Join Penny Abbruzzese of Our Lady Queen Of Peace on a pilgrimage to
Medjugorje 22nd Medjugorje Youth Festival
July 30 – August 7, 2011
$2,399 per person from New York
(plus additional airport taxes)
YOUR LOURDES TRIP INCLUDES: Round-trip air from New York (special Add-on Airfares from all US gateways) Airline FUEL SURCHARGES INCLUDED (up to $330) 7 nights / July 31-Aug 7: Modern home/inn with private baths, in Medjugorje Breakfast and Dinner daily Wine with dinners Assistance of a professional local Catholic guide(s) Transfers as per itinerary Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary Mass daily & Spiritual activities (English at 10:00am, and Croatian at 6:00pm) Visit to Community Cenacolo Meeting with visionaries (if visionaries are in Medjugorje during your trip and pending availability) Luggage handling (1 piece per person) Flight bag & portfolio of all travel document
Not Included: Airport taxes (approx. $150, subject to change), Lunches. Travel Insurance optional at $149 (www.206tours.com/insurance), Cancel for Any Reason Protection @ $199 (www.206tours.com/cancellationprotection), Tips to your guide & driver ($7-$9 per day). Items of a personal nature.
Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Day 1, July 30, 2011 - Depart USA
Board your overnight transatlantic flights from your home town. Meals are served on board.
Day 2, July 31, 2011 - Arrive Medjugorje
After an early morning arrival in Frankfurt (Munich or Vienna) you will connect flights to Dubrovnik (Split or Sarajevo). Upon arrival, you'll be greeted by a tour guide and/or driver who will then take you on the 2 1/2 hour drive by private coach to the village of Medjugorje. Guide will be with your throughout your stay. Once there, you'll meet your fellow pilgrims and your spiritual leader and be introduced to your host family in whose comfortable yet modest house (inn) you will be staying for the next seven nights.
600PM - Rosary
700PM –Holy Mass – general rehearsal for the choir and the orchestra
800PM – Prayer for healing
830PM – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – general rehearsal for the choir and the orchestra
Days 3 - 8, August 1 - 6, 2011 - Medjugorje
Experience the beauty and peace of this simple village. During your stay in Medjugorje you will have the opportunity to share faith with pilgrims from all over the world. Our local guide will accompany us throughout your stay. Here are some of the activities you'll be sharing with our fellow pilgrims: Each morning at 10am we assemble at St. James Church for the English-language Mass (Feast days and Sundays English Mass is at Noon). Follow the path up Apparition Hill where the visionaries first encountered Our Lady. Touch and pray before the cross that commemorates the spot where Mary first appeared to the visionaries.
Monday, 08/01/11
During the morning: Holy Masses according to language groups
600PM - Rosary
700PM - welcoming words by and to the youth from different countries, Holy Mass
830PM - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Tuesday, 08/02/11
900AM - Morning Prayer
930AM – 1200PM – Lectures, music and testimonies
1200PM – Recess
400PM – Lectures, music and testimonies
600PM - Rosary
700PM - Holy Mass
800PM - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Wednesday, 08/03/11
900AM - Morning Prayer
930AM – 1200PM – Lectures, music and testimonies
1200PM – Recess
400PM - Lectures, music and testimonies
600PM - Rosary
700PM - Holy Mass
815PM – Procession through the parish
1015PM – 1100PM - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Thursday, 08/04/11
900AM - Morning Prayer
930AM – 1200PM - Lectures, music and testimonies of the Cenacolo" community
1200PM – Recess
400PM - Lectures, music and testimonies
600PM - Rosary
700PM - Holy Mass, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
915PM - Theatre and musical show “Cenacolo“
Friday, 08/05/11
900AM - Morning Prayer
930AM – 1200PM - Lectures, music and testimonies
1200PM – Recess
400PM - Lectures, music and testimonies
600PM - Rosary
700PM - Holy Mass
830PM – 930PM - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
930PM – 1100PM - Singing Farewell
Saturday, 08/06/11
300PM – Rosary while Climbing the Cross Mountain (private)
500PM - Holy Mass on Cross Mountain
Our guide will arrange meetings with the visionaries at their own homes provided that they are in Medjugorje during your trip, and pending their availability. We will have the opportunity to climb Krizevac Mountain, where in 1933 the villagers built a 30' high cross on the anniversary of Jesus' crucifixion. Visit and pray at "Blue Cross", which is a place of great healings and graces- a very special place at the base of Apparition Hill. We will also visit the community of Cenacolo.
Day 9, August 7, 2011 - Medjugorje - USA
After an early breakfast and heartfelt farewells, we leave by motor coach for Dubrovnik Airport (Split or Sarajevo) for return flights home.
Mary Statue
333 Marcus Blvd 