Join Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC Celebrating 10 Years of Priesthood … On a Marian Pilgrimage to.. Fatima, Spain & Lourdes Lisbon, Santarem, Fatima, Salamanca, Alba de Tormes, Ávila, Burgos, Loyola & Lourdes
**Early Booking Discount! Receive a $200 discount if you book before June 15 ,2012 Use Promo Code: CALLOWAY
Ifyou want to witness steadfast faith and zeal for Jesus through Mary then join Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC on this Once in a Lifetime Marian Pilgrimage.
Fr. Calloway will celebrate Mass each day, hear confessions, Pray the Rosary as well as give talks about his miraculous conversion.
Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, a convert to Catholicism, is a member of the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception. Before his conversion to Catholicism, he was a high school dropout who had been kicked out of a foreign country, institutionalized twice and thrown in jail multiple times. After his radical conversion he earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH, M.Div. and S.T.B. degrees from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, and an S.T.L. in Mariology from the International Marian Research Institute in Dayton, Ohio. He has written many academic articles and is the editor of two books: The Immaculate Conception in the Life of the Church (Marian Press, 2004) and The Virgin Mary and Theology of the Body (Marian Press, 2005). He also is the author of the book Purest of All Lilies: The Virgin Mary in the Spirituality of St. Faustina (Marian Press, 2008). His radical conversion story is now shared in his latest book, No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy.
Fr. Donald Calloway’s first prayer to Mary: “Mary, I love you so much and I am so in love with Jesus. I am so grateful for what you have given me. You are the Mother of God. You know Jesus. He is God, and you are His mother. And I believe that of all people you know Him best. Please cover me with your maternal mantle, for I am not the most brilliant man and could be easily deceived into believing or even making up my own Jesus. I want to know the real Jesus, the one whom so many people have turned away from.”
Your Trip Includes: Round-trip airfare from New York to Lisbon (Special Add-on Airfares from all other US Airports) ALL Airport Taxes, Security Fees, and Airline Fuel Surcharges 8 nights at centrally located First Class hotels as follows (or similar):
20-21 June | 1 night: Lisbon, Hotel Mundial ****
21-23 June | 2 nights: Fatima, Hotel Santa Maria Jardim ****
23-24 June | 1 night: Salamanca, Hotel Abba Fonseca ****
24-25 June | 1 night: Burgos, Hotel Abba ****
25-28 June | 3 nights: Lourdes, Hotel Moderne or Gallia Londres **** Transfers as per itinerary Breakfast and Dinner daily Wine with dinners Assistance of a professional local Catholic guide(s) Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary Catholic Priest available for Spiritual Direction Mass daily & Spiritual activities Luggage handling (1 piece per person)
Day 1, June 19, 2013: Depart USA - Lisbon
Depart from your local airport for the overnight flight(s) to Lisbon, Portugal. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.
Day 2, June 20, 2013: Arrive Lisbon
Arrive in Lisbon and meet Fr. Donald Calloway, your tour guide, and fellow pilgrims. This afternoon we will enjoy a tour of Lisbon. The sightseeing tour will include a visit to the Cathedral, St. Jerome’s Monastery, Saint Anthony's Church, Belem Quarter: Belem Tower, 25 April Bridge, and Discoveries Monument. Our drive will also take us through the Basilica of the Star, Rossio Square, Commerce Square, and Marquee of Pomba Square. Dinner and overnight in Lisbon.
Day 3, June 21, 2013: Lisbon - Santarem - Fatima
After breakfast depart Lisbon for Santarem, where one of the oldest cities in the world is located. We will walk through its narrow streets to the Church of St. Stephen, containing the oldest recorded Eucharistic Miracle. This miracle has been on continuous display since 1269. We then continue on to Fatima, the place where the Blessed Mother appeared in 1917 to three simple shepherd children and exhorted mankind to pray for world peace. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
Day 4, June 22, 2013: Fatima
Six times, from the May 13 to October 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in the diocese of Leiria. A new church has been constructed, however just as beautiful, an older church was constructed here in 1928, and millions of pilgrims visit each year. Fatima is one of the most visited holy places for Catholics from around the world. The atmosphere of intense spirituality and the importance of Fatima have been attested to by the visits of two Popes- Paul VI and John Paul II. Touring Fatima, see the Little Chapel of the Apparitions, Basilica, the site of Francesco and Jacinta's graves, the Hamlet of Aljustrel, where the children lived, and Valinhos, the site of Our Lady's appearance after the children's return from prison. Follow the Stations of the Cross along the Via Sacra (The Sacred Way) culminating in the Chapel of Calvary, which overlooks all of Fatima. Join pilgrims from around the world in an evening candlelight procession to pray the rosary. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.
Day 5, June 23, 2013: Fatima - Salamanca
After breakfast in the hotel, depart towards the city of Salamanca. Salamanca is the most graceful city in Spain. For four centuries it was the seat of one of the most prestigious universities in the world and, despite losing this reputation in the XVII Century, it has kept the unmistakable atmosphere as a seat of learning. It is a small place that is given a gorgeous harmony by the golden sandstone from which almost the entire city seems to be constructed. The city’s architectural sights seem endless: two cathedrals, one Gothic, the other Romanesque, vie for attention with Renaissance palaces and gems of Plateresque decoration. The Plaza Mayor is the finest in Spain; and the surviving university buildings are tremendous throughout, all of them distinguished by the same warm stone. The grand Plaza Mayor is the hub of Salmantine life, the vast Baroque church of La Clerecía, the Casa de las Conchas (House of Shells), named after the rows of carved scallop shells symbol of the pilgrimage to Santiago which decorate its façade, the University, the cathedrals, the Roman Bridge, San Marcos and San Martin churches, etc. Dinner in a local restaurant and overnight in Salamanca.
Day 6, June 24, 2013: Salamanca - Alba de Tormes - Ávila - Burgos
After breakfast in the hotel we will depart towards the village of Alba de Tormes. In Alba we will visit and celebrate Mass at the Carmelite Monastery where Saint Teresa died in 1582 and is buried. In the little museum of the Carmelite Monastery we will be able to see the incorrupt heart and left arm of the Saint. Later on we will continue our journey to Ávila. Two things distinguish Ávila- its 11th-century walls, two perfectly preserved kilometers of which surround the old town, and the mystic writer Santa Teresa, who was born here and whose shrines are a major focus of religious pilgrimage. Ávila’s atmosphere has changed very little since the days of Santa Teresa, the first woman to be named a Doctor of the Church, to whom the city is dedicated. We will see the Cathedral, started in the XII Century but never finished and built in three different styles: Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance; San Vicente church, the Incarnation Convent, where St. Therese became a nun and home to the most comprehensive museum dedicated to her life; La Santa Monastery, built on the site of the house where she was born; San José Convent, the first monastery founded by the Saint, etc. After the visit depart to the city of Burgos, the historic capital of Old Castile. After dinner explore Burgos (on your own), and admire the magnificent limestone Cathedral. Overnight in Burgos.
Day 7, June 25, 2013: Burgos - Loyola - Lourdes
After breakfast depart Burgos heading for Lourdes, France. En route stop in Loyola, the birthplace of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. Here, we'll see the 17th-century Basilica dedicated to St. Ignatius. we will also visit the family home of St. Ignatius, which is located behind the sanctuary. The most venerated place in this building is the room where Ignatius at age 30 was brought following his serious wounding at the Battle of Pamplona. Later we motor through the Pyrenees Mountains into Lourdes. Here, standing between the spectacular mountain-river, Gave de Pau, stands picturesque Lourdes, the birthplace of St. Bernadette to whom Our Lady appeared in 1858 near the Grotto of Massabielle. Settle into your hotel, explore before dinner, followed by a candlelight procession (every evening from April through October) before retiring for the evening.
Days 8 & 9, June 26 & 27, 2013: Lourdes
After breakfast our guided tour of Lourdes will include the sanctuary, the Basilica of St. Pius X, the world's largest underground church, and the baths where hundreds of miraculous cures have taken place. Enjoy a video presentation telling the story of Lourdes, and walk in the footsteps of St. Bernadette. See Boly Mill where St. Bernadette was born and the "Cachot," an abandoned prison where Bernadette's impoverished family lived. Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous spring, pray at the Grotto and submerge yourself in the healing baths. Experience Christ's love as you walk the life-sized Stations of the Cross overlooking the holy Grotto. Kneel in the chapel built on the very rock of the Grotto in obedience to the request of the "Immaculate Conception." Attend the blessing of the sick and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady, and take time for private devotions. Each evening dinner and overnight at your hotel.
Day 10, June 28, 2013: Depart Lourdes - USA
Early morning departure from Lourdes for your homebound flights.
Fr. Calloway will be with you during the entire pilgrimage!
*Several optional POST TOURS will be offered (at a later date) including Medjugorje; Rome & Assisi; Paris, Nevers & Lisieux; Fr. Calloway will be with you during the main part of the pilgrimage Portugal, Spain and France (June 19th – 28th) but he will not be continuing on post optional tours. Other priests will be assigned for each one of the post optional tours.
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