MARIAN TRAVEL SERVICE
Organizing Spiritual Journeys since 1988
Pilgrimage to Mexico City & The Guadalupe Shrine
with Spiritual Director: Fr. Charlie Goraieb
October 04 - 07, 2010
$1,146 per person from Phoenix
Per Person Price Based On Double Occupancy
The Shrine at Guadalupe is considered the holiest place in the Western Hemisphere. President John F. Kennedy and French President Charles de Gaulle testified to this during state visits to Mexico. Pope John Paul II preached to millions of the faithful from this holy Shrine during his 1979 visit to Mexico. The Basilica commemorates the Virgin Mary's appearance to a humble Indian and honors her request that a Shrine be built in Her honor. In December of 1531, Juan Diego informed a skeptical bishop of his encounter with Mary. A few days later, Juan returned to the site of the vision and once again Our Mother appeared. The humble man relayed the bishop's request for proof of Her visitation, whereupon the Virgin instructed Juan to gather roses from the frozen, rocky terrain and present them to the bishop. Remarkably for the cool season, he found a great number of roses strewn all around. Gathering the roses in sackcloth, he hurriedly took them to the bishop. When he opened the cloak to present the roses to the cleric, it was not Only * the blooms that amazed the bishop. Stamped on the humble cloth was an image of the Virgin! The same miraculous image exists for you to see, hanging in splendor above the main altar.
YOUR TRIP INCLUDES:
Round Trip Air from Phoenix
Airline fuel Surcharges ($160)
3 nights at Hotel Metropol
Meals: Tue, Oct 5th 1 dinner (Focolare) & Wed, Oct 6th: 1 lunch (3-courses)
All transfers in private deluxe motor coach
Admission fees to museums and places visited, including donations at Guadalupe Shrine
Luggage handling 2 bags per person at hotels and airport
Guided tours and entrance fees as per itinerary
Portage of luggage 1 piece per person
Folklore Ballet (Wed, Oct 6th)
Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents
Not Included:
Airport taxes (approx $75), Lunches, Drinks with meals,
Travel Insurance
optional at $129, Tips to your guide & driver
($7-8
per day).
Items of a personal nature.
Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:
October 04: Depart from Phoenix for Mexico City. Upon arrival, we'll meet our guide for our five-day adventure. This afternoon we walk past the Alameda and Palace of Fine Arts and continue to San Felipe and San Francisco churches for a visit and time for reflection. Walk back to our hotel for dinner and overnight.
October 05 : After breakfast we travel by way of the Plaza of the Three Cultures to visit the baptismal place of Juan Diego. As we drive you will be enchanted by the artful blending of pre-Hispanic and Hispanic cultures. Our destination is the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas. Celebrate Mass in the brilliantly colored, modern Basilica dedicated in 1976. Join your prayers with those of other pilgrims as you kneel before the altar displaying the astounding Tilma, the sackcloth bearing the image of the Holy Virgin. Transfer to Focolare restaurant for dinner with live Mexican music. Overnight at our hotel.
October 06 : After breakfast we go on a city tour including Plaza of the Three Cultures, Church of Santiago Tlatelolco, Baptismal site of Juan Diego and the Metropolitan Cathedral Plaza, El Zocalo, and the Shrine of Los Remedios for Holy Mass and Healing prayer. In the afternoon we will visit Tulpetlac, the Shrine of the 5th Apparition where Our Lady of Guadalupe cured Juan Bernardino a miraculous spring appeared on site. This evening we will see a performance at the Palace of Fine Arts of the acclaimed Mexican Folklore Ballet . Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
October 07 : This morning we return to the Guadalupe Shrine for a last visit. Afterwards we transfer to airport for your departure flights back to the USA
For Additional Information & Travel Tips Please Visit:
What to Know Before You Go to Mexico
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico
Cathedral on the Zocalo
in Mexico City 2003
Juan Diego
Pyramids at Tlaxcala
