Fatima & Lourdes Pilgrimage
Group Leader: Julienne Azor
October 9 - 18, 2018
*Optional Post Tour to Rome: October 18 - 21, 2018
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Your trip includes
- Round Trip Airfare from New York (JFK)
- All Airport Taxes and Fuel Surcharges
- Centrally located first class hotels as follows: (or similar)
- Optional Post Tour to Rome:
- ~ October 18 - 21: Hotel De La Conciliazione, Rome
- Transfers as per itinerary
- Breakfast and Dinner daily
- Wine (1 glass) and Mineral water with dinners
- Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach
- Assistance of a professional local guide
- Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
- Mass daily & Spiritual activities
- Luggage handling (1 piece per person)
Not included
- Lunches, Beverages, Tips to your guide and driver, Items of a personal nature.
Itinerary
Tuesday, October 9 | Departure
Depart from your home airport for your overnight flights to Portugal.
Wednesday, October 10 | Arrive Fatima
Upon arrival at Lisbon Airport meet with your driver/guide and depart for Fatima, Dinner and overnight in Fatima
Thursday, October 11 | Fatima
You will have a memorable experience as you pray and meditate upon one of Our Blessed Mother's apparition sites. Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children; Lucia (age 10), Jacinta (age 7), and Francisco (age 9). These apparitions occurred monthly from May until October of 1917. View the monument, that commemorates the Sacred Heart of Jesus , in the square. Due to Our Lady's consistency in Her messages to pray the Rosary, this Basilica also features fifteen altars that are dedicated to the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary. Continue with a visit of the Holy Trinity Basilica. After free time for lunch, we will experience Christ's unconditional love by participating in the Stations of the Cross along the Via Sacra. The "Sacred Way" marks the path taken by the shepherd children of Fatima to their first apparition with Our Lady. Ending the day with visit of Valinhos, the site of Our Lady's August 1917 apparition and the first and third apparition of the Angel. Your night will conclude with private devotions, and a candlelight procession, requested by Our Lady (1917). Enjoy dinner and a comfortable night's rest in Fatima.
Friday, October 12 | Fatima - Santarem - Fatima
Today, we will travel to the old city of Santarem. In Santarem visit and attend Mass at the Church of St. Stephen, which holds the oldest (13th century) recorded Eucharistic Miracle: The Miracle occurred when a woman yearned to change the ways of her unfaithful husband and consulted a sorceress. Return to Fatima with a visit to the Hamlet of Aljustrel, the home of the three shepherd children;. visit of the Parish Church and Fatima Parish Cemetery. Return to Fatima for dinner and overnight.
Saturday, October 13 | Fatima
Today is a day on your own in Fatima.
Sunday, October 14 | Fatima to Lourdes
Prepare for your departure to the airport and your flights to Toulouse or Pau Airport. Upon arrival transfer to Lourdes by private motor coach . Check-in to your hotel and relax or explore before dinner. Following dinner, you will have free time to pray the Rosary and to attend the candlelight procession. (April - October only). These processions are lit by candlelight and guided by the Most Holy Rosary. Following this prayerful experience, you will return to your hotel for an overnight.
Monday, October 15 - Wednesday, October 17 | Lourdes
Over the next two days, you will wake up in a small town that is nestled within the Pyrenees Mountains. During your time in Lourdes, you will pray and meditate in yet another site of Our Lady's apparitions. Our Lady first appeared to Bernadette in 1858, and announced herself as "The Immaculate Conception", near the Grotto of Massabielle Each evening following dinner, you will have an opportunity to attend the candle light procession and the Rosary before a restful overnight.
Thursday, October 18 | Return Home
Transfer from your hotel in Lourdes to the airport for your return flights home!