Italy & Medjugorje Pilgrimage - BHT0011
Italy & Medjugorje Pilgrimage Tour
This pilgrimage tour will take us to the first Roman Catholic Church, St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome!
We will attend the Audience with Pope Francis...continue to the first priest with stigmata St. Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo...to the powerful Eucharistic Miracle Sanctuary in Lanciano, from the 8th century....to the most lovable saint ever, St. Francis of Assisi......and at the end to Medjugorje filled with graces since 1981, to Virgin Mary, Gospa, Queen of Peace! A circle of the most important and most holy Catholic shrines and sanctuaries around the Adriatic sea!
This pilgrimage will show you how amazing and spiritually nourishing our Church is, diverse in every aspect, from Rome as the capital of the Roman Catholic Church to Medjugorje as a spiritual well, from St. Peter to St. Pio!
Have a blessed pilgrimage!
Rome - San Giovanni Rotondo - Monte San't Angelo - Lanciano - Assisi - Medjugorje
Day 1 - DEPARTURE
Your pilgrimage starts with the overnight intercontinental flight to Italy, to Rome. Meals are served on board the plane.
Day 2 - ARRIVAL TO ROME
Arrive at the Rome airport and transfer before starts your Christian Tour of Rome this afternoon. First, on your schedule, today is the Holy Mass at St. Mary Major Basilica (or any other church we visit today). Then follows the visit to the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Cathedral of Rome, which was the Papal residence from the 5th century until the papacy departed to Avignon in France. Across the street, we will visit the Holy Staircase (Scala Sancta) actual stairs that Jesus walked on the day he went to Pilate. We will end our day at our hotel with dinner and the first night in Rome.
Day 3 - VATICAN, ST. PETER'S & GENERAL AUDIENCE WITH POPE FRANCIS
Today we are up early for General Audience with Pope Francis at St. Peter's Square! After the Audience on to the Vatican Museums for a visit! Here we will see great masterpieces of painters, sculptors of unknown masters, and the work of the famous Michelangelo and Bernini! The tour will include a walk-through Geographical maps Gallery until the Sistine Chapel with the magnificent fresco of The Last Judgment and many more halls and rooms filled with Christian art, history, and inheritance of all civilization. Today is also our visit to the heart of the Vatican State, St. Peter's Basilica, and underground burial stones with the tomb of St. Peter and Square dedicated to the same Saint. After some free time in the late afternoon for shopping, we end our day at our hotel with dinner.
- Papal Audience isn't happening unless Pope is in Rome!
- Visit to St. Peter's Basilica and Vatican Museums may be moved to Day 4!
Day 4 - ROME HISTORICAL - SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO
Our entire morning will be inspirational and educational. Today we will continue our tour sightseeing of Rome and its sites like Piazza Venezia with King Victor Emmanuel II Monument, passing by the Colosseum, Arch of Constantine, Imperial Forums (Caesar, Augustus, Trajan), and Circus Maximus. As part of today's tour, we will go to the Basilica St. Paul Outside the Walls, and our tour of Rome finishes with Domitilla Catacombs. We will leave Rome and be on time for dinner in San Giovanni Rotondo. Hotel near the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace hosting the tomb of St. Pio.
Day 5 – SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO – MONTE SANT'ANGELO
After Mass and sightseeing at the Shrine of St. Padre Pio, you are on your way to Monte Sant' Angelo. Here we will visit the Grotto, where Michael the Archangel appeared on several occasions from the 5th to 17th centuries. This is an ancient pilgrimage destination visited by many Bishop Karol Wojtyla; Padre Pio loved coming here…..After the visit and lunch break here, we will return to the Our Lady of Grace - Sanctuary of St. Padre Pio, free time until dinner, our second overnight in SGR.
Day 6 – SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO – LANCIANO – ASSISI
After breakfast, we will leave SGR and drive northwest along the "Autostrada Adriatica," our goal today is Assisi, but before Assisi short stop at Lanciano. The place of one of the greatest Eucharistic Miracles, in the 8th century, during Holy Mass, the wine turned into blood and the host into flesh. You will spend some time in the church where the relic is exposed and then continue to Assisi. Tonight we are at our hotel in Assisi.
Day 7 – ASSISI
This early morning after a good night's rest and breakfast, we will have a sightseeing tour of Assisi, the city of Peace, St. Francis, and St. Claire. Group will be learning about St. Francis and his life. Your walking guided tour will start at the church of Santa Chiara to see The Cross that spoke to St. Francis and pray his prayer before the same Crucifix. Group will learn more about St. Claire, the founder of Poor Clair's, and see her incorrupt body. The visit will also include the crypt with the tomb of St. Francis in the basilica dedicated to the saint. Our tour of the City of Peace will end with "Porziuncola," one of three restored churches of young Francis that nowadays is inside the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels. After a guided tour of the City of Peace, you will have the entire afternoon for yourself, leisure time until dinner at our hotel! Second night in Assisi.
Day 8 – ASSISI - CROATIA - MEDJUGORJE
After breakfast and Holy Mass, we are on our way to Rome airport. The same day later in the afternoon, the flight to Split or Dubrovnik in Croatia and transfer to Medjugorje. Dinner and overnight in Medjugorje near the St. James church and the Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace.
Day 9, 10, 11 – MEDJUGORJE
On your first morning in Medjugorje, after breakfast, you will meet with your local English-speaking guide, who will introduce you to Medjugorje history and the Apparitions, a little walk from your hotel to the Church St. James just before English language mass at 10:00 am. You will have a chance to participate in many activities during your stay in Medjugorje. With thousands of pilgrims from all over the world, you will celebrate daily Mass at St. James church. Visiting Bijakovici village, all six visionaries come from it; you will go up the Apparition Hill, Podbrdo place where Our Lady first appeared. Each evening at 5:00 pm (at 6:00 pm during summer), you and thousands of other pilgrims will pray The Rosary. All three Mysteries are prayed during the evening program. In Our Lady's messages, it was repeated many times how important it is to come to Mass, where "we meet Jesus alive." Messages of Prayer of the Rosary, Holy Mass, and Confession are the center of the evening program at St. James church. The apparition takes place at 5:40 pm or 6:40 daylight savings time. Pilgrims can attend after evening mass (in the Croatian language) on Thursdays and Saturdays, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and Fridays Veneration of the Cross in the Church. After the Holy Mass, a blessing of the religious articles you have with you. Among other activities you will have a chance to climb the "Cross mountain", Krizevac as local people know it, and visit the "Blue Cross," another place of the apparition of Our Lady.
Each pilgrim will have time for private devotions, lunches, shopping...!
Day 12 MEDJUGORJE - USA
This morning after the early breakfast group will leave for Split or Dubrovnik International Airport for a flight home, arriving on the same day.
RATES & DATES - based on min 25 people in the group:
June 5 - 16, 2023 - per person in a double room:
Land and Air from New York & Atlanta...............US$ 3590.00
Land and Air from Los Angeles..........................US$ 3670.00
Single room supplement.....................................US$ 440.00
August 7 - 18, 2023 - per person in a double room:
Land and Air from Chicago...................................................US$ 3390.00
Land and Air from Toronto & Newark....................................US$ 3290.00
Land and Air from Los Angeles & San Francisco..................US$ 3690.00
Single room supplement.......................................................US$ 440.00
Oct. 16 - 27, 2023 - per person in a double room:
Land and Air from Detroit & Chicago........................................US$ 3590.00
Land and Air from Toronto & New York......................................US$ 3390.00
Land and Air from Los Angeles & San Francisco.....................US$ 3790.00
Single room supplement...........................................................US$ 470.00
April 15 - 26, 2024 - per person in a double room:
Land and Air from New York & Newark.............US$ 3390.00
Land and Air from Los Angeles.........................US$ 3620.00
Single room supplement....................................US$ 430.00
June 17 - 28, 2024 - per person in a double room - MEDJUGORJE 43RD ANNIVERSARY:
Land and Air from New York & Atlanta.................................US$ 3490.00
Land and Air from Los Angeles & San Francisco.................US$ 3570.00
Land and Air from Toronto & Newark...................................US$ 3440.00
Land and Air from Houston & Miami....................................US$ 3560.00
Single room supplement......................................................US$ 480.00
IMPORTANT - ALL PRICES ARE CLOSE ESTIMATED UNTIL AIRLINE TICKETS ARE ISSUED
INCLUSIVE:
- Airfares USA – Rome – Split – USA, airport taxes included - SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY THE AIRLINE
- 10 nights in first-class 4* hotels
- * 2 nights in Rome
- * 2 nights in San Giovanni Rotondo
- * 2 nights in Assisi
- * 4 nights Medjugorje
- Daily breakfast and dinner drinks included - a glass of wine & water
- Escort Tour guide Italy & Medjugorje
- Local guides in Rome, Assisi, Medjugorje
- High-class air-conditioned tourist coach
- Entrance fees:
- Vatican Museums
- Catacombs
- Headsets for city tours, all the way
- Daily Mass with a priest in the group
NOT INCLUDED:
- Travel insurance - strongly recommended
- Daily lunch as a third meal, visa costs, souvenirs
- Tips for guides and drivers
- Personal expenses, visa or passport costs
FOR GROUP REQUESTS:
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