Cruz Marian Shrines Pilgrimage 10 days BCN
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Created: 05.11.2014
Day 1 ??? DEPART USA ??? Today we depart Newark on our overnight flight to Lisbon. We enjoy in-flight movies, dinner and breakfast aloft. DAY 2 - LISBON/SANTAREM/FATIMA - We arrive in Lisbon Airport, where we are met and given a short orientation tour of Lisbon. Time permitting; we visit St. Anthony Church, located on the very site where St. Anthony was allegedly born. We proceed to the Church of the famous Eucharistic Miracle at Santarem. We celebrate Mass here. We continue to Fatima for dinner and overnight. In the evening, we join the International Rosary Procession. Overnight at our hotel. DAY 3 - FATIMA - This full day is devoted to visiting the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima and nearby hamlets of Aljustrel and Valinhos. We visit the birthplaces of Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared 6 times, from May 13 to October 13, 1917. We celebrate Mass at one of the Chapels or the Chapel of Apparitions, where most of the apparition took place. In the evening, we once again join the International Rosary Procession. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. DAY 4 - FATIMA/SALAMANCA/AVILA - This morning, we celebrate Mass at one of the Chapels or the Chapel of Apparitions. Afterward, in celebration of the Jubilee Year of 500th anniversary of the birth of St Teresa Avila, we pray for the rebirth and reinvigoration of her spirit among us and visit several sites of importance in the life this remarkable saint and Doctor of the Church in Salamanca and Avila. In Salamanca, at the Convent of San Esteban, we see the confessional box she used. We enjoy a brief panoramic coach tour of the city: the Old & New Cathedral, Pontificia University and the University of Salamanca where St John of the Cross studied. We continue to Avila and pass by the Four Posts (Los Cuatro Postes), a roadside shrine just outside Avila''s walls marking the spot where, at age seven, St. Teresa''s uncle stopped her and her brother from running away to become martyrs in battle with the Moors. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. Day 5 ??? AVILA/ZARAGOZA - Today, we visit the Church and Convent built on the house where she was born, the Church of San Juan Bautista where she was baptized, the twelfth century cathedral containing many of her relics, and the Monastery of San José, the first convent of the Discalced Carmelite Reform that she founded in 1562. We celebrate Mass at the Monastery of La Encarnacion, where St Teresa entered in 1535 at age 20, began to reform the Carmelite order and had some of her mystical experiences. We continue to Zaragoza for dinner and overnight. Day 6 - ZARAGOZA/LOURDES - This morning, we celebrate Mass at the Basilica of Nuestra Senora del Pilar, the number one Marian site in Spain. According to tradition, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the disheartened St James in 40 AD to comfort him and assure him that his evangelization efforts in Spain will not be in vain. This is the first recorded Marian Apparition in history and the only one which took place during the earthly life of the Blessed Mother. . Day7 ??? LOURDES - This morning, we begin with Mass (concelebrated ok) at the Grotto. For those who wish, we proceed to the legendary healing waters of the miraculous Lourdes spring. Afterward, we take an orientation tour of the Shrine of Lourdes. Our walking tour will take us to Boly Mill, the birthplace of St. Bernadette, the Cachot, the former jail, where she lived during the apparitions and the local parish church. The rest of the day is free for personal devotions to Our Lady of Lourdes. Again, tonight, following dinner, we have the option of participating in the Torch light Procession Day 8 ??? LOURDES/BARCELONA - Early this morning we depart Lourdes and traverse the Pyrenees southward entering northern Spain. We continue to Barcelona for dinner and overnight. Day 9 ??? BARCELONA/MONTSERRAT- This morning, we celebrate Mass in Montserrat, home to the dramatically set Benedictine Monastery housing the famed Black Madonna. This Marian Shrine has attracted pilgrims for over 700 years, much as it did Ignatius of Loyola who put his sword before the Black Madonna and exchanged his fancy clothes for those of a beggar. We return to Barcelona and visit the Church of the Holy Family or Sagrada Familia, the still uncompleted masterpiece of Gaudi. Afterward, we enjoy some of the city???s highlights including the famous Gothic Quarter. Tonight, our Farewell Dinner is at a local restaurant with a Flamenco show. Overnight at our hotel. Day 10 - BARCELONA/USA - Today we make our way home with memories of a lifetime.
Day 1 ??? DEPART USA ??? Today we depart Newark on our overnight flight to Lisbon. We enjoy in-flight movies, dinner and breakfast aloft. DAY 2 - LISBON/SANTAREM/FATIMA - We arrive in Lisbon Airport, where we are met and given a short orientation tour of Lisbon. Time permitting; we visit St. Anthony Church, located on the very site where St. Anthony was allegedly born. We proceed to the Church of the famous Eucharistic Miracle at Santarem. We celebrate Mass here. We continue to Fatima for dinner and overnight. In the evening, we join the International Rosary Procession. Overnight at our hotel. DAY 3 - FATIMA - This full day is devoted to visiting the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima and nearby hamlets of Aljustrel and Valinhos. We visit the birthplaces of Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared 6 times, from May 13 to October 13, 1917. We celebrate Mass at one of the Chapels or the Chapel of Apparitions, where most of the apparition took place. In the evening, we once again join the International Rosary Procession. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. DAY 4 - FATIMA/SALAMANCA/AVILA - This morning, we celebrate Mass at one of the Chapels or the Chapel of Apparitions. Afterward, in celebration of the Jubilee Year of 500th anniversary of the birth of St Teresa Avila, we pray for the rebirth and reinvigoration of her spirit among us and visit several sites of importance in the life this remarkable saint and Doctor of the Church in Salamanca and Avila. In Salamanca, at the Convent of San Esteban, we see the confessional box she used. We enjoy a brief panoramic coach tour of the city: the Old & New Cathedral, Pontificia University and the University of Salamanca where St John of the Cross studied. We continue to Avila and pass by the Four Posts (Los Cuatro Postes), a roadside shrine just outside Avila''s walls marking the spot where, at age seven, St. Teresa''s uncle stopped her and her brother from running away to become martyrs in battle with the Moors. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. Day 5 ??? AVILA/ZARAGOZA - Today, we visit the Church and Convent built on the house where she was born, the Church of San Juan Bautista where she was baptized, the twelfth century cathedral containing many of her relics, and the Monastery of San José, the first convent of the Discalced Carmelite Reform that she founded in 1562. We celebrate Mass at the Monastery of La Encarnacion, where St Teresa entered in 1535 at age 20, began to reform the Carmelite order and had some of her mystical experiences. We continue to Zaragoza for dinner and overnight. Day 6 - ZARAGOZA/LOURDES - This morning, we celebrate Mass at the Basilica of Nuestra Senora del Pilar, the number one Marian site in Spain. According to tradition, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the disheartened St James in 40 AD to comfort him and assure him that his evangelization efforts in Spain will not be in vain. This is the first recorded Marian Apparition in history and the only one which took place during the earthly life of the Blessed Mother. . Day7 ??? LOURDES - This morning, we begin with Mass (concelebrated ok) at the Grotto. For those who wish, we proceed to the legendary healing waters of the miraculous Lourdes spring. Afterward, we take an orientation tour of the Shrine of Lourdes. Our walking tour will take us to Boly Mill, the birthplace of St. Bernadette, the Cachot, the former jail, where she lived during the apparitions and the local parish church. The rest of the day is free for personal devotions to Our Lady of Lourdes. Again, tonight, following dinner, we have the option of participating in the Torch light Procession Day 8 ??? LOURDES/BARCELONA - Early this morning we depart Lourdes and traverse the Pyrenees southward entering northern Spain. We continue to Barcelona for dinner and overnight. Day 9 ??? BARCELONA/MONTSERRAT- This morning, we celebrate Mass in Montserrat, home to the dramatically set Benedictine Monastery housing the famed Black Madonna. This Marian Shrine has attracted pilgrims for over 700 years, much as it did Ignatius of Loyola who put his sword before the Black Madonna and exchanged his fancy clothes for those of a beggar. We return to Barcelona and visit the Church of the Holy Family or Sagrada Familia, the still uncompleted masterpiece of Gaudi. Afterward, we enjoy some of the city???s highlights including the famous Gothic Quarter. Tonight, our Farewell Dinner is at a local restaurant with a Flamenco show. Overnight at our hotel. Day 10 - BARCELONA/USA - Today we make our way home with memories of a lifetime.
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