Fatima, Spain, Lourdes & Medjugorje
October 3 - 17, 2024
Lisbon (St. Anthony) · Santarem (Eucharistic Miracle) · Fatima · Salamanca · Alba de Tormes · Avila (St. Teresa) · Zaragoza (Our Lady of Pillar) · Lourdes (St. Bernadette) · Medjugorje (Our Lady Queen of Peace)
Spiritual Leaders:
Father James Williams
Father Gus Stewart
Father Matthew Kane
What is included
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Round-trip airfare from your desired Airport
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All airport taxes & fuel surcharges
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Centrally located hotels:
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1 night: in Lisbon, Portugal
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2 nights: in Fatima, Portugal
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2 nights: in Salamanca, Spain
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1 night: in Zaragoza, Spain
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3 nights: in Lourdes, France
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Transfers as per itinerary
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Breakfast and Dinner daily
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Wine with dinners
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Wine tasting in Spain
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Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach
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Assistance of a professional local guide(s)
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Transfers as per itinerary
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Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
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Mass daily & Spiritual activities
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Luggage handling (1 piece per person)
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Tour leader (s)
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81 Tours backpack & portfolio of all travel documents
Package price
$5,430.00
(Based on double occupancy)
$860
(extra for single supplement)
Medjugorje
October 13-17, 2024
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Flight ticket from Toulouse (Lourdes)
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All airport taxes & fuel surcharges
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4 nights in Pansion Elez or similar
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Transfers as per itinerary
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Breakfast and Dinner daily
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Wine with dinners
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Wine tasting in Medjugorje
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Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach
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Assistance of a professional local guide Josip Elez
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Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
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Mass daily & Spiritual activities
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Medjugorje & Pilgrimage Across Portugal, Spain, and France
14 Days of Faith and Reflection
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Lisbon • Santarem • Fatima • Salamanca • Avila • Burgos • Loyola • Lourdes • Medjugorje
Day 1: Departure
Board your international flight from your local airport. Your meals will be provided on board as you travel overnight.
Day 2: Arrival in Lisbon
Arrive at Lisbon’s airport, where your guide and driver will greet you. Begin your pilgrimage with a panoramic tour of the city, including highlights such as the Jerónimos Monastery, Belém Tower, and the iconic 25th of April Bridge. Visit the Basilica of Estrela and conclude with a stop at St. Anthony’s Church, built on the birthplace of the patron saint of lost items. Enjoy a welcoming dinner and overnight in Lisbon.
Day 3: Lisbon – Santarém – Fatima
After breakfast, journey to the town of Santarém to celebrate Mass at St. Stephen’s Church and venerate the Eucharistic Miracle that occurred in the 13th century. Continue to Fatima, the site of the famous Marian apparitions. Upon arrival, check into your hotel, enjoy dinner, and rest for the night.
Day 4: Fatima
Spend the day in Fatima, starting with a visit to the Little Chapel of the Apparitions, where the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Explore the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, the resting place of Saints Francisco, Jacinta, and Sister Lucia. Participate in the Stations of the Cross along the Via Sacra and visit Valinhos, the site of the 1917 August apparition. Conclude with a candlelight procession before retiring for the night in Fatima.
Day 5: Fatima – Salamanca
Depart Fatima for the ancient city of Salamanca. Upon arrival, enjoy a walking tour that includes stops at the Plaza Mayor, La Clerecía, and the University of Salamanca, Spain's oldest university. Visit the joint cathedrals—Romanesque and Gothic—before enjoying dinner and an overnight stay in Salamanca.
Day 6: Salamanca – Alba de Tormes – Avila – Burgos
Travel to Alba de Tormes, where you’ll visit the Carmelite Monastery founded by St. Teresa of Ávila. View the incorrupt relics of St. Teresa. Continue to Ávila, known for its medieval walls and its significance as the birthplace of St. Teresa. Visit the Basilica of St. Vincent and the Convent of the Incarnation before proceeding to Burgos. Overnight in Burgos.
Day 7: Burgos – Loyola – Lourdes
After breakfast, depart for Loyola, the birthplace of St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuit Order. Visit the Basilica and Holy House, where St. Ignatius experienced his conversion. Later, continue through the Pyrenees Mountains to Lourdes. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.
Days 8 & 9: Lourdes
Spend two full days in Lourdes, reflecting on the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to St. Bernadette. Attend Mass at the Grotto, visit the Boly Mill, and meditate on the life-sized Stations of the Cross overlooking the Grotto. Participate in evening candlelight processions and Rosary prayer services. Visit the Cachot, where Bernadette’s family lived, and drink from the miraculous spring.
Day 10: Lourdes – Medjugorje
Fly from Lourdes to Medjugorje, where your pilgrimage continues. Upon arrival, transfer to the village, check into your hotel, and enjoy dinner.
Days 11-13: Medjugorje
Over these three days, immerse yourself in the peaceful surroundings of Medjugorje. Join daily English-speaking Mass at St. James Church, climb Apparition Hill where the Virgin Mary first appeared, and reflect on the Stations of the Cross as you ascend Mt. Krizevac. Participate in the evening Rosary prayer and gather for the daily apparition time with the village and fellow pilgrims.
Day 14: Return Home
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your return flight home, carrying with you the blessings and memories of this sacred journey.
Fatima
The story of the Our Lady of Fátima miracle begins on May 13, 1917. Three peasant children, Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia were tending to their family’s sheep. The children under 10 years old were blessed with the presence of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus. In Portugal, she is also known as Fátima. The children saw this beautiful woman, dressed in white and standing above a bush. The Virgin Mary told the children that world peace would occur if they spread the godly message of prayer.
She visited the young children on the 13th for the next six months. She revealed to the children three secrets. We will go through them and their Catholic interpretations in the next section.
The children were told to make sacrifices to save sinners. They were tight cords around their wrists and did not drink water on hot days. Lucia told the villagers that Mary asked them to say the Rosary every day in order to keep world peace.
News of the apparitions spread throughout the village, some believing the children and some not so much. The Virgin Mary promised the children that one day a prophecy would occur that would show the village people that they were being truthful. These events culminated in the sixth final apparition “Miracle of the Sun”.
Lourdes
Lourdes, located in southwestern France, is the most visited pilgrimage site in the Christian world. It welcomes over 6 million pilgrims each year to venerate the site of the Marian apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Most of these visits take place between April and October.
On the 11th of February 1858, Bernadette Soubirous witnessed a beautiful apparition in this small village in France. While gathering wood by the Grotto, Bernadette first saw a vision of Our Lady surrounded by brilliant light. Too frightened to approach Her, Bernadette prayed the Rosary while Our Lady looked on in quiet approval. Our Lady then disappeared. It was not until Her third visit to the Grotto that She spoke.
She asked Bernadette to come to the Grotto for fifteen days. Bernadette did as requested and listened to the messages Our Lady delivered from God. In these messages, He asks His children to pray for sinners and repent. During the apparitions Our Lady gave Bernadette a mission; She requested that Bernadette tell the priests to build a chapel and come in procession to Lourdes.
On the feast of the Annunciation, Our Lady declared to Bernadette "I am the Immaculate Conception." It was then that people ceased accusing Bernadette of lies. The apparitions lasted until July 1858. There were 18 apparitions in total and 2018 marks the anniversary of the 160th year of Lourdes.
Medjugorje
Medjugorje, located in Bosnia & Herzegovina, is the site of the 1981 Marian Apparitions. On June 24th 1981 Six children witnessed the Blessed Virgin Mary on what is now known as Apparition Hill. The apparition had a message of peace for the world, as well as a call to conversion, prayer and fasting. She appeared to them with an infant in their arms and confided ten secrets to the children. The children, now adults, some of them which continue to see her every day.
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