Marian Pilgrimage with FR. DANICHI HUI

Arrival in Rome in the afternoon. Celebrate private Mass at one of the Churches. Proceed to the hotel for check-in. Have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Have a boxed breakfast at the hotel. We will now attend the General Papal Audience. In the afternoon, we will have a guided tour to visit the Major Basilicas: St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica, Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica San Giovanni Laterano. Have dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Have a half-day guided tour to visit the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel. Visit also the St. Peter Basilica, destination of all Catholics coming from all over the world. Drive to San Giovanni Rotondo. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast and check out of the hotel. Have a guided tour to visit the Shrine of St. Padre Pio, which centers on his tomb inside the Church of Our Lady of Grace (Santa Maria delle Grazie). Here you can also see his cell, his confessional, the crucifix from which he received the stigmata, and nearly everything he owned or touched, carefully preserved and labeled. Drive to Lanciano to visit the San Francesco Church (Santuario del Miracolo Eucaristico). Continue our long-distance drive to Assisi. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Have a guided tour to visit Santa Maria Degli Angeli Church, and the Santa Chiara Church. Visit also the Basilica of St. Francis including the tomb of St. Francis. Drive to Florence, the "flower" of the Renaissance. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Have a guided tour which includes view of the Florence Cathedral (Duomo), the Baptistery and Giotto’s bell tower. Long-distance drive to Nice. Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast and check-out at the hotel, have a long-distance drive to La Salette Fallavaux. Visit the Notre Dame de la Salette. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the sanctuary.

Breakfast and check-out. Have a long-distance transfer to Paray le Monial to visit the Visitation Chapel and see the relics of St. Marguerite-Marie Alacoque. Visit also the Basilica of Sacre Coeur. Proceed to Nevers. We will visit Espace Bernadette Soubirous Nevers, a former convent and the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Nevers. This is where the body of Saint Bernadette reposes. Transfer to the accommodation for check-in, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast and check-out, we will have a long-distance drive to Paris – the heart of Europe’s most romantic city. Drive to Sacre Coeur. Transfer to hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Celebrate private Mass at the Chapel of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal. Visit also the nearby St. Vincent de Paul Chapel. Start a guided tour of this breathtaking city which includes view of the Place de la Concorde, Arche de Triomphe, Avenue des Champs Elysse viewpoint, Les Invalides, Louvre Museum and Seine River banks. Have a photo stop at the famous Eiffel Tower. We will have an hour sightseeing river cruise aboard Bateaux Mouches Cruise. Have dinner at an international restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Transfer to Paris train station for our TGV ride to Lourdes - one of the great pilgrimage shrines in the world, where in the Grotto of Massabielle, a beautiful lady revealed herself to a young sick child named Bernadette, that she is the Immaculate Concepcion. Check-in and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Celebrate private Mass at one of the chapels at the Sanctuary. Then we'll have a half-day guided tour on foot to the Sanctuaries in Lourdes. Visit to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Boly Water-mill (St. Bernadette’s birth place). Do the Way of the Cross, pray the rosary, drink the Holy Water, visit the Miraculous baths (if open) in your free time in the afternoon. You may also join the pilgrims around the world for a candle light procession and Rosary in the evening. Have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Have a long-distance drive to Barcelona. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, have a guided tour to visit the Basilica De La Sagrada Familia. View of the Plaza Espana, Plaza Reial, Plaza Cataluna, Olympic Stadium, Monument Christopher Columbus, Arch of Triumph. Then drive to Montserrat to see Monastir de Montserrat, a Benedictine abbey located on the mountain. Visit the Royal Basilica, one of Spain’s most important pilgrimage sites for hundreds of years, due to its famous 12th century Romanesque carving of the Virgen Moroneta, the Black Virgin. Return to Barcelona. Have dinner at an international restaurant before returning to the hotel for overnight.

After breakfast and check-out, have a long-distance transfer to Zaragoza. Have a guided tour to visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar in Zaragoza. Afternoon is free at your own leisure. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Have a long-distance drive to Avila. Upon arrival, have a short-guided tour to visit St. Theresa Convent. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Have a long-distance drive to Fatima. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Have breakfast at the hotel. Commence a half-day guided tour of the Lady of Fatima Basilica, to visit the house of Lucia and the house of Francisco and Jacinta. Celebrate private Mass. Afternoon is free at leisure for your private devotion. In the evening after dinner, you may wish to participate at the Candlelight Procession and evening Rosary.

Breakfast and check-out. Drive to Lisbon. We will have a short-guided panoramic tour to view the Belem Tower, Monument to the Discoveries, Baixa, Praca do Comercio and Suspension Bridge; visit to Jeronimo’s Monastery; visit the Church of St. Antonio Lisboa. Transfer to Lisbon airport to catch the flight back to Manila.

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