ITINERARY:
Day 1: DEPARTURE FROM USA
Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.
Day 2: ARRIVAL TO FRANCE-LOURDES
Upon arrival to Paris take the connecting flight to Lourdes. The birthplace of St. Bernadette to whom our Lady appeared in 1858 near the Grotto of Massabielle. Settle into your hotel and celebrate Mass in the worlds famous Shrine. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.
Day 3: LOURDES
Celebrate Mass at the Grotto, and walk in the footsteps of St Bernadette. See Boly Mill where St Bernadette was born and the 'Cachot,' an abandoned prison where Bernadette's impoverished family lived. Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous spring the Virgin directed Bernadette to locate at the base of the grotto, and submerge yourself in the healing baths. Experience Christ's love as you walk the life-sized Stations of the Cross overlooking the holy Grotto. Kneel in the chapel built on the very rock of the Grotto in obedience to the request of the 'Immaculate Conception.' Attend the blessing of the sick and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.
Day 4: LOURDES
The whole day is for your private devotions. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.
Day 5: LOURDES-AVIGNON
After breakfast drive to Avignon, a small city in the hearth of the Provence region. In 1309, the city of Avignon became the center of religion, art and culture. Before the Vatican, this was the seat of Popes, which is still the centerpiece of the city. Dinner and overnight in Avignon.
Day 6: AVIGNON - PARAY LE MONIAL
After breakfast, continue on to Paray Le Monial known as the City of the Eucharist. This is the site of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Margaret Mary Alacoque. Dinner and overnight in Para Le Monial.
Day 7: PARAY LE MONIAL- ARS - PARAY LE MONIAL
We start our day with Mass in hometown of the devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Visit the Chapel of the Visitation where Jesus exposed His Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque during a number of apparitions, Reliquary of St. Margaret containing her relics, located underneath a wax figure of the saint. Afternoon we will drive to the pretty little town of Ars where St Jean-Marie Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, spent a great part of his holy life giving powerful sermons and spending up to 17 hours a day in the confessional, sleeping only two hours a night flowed into Ars from everywhere. Ars became famous all over the Christian world. He died in 1895 and his incorrupt body part of France seeking his spiritual guidance and healing. The charity and love for lies in repose, along with many relics from this saint who was canonized in 1925. Continue to Paray Le Monial for dinner and overnight.
Day 8: PARAY LE MONIAL - NEVERS
After breakfast, we depart by motor coach for Nevers. St. Bernadette lived for 12 years as part of the congregation of the Sister of Nevers after taking the veil in 1867. Throughout her life she suffered and eventually died from asthma, at age 35. Dinner and overnight in Nevers.
Day 9: NEVERS - PARIS
After breakfast, visit the convent of St. Gildard where St. Bernadettes incorrupt body reposes. Then, we continue on to Paris and celebrate mass at the majestic Notre Dame Cathedral. Dinner and overnight in Paris.
Day 10: PARIS - LISIEUX
After breakfast, we will travel northwest by motor coach to the town of Lisieux, the home of St. Therese of Lisieux whom Pope Pius X called the Greatest Saint of Modern times. Her extraordinary love for God and service to humanity comes alive as you visit the Basilica Cathedral of St. Peter, and Les Buissonets, her family home. On display are relics, clothing, and personal objects belonging to the Little Flower. View the statue depicting the Blessed Virgin who smiled at St. Therese during an ecstasy before curing her illness. Combine your prayers in the Carmel Chapel with the Carmelite sisters, just as St. Therese did before her death in 1897. Return to Paris for dinner and overnight. Evening, join the optional night show.
Day 11: PARIS CITY TOUR
After breakfast, we celebrate mass at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal. We view the incorrupt body of St. Catherine Laboure whose guardian angel led her to the chapel where the Blessed Virgin displayed a vision of the miraculous medal and later the green scapular wherein the Blessed Virgin promised bountiful graces for all the wearers of this. See the Church of St. Vincent de Paul. Guided tour of this beautiful city, which includes the Champs Elysees, LArc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, and the Church of the Sacre Coeur. In the evening optional boat trip on Seine river. Dinner and overnight in the most spectacular city on earth.
Day 12: RETURN TO USA
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for return flight to the US.
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