First Annual CatholiCity.com Men’s Vocation Pilgrimage

Purpose and Itinerary

Spiritual Discernment of Vocations
Open to Men Age 18 to 39
(Limit 20 male pilgrims)

Open to CatholiCity Citizens and Mary Foundation Benefactors 
(Limit 8: married couples and/or adult men and women)

Itinerary

DEPART US/CANADA – Sunday, June 23

• Our journey begins on the Feast of Corpus Christi

ARRIVE LOURDES, FRANCE – Monday, June 24

• Connecting flight arrives Toulouse. Bus to Lourdes
• Dinner and Mass

FULL DAY LOURDES – Tuesday, June 25

• Mass at underground Basilica of St. Pius X
• Venerate St. Bernadette’s incorrupt body
• Tour of St. Bernadette Soubirous’s home and Basilica of St. Pius X

TRAVEL TO LYON – Wednesday, June 26

• Morning flight to Lyon, Unpack, Lunch
• Visit Basilica Notre Dame de Fourvière (sister church to Sacré-Cœur in Paris)
• Museum of Sacred Art, Roman Ruins, and Odeon on the hill of Basilica

ARS and ST. JOHN VIANNEY – Thursday, June 27

• Visit Shrine of St. John Vianney
• Venerate his incorrupt body
• Mass at the Basilica of Ars

PARAY-LE-MONIAL – Friday, June 28

• Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus!
• Mass at the Chapel of the Visitation of St. Margaret Mary and the Sacred Heart Apparitions
• Venerate her incorrupt body
• Visit Cistercian Sept-Fons Monastery of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

LYON and THE ANCIENT CHURCH – Saturday, June 29

• Morning: Attend Ordination of Archdiocese of Lyon at Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lyon on the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary!
• Walking Tour of Lyon, including the Church of the Martyrs of Lyon (177 AD)
• Site of the Tomb of St. Irenaeus, Father of the Church (died 202 AD)
• Afternoon/Evening: Free time for prayer, rest, spiritual direction

PARIS: SACRÉ-CŒUR on MONTMARTRE – Sunday, June 30

• Morning: TGV Train to Paris, Arrive 11:00am, Unpack, Lunch at hotel
• Mass at the Martyrium of St. Denis where Saints Ignatius and Francis Xavier made perpetual vows
• Visit Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre (venerate the heart of St. Thérèse of Lisieux)
• Free time for exploring city, prayer, fellowship, and spiritual direction

PARIS: RUE DU BAC, NOTRE DAME – Monday, July 1

• Visit Rue du Bac: St. Catherine Labouré and Miraculous Medal Apparitions
• Venerate her incorrupt body
• Visit Notre Dame Cathedral (pending reconstruction)
• Final Mass at beautiful nearby Sainte-Chapelle

DEPART PARIS – Tuesday, July 2