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0607AZ6 - A Pilgrimage to the Saints and Miracles in the Heart of Italy 11 days from New York, JFK


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$50 Early Booking Discount if Reserved by August 15, 2025

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International departure taxes of $121 plus current fuel surcharges of $300 are included (subject to change).

Tour Code Departure Date Cost per person
AZ0607GS 06/07/2026 $5999.00
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Today, we depart JFK airport to connect with our overnight flight to Rome aboard a wide-bodied jet. We enjoy in-flight movies, dinner, and breakfast while aloft.
This morning, we arrive in Rome where we are met by our Unitours Tour Manager as we board our motorcoach for our ride to Rome city center. Our first visit is to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, we will celebrate Mass at the altar which houses the Crib our Lord was placed in at his Nativity, miraculously discovered by St. Helena in the Fourth Century. At this altar, it is a privilege to offer the Mass of Christmas on nearly any day of the year! We enjoy some free time for lunch on our own. In the afternoon, we visit St. Peter’s and tour the Basilica, followed by some free time, during which those who wish may visit the Church of San Silvestro in Capite, which houses the head of St. John the Baptist. We depart for our hotel in Rome area, check-in, We celebrate our “welcome” dinner and overnight.
Today, we visit Tre Fontane Abbey and its three Churches on the outskirts of Rome, where St. Paul was martyred, where the relics of Ss. Anastasius and Vincent are kept. It is piously believed that the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in 1947 to Bruno Cornacchiola, and converted him, ending his plot to assassinate Pope Pius XII. In the afternoon, we depart for the famous Benedictine Monastery at Monte Cassino, where Ss. Benedict and Scholastica are buried, and where we will have Mass. Dinner and overnight in Naples.
Following early breakfast at our hotel, we proceed to the Carmelite Basilica which houses the miraculous image of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel known as “La Bruna”, believed to have been painted by St. Luke, and brought from the Holy Land when the Carmelites were expelled by the Moslems in the 13th Century. We will celebrate Mass at the Carmelite Basilica. After Mass, we enjoy a brief visit of the famous ruins of Pompeii, about which St. Therese remarked, “The traces [Mount Vesuvius] have left upon the ruins of Pompeii are frightening and are a manifestation of God’s power: ‘He looks at the earth and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they are reduced to smoke.’” We then continue to New Pompeii, where we visit the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary. We return to Naples for dinner and overnight at our Hotel.
Today, we have an early morning departure, and will visit the Shrine of St. Philomena, where her body lies, in Mugnano del Cardinale, and where we will celebrate Mass. We break for lunch on our own. We then continue our day to San Giovanni Rotondo, where we visit the Sanctuary of San Giovanni Rotondo, check-in, dinner and overnight at our hotel.
This morning, after Mass in San Giovanni Rotondo we depart for Lanciano. We will stop along the way for lunch on our own before we continue north to Lanciano. We visit the Church which houses the famous Eucharistic Miracle from the 8th century, and one of the few to date which has been the subject of a peer-reviewed, scientific journal article, which reports that what is present appears to be fresh, human cardiac tissue. We continue to Montesilvano for dinner and overnight at our hotel.
Today, following an early breakfast we depart for Loreto, the site of the “Holy House”, where the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, was born; where she was saluted by the Angel, and where the eternal Word of God was made Flesh. Angels conveyed this house from the Holy Land to Italy in 1291. We celebrate Mass at the Basilica before we proceed to Assisi.
Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, which houses the Portiuncula, Francis’ Church of the Little Portion. Before departing Assisi, we will visit the Basilicas of Saint Francis & Saint Clare, as well as the San Damiano Convent, where the crucifix spoke to St. Francis, and where St. Clare died. Next, we stop in Cortona, at the Sanctuary of St. Margaret of Cortona, where her incorrupt body lies, and then continue on to Florence for dinner and overnight at our hotel.
After an early breakfast, we will celebrate Mass at the Carmelite Monastery where the incorrupt body of St. Mary Magdeline de Pazzi lies, and we then visit the Discalced Carmelite Monastery which houses the incorrupt remains of St. Teresa Margaret Redi. We then depart to Siena where we will visit the relics of St Catherine of Siena. Check-in, dinner and overnight at our hotel in Siena
Today, we depart Siena for Cascia. In Cascia we will celebrate Mass at the Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia. Following Mass, we depart from Cascia to Rome airport area, check in to our hotel, and enjoy our “farewell” dinner and overnight.
This morning, we transfer to the airport for our flight to the U.S. arriving the same day with memories off a lifetime!
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