Marian Pilgrimage with FR. DAVE T. CONCEPCION

Arrival in Lisbon in the evening. Transfer to the hotel for check-in and overnight. Enjoy your inflight dinner from Dubai to Lisbon.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. We will have a short-guided tour to visit the Church of St. Antonio Lisboa. Have a view of Belem Tower, Monument to the Discoveries, Baixa, Praca do Comercio and Suspension Bridge. Then drive to Santarem. Visit the Church of St. Stephen (Marvila/Milagre). Proceed to Fatima. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

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. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast and check-out at the hotel, have a long-distance drive to Avila, a city in the rolling hill country northwest of Madrid, known for its intact medieval city walls. Upon arrival, we will have a guided visit to Santa Theresa Convent. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast and check-out at the hotel, have a long- distance drive to Zaragoza. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Have a guided tour to visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar in Zaragoza. Afterwards, drive to Barcelona. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, have a guided tour to visit the Basilica De La Sagrada Familia (entrance tickets are extremely difficult to confirm; subject to availability). Views of the Plaza Espana, Plaza Reial, Plaza Cataluna, Olympic Stadium, Monument Christopher Columbus, Arch of Triumph. Then drive to Montserrat to visit the 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 12^th century Romanesque carving of the Virgen Moroneta, the Black Virgin. Drive back to Barcelona. Have dinner at an international restaurant before returning to the hotel for overnight.

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

Breakfast at the hotel. Concelebrate Mass at the Grotto of Lourdes. 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 torch light procession and Rosary in the evening. Have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast and check-out at the hotel, we will have a long-distance drive to Montpellier. Upon arrival, we will have a guided tour to visit the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier. Visit also Eglise Saint Roch, the birthplace of St. Roch. Have a view of the triumphal arch Porte du Peyrou, La Citadelle and Aqueduct Saint Clement. Have dinner at an international restaurant. Check-in and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and check-out. Have a long-distance transfer to La Salette, a small village in the French Alps. Celebrate private Mass at the Notre Dame de la Salette. Rest of the time is free for private devotion. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Fallavaux.

Breakfast and check-out. Then start the long-distance transfer to Paray Le Monial to visit 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 hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast and check-out at the hotel, we will have a long-distance drive to Paris – the heart of Europe’s most romantic city. Drive to Sacre Coeur. Have some free time for shopping. Transfer to the 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.

After breakfast at the hotel, we will have a long-distance drive to Lisieux a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. We will have a guided tour to visit the Sanctuary of Lisieux including Basilica and Carmel. Drive back to Paris. Transfer to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Have a long-distance drive to Banneux to visit the Our Lady of Banneux or Our Lady of the Poor. It is the sobriquet given to the apparition of the Virgin Mary to Mariette Beco, an adolescent girl living in Banneux, Liege Province. Proceed to Liege. Check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Manneken Pis, the Parc du Cinquantenaire, and St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral. Have some free time before transfer to Brussels airport to catch your flight back to Manila.

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