pius X called "the Greatest Saint of Modern times." Her extraordinary love for God and service to humanity comes alive as you visit the Basilica Cathedral of St. Peter, and Les Buissonets, her family home. On display are relics, clothing, and personal objects belonging to the "Little Flower." View the statue depicting the Blessed Virgin who smiled at St. Therese during an ecstasy before curing her illness. Combine your prayers in the Carmel Chapel with the Carmelite sisters, just as St. Therese did before her death in 1897. Return to Paris for dinner and overnight.
(B) (D)
Day 11:
November 16, PARIS CITY TOUR
After breakfast, we celebrate mass at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal. We view the incorrupt body of St. Catherine Laboure whose guardian angel led her to the chapel where the Blessed Virgin displayed a vision of the miraculous medal and later the green scapular wherein the Blessed Virgin promised bountiful graces for all the wearers of this. Guided tour of this beautiful city which includes the Champs Elysees, L'Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, and the Church of the Sacre Coeur and the Church of St. Vincent de Paul. In the afternoon optional boat trip on Seine. Evening, join the optional night show. Dinner and overnight in the most spectacular city on earth.
(B) (D)
Day 12:
November 17, PARIS - FATIMA
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Lisbon. Arrive Lisbon, meet by Glory Tours' guide and drive to the town of Santarem, 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 year 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. Continue to 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 early check in to your hotel, enjoy the video presentation on the history of Fatima and the apparitions. Then, tour Fatima and see the Basilica. Continue for a visit the original homes of the children. In the evening, celebrate Mass at the Little Chapel of the Apparitions. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
(B) (D)
Day 13:
November 18, RETURN U.S.A.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your return flight to the United States.
(B)
Notes:
Airfare is included in the tour price.
Tour cost includes round trip transatlantic airfare from Newark or New York Airports. Add $75 for taxes.
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