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Fatima Lourdes Pilgrimage Tour October 2023

Pilgrimage Tour to Fatima and Lourdes with Mother Seton Parish

October 18 – 27, 2023

Itinerary for Fatima and Lourdes Pilgrimage Tour

Day 1  USA – Lisbon

Board your overnight transatlantic flights to Lisbon. Dinner and breakfast are served on board

Day 2  Lisbon

Arrive in Lisbon and enjoy an orientation drive through Lisbon, highlighted by Mass, and a visit to the birth site of Saint Anthony. Dinner and Overnight in Lisbon.

Day 3  Santarem – Fatima

Drive to the town of Santarem, one of the oldest cities in the world, where you will have Mass and visit the Church of St Stephen, which contains the oldest recorded Eucharistic Miracle. Stolen by a woman in payment to a sorcerer, the Host began to emit a brilliant beam of light and then bleed. Reverently returned to the church of St Stephen, this miracle has been on continuous display since 1269. In the afternoon, you drive to nearby Fatima, the place where the Blessed Mother appeared in 1917 to three simple shepherd children and exhorted mankind to pray for world peace. Tonight you may participate in a candlelight procession. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.

Day 4  Fatima

Six times, from May 13 to October 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared to three novices belonging to the diocese of Leiria. See the basilica was constructed in 1928 and contains Francesco and Jacinta’s graves, and celebrate Mass at the Little Chapel of the Apparitions. Visit 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. Dinner and overnight in Fatima.

Day 5  Fatima – Coimbra – Alba de Tormes – Avila

Depart to Avila making 2 stops en route; the first in Coimbra, to visit the Carmelite Convent the last earthly home of Sr. Lucia, the third visionary. Continue to the Convent of the Poor Clare’s to see the Silver coffin that holds the incorrupt body of St. Elizabeth of Portugal. On the way to Avila, we make another stop in Alba de Tormes, where St. Theresa of Avila is buried. Arrive at Avila in time for dinner and overnight.

Day 6  Avila – Burgos

St. Theresa, the great mystic was the first woman to be named a Doctor of the Church. In Avila, visit the Cathedral, which contains many of St. Theresa’s relics, and the crypt of the Convento of La Santa, which is built on the site of the house where she was born and is home to the most comprehensive museum dedicated to her life. Also visit La Encarnacion Convent, the first convent she founded. In the afternoon, travel to Burgos, the historic capital of Old Castile. Dinner and overnight in Burgos.

Day 7  Burgos – Loyola – Lourdes

This morning you will have Mass at the Santa Maria Cathedral. Leave Burgos, heading to Lourdes. En route stop in Loyola, the birthplace of St Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits. See the 17th Century Basilica dedicated to St Ignatius and visit his family home which contains the place referred to as the Room of the Conversion. Later, travel through the Pyrenees Mountains into Lourdes, the birthplace of St Bernadette, and where Our Lady appeared in 1858 near the Grotto of Massabielle. After dinner, enjoy a candlelight procession. Overnight in Lourdes.

Day  8 & 9 Lourdes

See a video presentation telling the story of Lourdes and enjoy a guided tour of Lourdes which will include the sanctuary; the Grotto, where Our Lady appeared under the title of the Immaculate Conception; the Basilica of the Rosary, the Basilica of St Pius X, the world’s largest underground church; Boly Mill where St Bernadette was born and the “Cachot,” an abandoned prison where Bernadette’s impoverished family lived; and the baths where hundreds of miraculous cures have taken place. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.

Day 10 Lourdes – USA

Early departure for the USA.

Price Includes

  • Airfares – Round trip airfare from New York  (Add-on Airfare available from Other Cities)
  • Hotel Accommodations – First Class Hotels with Porterage
  • Meals – Breakfast and Dinner Daily
    Wine & mineral water with dinners
  • All transportation in destination location Air-conditioned Motor Coach with Bottled Water and WiFi available onboard
  • Tour Guide – Professional English Speaking Guides
  • Entrance Fees – Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
    Whisper Headsets where needed
  • Daily Mass and Spiritual Activities Coordinated

Price Excludes

Complementaries

  • Name and Luggage tags
  • Neck Wallet
  • Travel Bag

The price is $4,119.  Add a Baltimore departure of $200 for a total of $4,319.  Anyone can join from any of these airports for an additional charge.  If you would prefer to use airline points, the “land only” price is $3,513.  If using points, you make your own flight arrangements.  Just book the trip and Marcelle will adjust your invoice to the land-only price.

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Single Rooms are available for an additional $699.

Optional Travel Insurance Available– highly recommended