Jubilee Pilgrimage

REGISTERATION FORM

Full Jubilee Pilgrimage:

• Roundtrip transatlantic flights

•  Services of a professional Christian English-speaking tour escort/guide
• Daily Holy Mass
• All breakfasts and dinners,     Wine Tasting, Farewell Dinner
• Deluxe motor-coach for scheduled transfers and sightseeing
• First-class accommodations at all hotels
• Admission fees for all included sightseeing
• Porterage for one suitcase per person 
• Service charges, government fees, gratuities for guides, drivers and hotel staff

• ETIAS Visa - Needed for all traveling from the USA to the EU. Info will be provided to you!
• Travel Insurance
• Medical Insurance
• Lunches
• Personal expenses

Assisi:
     Hotel Dal Moro
San Giovanni Rotondo:
     Hotel Valla Rossa
Rome:
     Hotel Michelangelo

St. Mary, Mother of God Parish, Middletown

Spiritual Director: Fr. Jeff Kegley, Pastor

Day 1. Saturday, November 15: Transatlantic flight to Rome, Italy 

Day 2. Sunday, November 16: Rome, Orvieto, Bolsena, Assisi
Welcome to Rome, also known as “The Eternal City”. Upon landing at Rome airport, claim your baggage and proceed to the Arrivals Hall, where your tour guide. Depart for Assisi. Stop en route to Orvieto. This incredible town sits on a volcanic high rock formation. Here we visit one of the most beautiful and most renowned Cathedrals in Italy. Because of its strategic location, it’s Christian history officially started in 1004, but Orvieto was built over preexisting Etruscan era cave tunnels dating back 2,500 years, which some historians believe Christians used to celebrate Mass when Christianity was forbidden. Next, we visit the nearby town of Bolsena and the Cathedral housing the corporeal of the Miracle of the Eucharist which took place in 1262. Here we celebrate Mass. Continue to Assisi, the hometown of St. Francis and St. Clare. Upon arriving, check-in to your hotel. Dinner and overnight. Retire to your room for a restful night’s sleep. Return to Assisi for dinner and overnight. (D) 

Day 3. Monday, November 17: Assisi
Tour of the Basilica of St. Francis, where you will see the tomb of St. Francis, and have the opportunity to view a series of frescoes depicting his life, along with a few of the saint’s possessions. Next you will visit the Santuario Della Spogliazione where Blessed Carlo Acutis’ tomb is, the first millennial to be declared Blessed, and soon to be Saint. Continue tour by walking through this picturesque town, where St. Francis and St. Clare both followed God’s call to rebuild his church. After lunch on own, board the bus, which will take you outside of the walls of Assisi, to the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels. This Basilica is made up of two structures, both of which you will visit. The first structure is the “Porziuncola” and the second is the “Capella del Transito” which is the place where St. Francis died. Return to the hotel for dinner and a restful overnight. (B, D)

Day 4. Tuesday, November 18: Assisi – Siena - Assisi  
After breakfast, drive to the Tuscan city of Siena. This medieval city is the birthplace of St. Catherine “Doctor of the Church”, and the Apostle of Italy, St. Bernardine. Visit of the Basilica of St. Catherine (which is also known as the Basilica of St. Domenico). St. Catherine passed a large part of her life inside the walls of this Basilica. It is here you will also view the incorrupt head of St. Catherine. After, visit the Shrine of St. Catherine, which occupies the site of her family home. Enjoy your walking tour through the Siena including a visit to its Cathedral (Duomo di Siena). Conclude at one of Italy’s finest squares, the Piazza Del Campo, where you will be given free time to spend at your own leisure. Enjoy a wine tasting at the end of the tour. Return to Assisi. Dinner and overnight. (B, WT, D)

Day 5. Wednesday, November 19: Assisi – Loreto – Lanciano – San Giovanni Rotondo 
After breakfast, you we leave for San Giovanni Rotondo. On the way we stop to the Marian shrine of Loreto to visit the Holy House of Nazareth and the beautiful Madonna of Loreto. Tradition holds that this is the house in which Mary first prayed the Magnificat, in which Jesus grew to manhood, and in which the Holy Family lived, before it was transported several times by angels, to its current location. Continue to Lanciano to visit the Church of St. Longinus- the site of a Eucharistic Miracle that occurred in the eighth century. At the time of the miracle, there was a Basilian monk, who struggled with the belief in the Real Presence in the Eucharist. During the time of Mass, the monk, with doubt in his voice, said the words of consecration and the bread and wine transformed into physical flesh and blood. Proceed to San Giovanni Rotondo for dinner and overnight. (B, D)

Day 6. Thursday, November 20: San Giovanni Rotondo – Monte Sant’ Angelo  
Visit the Old Church of Our Lady of Grace, see the confessional from where St. Pio spent an innumerable number of hours listening to confessions. Next, you will board the bus and travel along the beautiful Gargano Peninsula to the Grotto of St. Michael the Archangel. Return for dinner and overnight in San Giovanni Rotondo. (B, D)

For those traveling with the Rome Only portion of the pilgrimage, you will depart tonight, Thursday, November 20th for Rome and will join the group after your arrival on the afternoon of Friday, November 21st.  You will meet the group at the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 7. Friday, November 21:  San Giovanni Rotondo – Monte Cassino - Rome
This morning, you will board the bus and enjoy the scenic route to the Abbey of Monte Cassino, the principal monastery of the Benedictine Order, founded by St. Benedict around 530 A.D. Continue on to San Giovanni Rotondo, where St. Pio of Pietrelcina  (St. Padre Pio) lived for many decades and where thousands of people have flocked in order to be closer to this great saint and to Our Lord. Dinner and overnight in Rome.  (B, D) 

Day 8. Saturday, November 22:  Rome  
This morning, visit the oldest of the four major Basilicas in Rome, and the home to the relics of Peter and Paul, the Basilica of St. John the Lateran. This Basilica is where Pope Francis was installed as Bishop of Rome. Next, you will cross the street to visit the Holy Stairs. These Holy Stairs are the very steps leading up to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem on which Jesus stepped on his way to trial during his Passion. The Stairs were brought to Rome by Saint Helena in the fourth century. Ascending these stairs on your knees, in memory of Christ’s agonizing Passion. We conclude our day, with a Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major. Church dedicated to Our Blessed Mother, St. Mary Major reigns as the only Basilica that has kept its original structure and is an authentic jewel in the crown of Roman Churches. This Basilica contains a relic from the Manger of the Infant Jesus. Remainder of the day is at leisure. Hotel for dinner and overnight. (B, D)

Day 9. Sunday, November 23: Rome  
Today we tour St. Peter’s Basilica, built on the site where St. Peter the Apostle was martyred. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to view Michelangelo’s Pieta sculpture, pray at the tombs of Pope Benedict XVI and St. John Paul II. Next you will visit the Vatican Museums, where you can see the Tapestry Gallery, Raphael Rooms, and Sistine Chapel. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight in Rome. (B, D)

Day 10. Monday, November 24: Rome
After breakfast, continue down the Appian Way, one of the earliest roads built in ancient Rome to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls and the Catacombs. Afternoon at your leisure. Dinner and overnight in Rome. (B, FD)

Day 11. Tuesday, November 25: Return Home
After an early breakfast and heartfelt farewells, the entire group will leave for Rome Fiumicino airport for return flight home. (B)

Buffet Breakfast (B); Dinner (D); Wine Tasting (WT); Farewell Dinner (FD) 

* In case of unforeseen events, this itinerary is subject to change.