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| Day 1 |
Depart from JFK Airport, New York for our non-stop flight to Vienna, Austria. Dinner and breakfast will be served on the flight. |
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| Day 2 |
Upon arrival in Vienna we will be met by our tour guide and bus. We will have a short tour of the city and Holy Mass after which we will depart for our hotel in Graz, Austria. |
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Day 3 |
This morning we will leave Graz and travel across Croatia for Medjugorje arriving in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight |
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Day 4
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While in Medjugorje our group will attend the services at St. James Church climb Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain (if time allows) and hear a talk by one of the visionaries (if available). Attend the evening prayer service which begins with the Holy Rosary. During the Rosary Our Lady gives her blessing. This is followed by the remainder of the Rosary and Holy Mass. After Mass the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary are prayed. |
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| Day 5 | This morning we will attend the apparition of Our Lady to visionary Marijana. | |||
| Day 6 | After morning Mass and breakfast we will depart for Budapest, Hungary. Dinner and overnight | |||
| Day 7 | After breakfast, we will leave for Poland. While in Poland, we will visit Wadowice, the birthplace of Pope John Paul II. You will see the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Sacrifice, where Karol Wojtyla was baptized and served as an altar boy. You may also visit the family’s apartment, now a museum located just across the street from the church. Dinner and overnight | |||
| Day 8 |
Today we will visit the Divine Mercy Shrine and the convent of Saint Faustina in Krakow. We will have Mass in the chapel at St. Faustina’s Convent or the Shrine of Divine Mercy and a talk by one of the sisters of St. Faustina’s order. She will explain a little about the life of Saint Faustina and the revelations about Divine Mercy that she received from Jesus. You will have time to visit the chapel which houses St. Faustina’s remains; walk the lovely grounds around the convent or spend some time in the Basilica or the Adoration Chapel. The 3:00 pm Hour of Mercy is celebrated at the Chapel each day with the nuns. |
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| Day 9 |
After breakfast we will travel to Czestochowa to visit Jasna Gora, the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa. We will have Holy Mass at the chapel of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Czestochowa. This chapel has been visited by many Popes including John Paul II and Benedict the XVI. It has also been visited by St. Faustina and St. Maximillian Kolbe. It is one of the holiest places in Poland. We will also have a guided tour of the Shrine. After the tour we will travel to our hotel in Brno, Czech Republic. Dinner and overnight |
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| Day 10 |
This morning we will board our bus and travel to the city of Prague for Holy Mass at the Infant Jesus of Prague Sanctuary located in the Church of Our Lady of Victory. After mass you may visit the gift shop and museum. You will then have time for lunch and short visit in Prague after which we will leave for our hotel in Vienna. Dinner and overnight |
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| Day 11 | After breakfast we depart for our flight to Tel Aviv. Upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, meet your local guide and driver who will escort you to your hotel in Bethlehem. Dinner and overnight | |||
| Day 12 | This morning we visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. We kneel in the Grotto, the birth place of our redeemer as we celebrate Mass. After Mass we will visit the Milk Grotto in which, according to Christian tradition, the Holy Family took shelter during the Slaughter of the Innocents and stayed therefore a short time hiding from Herod's soldiers. It is here where Mary nursed her child Jesus Christ before going to Egypt. It is said that a drop of the Virgin's milk fell to the floor of the cave, turning the rock white and giving rise to the chalky stone. The stone is famous for its healing powers for lactating mothers. We then board our bus for the drive to the Shepherd’s Fields where the angels announced the birth of Jesus. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem | |||
| Day 13 | Today we travel from Bethlehem to Haifa to the Church of Stella Maris, a Carmelite Monastery built in the 12th century. The cave situated below the altar, which you can walk down into, is "Elijah's Cave," where the Old Testament prophet is believed to have lived. We then travel to Nazareth to the Basilica of Annunciation and Mary’s Well. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth | |||
| Day 14 | This morning we drive to Cana of Galilee where Jesus performed his first miracle at the request of his mother (John 2:1-11). In Cana we will visit the Franciscan chapel for a renewal of wedding vows followed by a visit to the Mount of the Beatitudes to gain a panoramic vista of the Sea of Galilee and where one of Jesus’ famous teaching episodes Sermon on the Mount was given (Matthew 5-7). (Mass) Then to Tabgha the fruitful garden where Jesus fed five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two fish (Mark 6:30-46), we shall see the magnificent mosaic commemorating the miracle of the multiplication. We will also take a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee. Our stop will be on the shore of Capernaum where Peter lived and where Jesus began his public ministry (Matth. 4:13), there he began teaching in its Synagogue, healed a man who had an unclean spirit and healed St. Peter’s mother-in-law of a fever (Luke 4:31-41). We will also see the Jordan River where Jesus was Baptized. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth | |||
| Day 15 | Today we visit Mount Tabor, the site of the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-8). We will visit The Church of the Transfiguration, a Franciscan church located on Mount Tabor. It is traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Christ took place. We drive on passing the small town of Nain where Jesus raised the widow’s son (Luke 7:11-17). We drive through the Jordan Valley and drive on up through the Jordan Wilderness pass to the town of Jericho, the most ancient city in the world. We view Mt. Temptation the place where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditation during the temptation of Satan. We will visit Kalia Beach on the Dead Sea where you may float in, or on, the water. We will also visit Qumran, an archaeological site, in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden. Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Bethlehem. | |||
| Day 16 | After breakfast we shall start our pilgrimage in Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives from which Jesus ascended to heaven after his resurrection. We shall have an eye on history through a majestic view over Jerusalem, visit the Convent of Pater Noster where the Lord’s Prayer is displayed in 110 languages. We will walk down the “Palm Sunday route” stopping at Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept over Jerusalem (Luke 19:41) and visit Gethsemane, the Rock of Agony where Jesus prayed His last prayer before his arrest. We will visit the Wailing Wall, the Church of St. Anne, Ecce Homo Arch, Via Dolorosa and the Holy Sepulchre. We will also visit Mount Zion to see the Cenacle room, Dormition Abbey and King David's Tomb. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem | |||
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Day 17 |
Depart for the airport for our flight back to the United States with unforgettable memories. |
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