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Our pilgrimage begins as we depart the U.S. on our overnight fight(s) to Rome, Italy. Drinks and meals will be served during our flight(s).
Upon arrival in Rome, we will gather our bags and meet with our Canterbury tour manager. Check-in at our hotel in Rome and settle in. Later, there will bean optional “get yourself acquainted” bus tour of the eternal city before enjoying a welcome dinner for our pilgrimage in the evening.
Dinner and overnight in Rome.
In the morning, we will head to Saint Peter’s Square for the Papal general audience with Pope Francis (subject to the Pope’s schedule). Following a brief lunch break, we will have a private Mass nearby, then a tour of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica.
Dinner and overnight in Rome.
After breakfast, we will head to the Vatican to participate in our meeting with the Pope. Our meeting will conclude at noon. Following our meeting we will board our bus and journey north to Orvieto, a city perched atop a volcanic rock, offering stunning views of the surrounding valley. Here, we will visit the site of the Eucharistic Miracle of Orvieto, a significant event dating back to 1263. The stained corporal, displaying the stains of the Precious Blood, is housed in a golden reliquary in the Chapel of the Corporal. Here we will celebrate Mass. After visiting Orvieto, we will board our motorcoach and head to Assisi.
Dinner and overnight in Assisi.
After breakfast, we start our day with Mass and a tour at the Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi. After lunch, we will proceed to the Basilica di Santa Chiara to see the Saint’s body and pray for her intercession in front of the San Damiano Cross. St. Clare was the foundress of the Order of Poor Clare’s. Next, we will visit the Cathedral of San Ruffino, Chiesa Nuova and San Damiano, where Saint Clare built her community. We will also visit Santuario della Spogliazione, to view the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial to be declared Blessed and is set to be canonized.
Dinner and overnight in Assisi
In the morning we’ll depart Assisi and head south to Cascia where we will visit the Basilica of Saint Rita. Here we will visit the tomb of Saint Rita and the relic of the Eucharistic Miracle of Cascia. We will celebrate Mass in the Basilica of Saint Rita. Following Mass, we will continue our journey to visit Lanciano, the site of the Eucharistic Miracle from the eighth century. Finally, we will head to San Giovanni Rotondo to visit the shrine of St. Padre Pio.
Dinner and overnight in San Giovanni Rotondo.
Today we spend the day visiting the town where St. Padre Pio, the Capuchin priest who bore our Lord’s stigmata for most of his life, spent much of his life. We’ll visit the church of Santa Maria Della Grazie, home of the tomb of St. Padre Pio, and offer Mass. In the afternoon we will board our bus and transfer back to Rome.
Dinner and overnight in Rome.
With a renewed sense of pilgrimage and an invigorated love of our Catholic faith, we will board our plane for our flight(s) home.
