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Pilgrimage to Rome Assisi and Medjugorje

April 13th - 23rd, 2008
June 8th - 18th, 2008
August 10th - 20th, 2008

Rome, Assisi and Medjugorje itinerary on the map


April 13th - 23rd, 2008

Fr. Joe Catanise - spiritual director
Ms. Rosmary Costa - pilgrimage coordinator
from "Hear and There Travel Inc."

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DAY BY DAY ITINERARY

Day 1 - USA - Rome
Departure from your city, overnight flight to Italy and Rome, meals served on board of the plane.



Day 2 - Rome

We will arrive at the Rome airport to start of our Christian Tour of Rome this afternoon. First on our schedule today is Holy Mass at St. Mary Major Basilica. Time permitting we will visit the Basilica of St. John Lateran, it is the Cathedral of Rome and it 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 Christ walked on the day he went to Pilate.
We will end our day at our hotel for dinner and overnight.



Day 3 - Rome - Ancient and Eternal

Early this morning we will go to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls and the Domitilla Catacombs continue your tour of Rome cruising by bus and on foot seeing and passing by Piazza Venezia, with King Victor Emanuel II monument, Imperial forums (Caesar, Augustus, Trajan). At the end of the tour some free time by the Pantheon for shopping before dinner and rest in our hotel.


Day 4 - Vatican General Audience - Assisi

Today we have an early breakfast to be on time for the General Audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the St. Peter's Square. Following will be a visit to the Vatican Museums where we will see art masterpieces of Michelangelo, Bernini.... We will walk through Geographical maps Gallery, Sistine Chapel with the magnificent fresco of The Last Judgment. Today is also our visit to the heart of Vatican State, St. Peter's Basilica and Square dedicated to the same saint. Late afternoon group will leave Rome and head towards Assisi. Dinner and overnight in Assisi.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses pilgrims gathered at the St. Peter's Square
Benedict XVI
St. Peter's Square

Day 5 - Assisi

We begin our morning in Assisi with the walking tour of the Town of Peace, visiting the major sites associated with St. Francis and St. Claire the founder of Poor Claire's, basilica of St. Francis and the Church of St. Claire. We will also visit down in the valley basilica of the Holy Mary of Angels and Porziuncola, one of three restored churches by young Francis nowadays embraced by the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels.

Upper basilica of St. Francis, Assisi

 

Day 6 - Assisi - Medjugorje

In the morning after the holy mass at the Santa Maria degli Angeli which embraces Porziuncola group will leave for the Fumicino airport, flight to Croatia. You will arrive at the Split or Dubrovnik, Republic Croatia. Here all our groups meet our JeriCo Christian Journeys guide. Transfer to Medjugorje is along the most beautiful coastline in the world, the Adriatic Sea Coast. Tonight you are in Medjugorje for your dinner and overnight.


Day 7, 8, 9, 10 - Medjugorje program

On your first day after breakfast your local English-speaking guide will give an orientation walk from your hotel to the Church St. James. Group will stay in Medjugorje village and will be able to hear the talks given by Franciscans from St. James Parish of Medjugorje, join thousands pilgrims from all over the world at the Holy Mass, you will climb the Apparition Hill place of the apparition of Our Lady in Medjugorje. In 1933 parish of Medjugorje had built big concrete cross on the Crossmountain, mountain that you will climb praying the Way of the Cross. One afternoon group will leave for a visit to Fr. Jozo. On your schedule is, of course daily English speaking Holy Mass. Messages that Our Lady - QUEEN OF PEACE has been giving here is the foundation for the evening program. It is a program that consists of prayer of three Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, Holy Mass, Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament, Prayer for the Healing, and blessing of the religious objects. Depending on their availability your guide will arrange meeting with one of the visionaries during your stay in Medjugorje.


St. James church in Medjugorje - shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace
St. James church in Medjugorje - Our Lady Queen of Peace


Day 11 - Medjugorje - flight to the U.S.

Today early in the morning you will leave Medjugorje. After the breakfast transfer to International Airport in Split for your flight back home to US.



Apparition of Our Lady in Medjugorje - Blue Cross on the Apparition Hill
Blue Cross, Medjugorje
Apparition Hill


 RATES APRIL 13th - 23rd, 2008

  • departure from New York $ 2385,00
  • departure from Minneapolis $ 2495.00
  • departure from Houston $ 2495.00
  • single room add on $ 240.00

 RATES JUNE & AUGUST 2008

  • departure from New York $ 2395,00
  • departure from Minneapolis $ 2495.00
  • departure from Houston $ 2495.00
  • single room add on $ 240.00

 INCLUDES

  • round trip air fares USA - Rome, Rome - Split, Split - USA
  • 2 nights in Rome 3* or 4* hotel
  • 2 night in Assisi 3* superior turist hotel
  • 5 nights in family hotel in Medjugorje,
  • escort guide from Rome to Medjugorje
  • local guides in Assisi, Rome and Medjugorje
  • breakfast and dinner daily, drinks included
  • high class AC tourist buses
  • visit to Fr. Jozo in Siroki Brijeg
  • entrance fees acording the itinerary, Vatican Museums Domitila Catacombs
  • porterage of one piece of luggage in/out hotel

 NOT INCLUDED

  • airport tax of about $ 260.00 - SUBJECT TO CHANGE
  • tips for guides and drivers
  • items of a personal nature
  • travel insurance available at JeriCo Christaian Journeys

 

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