Day 1: Our pilgrimage to Italy begins as we board our flight
from local airport to Milan. Overnight flight to Milan, Italy
Day 2: Arriving in Milan, well join our guide and enjoy a tour
of this historic city. Well celebrate Mass at the Basilica of St.
Ambrose, where the saint, one of the four Latin Doctors of the
Church, is buried. After Mass, well see the Duomo, a magnificent
Gothic Cathedral that began construction in 1386 and finished in
1809, and da Vincis Last Supper in the convent adjacent to the
church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, before proceeding to our hotel
for check-in. Dinner. Overnight Milan
Day 3: Today, we travel to Codogno, where St. Frances Xavier
Cabrini founded the Institute of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus. Our first stop is the St. Frances Cabrini Center of
Spirituality, where our Spiritual Director will offer Mass. Well
then tour of this special location and learn more about the
found-ing of St. Frances order. Well visit the museum and venerate
a relic of St. Frances heart. From there, we will travel to
SantAngelo Lodigiano, the birthplace of St. Frances. The Basilica
of St. Anthony the Abbott and St. Frances Cabrini, a beautiful
church which contains a relic of St. Frances in the marble altar at
the chapel that bears her name. After venerating her relic, we will
visit the reconstruction of her childhood home in a local museum
before returning to Milan for dinner. Overnight Milan
Day 4: We bid farewell to Milan and journey to Florence. Along
the way, well visit Bologna, a medieval city with the oldest
European university. Bologna was home to both St. Catherine of
Bologna and St. Dominic. Well visit St. Dominicas basilica, where a
young Mozart once played the organ. Well venerate St. Dominics
resting place, and the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca, home
to the Byzantine portrait of the Virgin and Child, thought to be
painted by St. Luke the Evangelist. After celebrating Mass in the
Basilica, we will proceed to Florence, Europes premier artistic
capital. Following check-in to our hotel, well enjoy dinner in a
fine ristorante. Overnight Florence
Day 5: Today, well begin the day by celebrating Mass at the
magnificent Franciscan church of Santa Croce, known for its
beautiful marble facade. The church is a burial place of nobles,
among which is Michelangelo, Galileo, and Machiavelli. Our guided
tour of Florence will continue through Republic Square to the Santa
Maria del Fiore, a 13th century cathedral. After lunch, well visit
LAccadamia where we will view Michelangelos David as well as other
works of art. Therell be free time to explore the museum and the
rest of Florence. Dinner. Overnight Florence
Day 6: We visit the medieval city of Siena, St. Catherines home.
Our Spiritual Director will offer Mass at the Basilica of St.
Dominic, where well learn more about St. Catherines relics, work
and ministry. While in Siena, well have time to adore the
Eucharistic Miracle of Siena, consecrated hosts that have remained
nearly uncorupted for over 200 years! Dinner. Depart for Assisi.
Overnight Assisi
Day 7: We will visit the hilltop birthplace of St. Francis that
still retains something of the atmosphere of the early 1200s, when
St. Francis began his ministry. Following lunch at one of the
trattorias in Assisi, we will proceed up the hill to the Church of
St. Clare, the foundress of the Poor Clares, to view the Saints
body, barely corrupt since her death. After celebrating Mass, well
visit the basilica of St. Francis, to view some of the saints
possessions and the many frescoes depicting his life. We procede to
Eremo delle Carceri, a monastery containing the primitive cell used
by St. Frances. Dinner. Overnight Assisi
Day 8: On the way to Rome, well visit the lower village of
Assisi, where our Spiritual Director will offer Mass at the church
of St. Mary of the Angels where St. Francis spent most of his life.
Well also visit the Chapel Portiuncola, the rose bush and the cave
where the saint retired for prayer. Upon arriving in Rome, well
visit the Basilica of St. Mary Major as well as St. John Lateran.
Dinner. Overnight Rome
Day 9: Following breakfast, we will visit the Church of the Most
Holy Redeemer and St. Frances Cabrini, where the relic of her head
is preserved in a statue of her likeness. Following Mass, well tour
Rome, start-ing with Palantine Hill, the oldest section of Rome.
Well visit the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine, and the Roman
Forum, as well as the Mamertine Prison where St. Peter and St. Paul
were imprisoned for 9 months, converting their jailors amd fellow
prisoners. Overnight Rome
Day 10: Following breakfast, we participate in the Papal
Audience (subject to the Popes schedule). In the early afternoon
well have a guided tour of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and
St. Peters Basilica. Dinner. Overnight Rome
Day 11: With a renewed sense of pilgrimage and an invigorated
love of our Catholic faith, we say farewell to the Eternal City and
board our flight for home.
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Mother CabriniIn the footsteps of 2016
Includes: Deluxe motorcoach Hotels 8 nights
Breakfast & dinner daily Escort & Guides Hotel service
charges & gratuities to waitstaff
Sightseeing/admission fees per itinerary Luggage handling
Cost per Person:Double Occupancy $____.00Single Occupancy
$____.00
(Airport taxes & fuel charges not included)
Milan SantAngelo Lodigiano Codogno Florence Siena Assisi
Rome
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