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0910BA3 - Catholic Marian Pilgrimage 10 days from Portland, OR


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International departure taxes of $178 plus current fuel surcharges of $480 are included (subject to change).

Tour Code Departure Date Cost per person
BA0910GS 09/10/2023 $4119.00
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We depart from Portland airport for our overnight flight, via connection, arriving the next day. We enjoy in-flight movies, dinner, and breakfast while aloft.
We arrive at Lisbon Airport, where we are met by our Tour Manager and drive to Fatima. Upon arrival, we enjoy our “welcome” dinner and overnight at our hotel. Time permitting, in the evening, we join the nightly International Rosary Procession.
This full day is devoted to visiting the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima and the nearby hamlets of Aljustrel and Valinhos. We join the English language concelebrated Mass at the Chapel of Apparitions. Following a break for lunch on our own, we visit the birthplaces of Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia, the Loca de Anjo and the Holy Way. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. In the evening, we join the nightly International Rosary Procession.
Today we depart Fatima, passing by the ancient capital and university city of Coimbra, where Lucia, the last Fatima visionary lived as a cloistered nun. We continue northwards into Spain to Santiago de Compostela, one of the most famous shrines in the western world. This is the site of the ancient pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. James. Tradition holds that the Apostle James was cast ashore here preaching for seven years and was responsible for the conversion of Spain before his return to the Holy Land. The Cathedral of 11th to 13th century, with its splendor, and the portico, are masterworks of Romanesque art. We arrive l this afternoon and break for lunch on our own before our visit to the Cathedral and the Old City. Dinner & overnight at our hotel.
Following our walk to Mass at the Cathedral of Santiago, we return to our hotel for breakfast and then head east to Santander along one of the many “Routes of St. James.” While this is our longest coach bus day, the wonderful scenery of mountains and sea awe us as the roads hug the picturesque northern Spanish seacoast. Lunch on our own is taken along our route. Dinner and overnight in Santander.
Today we journey south to the small town of Garabandal. It was here that from 1961 to 1965, four young schoolgirls, Mari Loli Mazon, Jacinta Gonzalez, Mari Cruz Gonzalez and Conchita Gonzales witnessed apparitions and paranormal actions and received messages from St. Michael the Archangel as well as Blessed Mary under her title “Our Lady of Mt. Carmel”. The apparitions and messages lasted for four years and numbered in the thousands! Garabandal apparitions are still not sanctioned or approved by the Vatican, but pilgrimages are encouraged by the local bishop. While there we will visit the chapel dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel in Garabandal. We enjoy time for prayer before returning to Santander following our break for lunch. Dinner and overnight in Santander.
This morning following Mass in a local parish church, we continue eastward along the Basque coast via San Sebastian and cross the border into France, enjoying a stop for lunch on our own along the way. In late afternoon, we arrive in Lourdes for dinner and overnight at our hotel. After dinner, we join the nightly Torchlight Marian Procession.
This day is spent in devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes. We celebrate Mass at the Grotto with a morning orientation visit to the Shrine and a walking tour of Lourdes, visiting Boly Mill, where St. Bernadette was born, the Cachot, formerly used as a jail, where she lived during the apparitions, and the parish church. This afternoon, following a break for lunch on our own, we enjoy is free time for private devotions, Eucharistic Procession, the Blessing of the Sick or the legendary, healing waters of the miraculous Lourdes spring. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. In the evening, we join the Rosary and Torchlight Marian Procession.
Following Mass at the Shrine, the remainder of the morning is spent in personal prayer and meditation. This afternoon is at leisure. following a break for lunch on our own, we enjoy some time for devotions, the Rosary, a Eucharistic Procession, the Blessing of the Sick if we were not able to do so the day before. The remainder of the day is at leisure. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. In the evening, we again join the Rosary and Torchlight Marian Procession.
Today, we drive east to Toulouse for our flight home with unforgettable memories to cherish always.
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