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Amsterdam, Belgium, Germany & Switzerland and the Oberammergau the Passion Play | May 10-22, 2020

About this Pilgrimage

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Seeds of FaithPilgrimage with Father Anthony Costa

Bruges

Lucerne

Oberammergau g Roundtrip NON-STOP flights

from Philadelphia to Amsterdam/Zurich to Philadelphia g First-class, 4 star hotel accommodations g Breakfast daily; 1 lunch and 6 dinners g Professional English-speaking tour manager g Canal cruise in Amsterdam g Cruise on the Rhine g Entrance fees g Local guides: Amsterdam, Maastricht, Belgium, Cologne, Lucerne g Passion Play admission ticket g Textbook for the 2020 Passion Play g Porterage service at the hotels for 1 piece of luggage g Daily Mass and time for spiritual reflection g Customized travel documents and app

Journey with Father Costa and fellow pilgrims to Holland, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. Must-see attractions are included and in reading the itinerary, you’ll discover why we call this pilgrimage ‘Seeds of Faith.’ From breathtaking scenery to the Passion Play, which happens once every 10 years, experience your faith in a spectacular way. The story of Oberammergau is one of

$4995 pp/dbl

faith that began with a miracle in the 1600s. In 2020, the Passion Play, with over 2000 Oberammergauers, will perform for the 41st time!

And the Oberammergau Passion Play

ITINERARYMay 10, 2020, Sunday: PHILADELPHIA TO AMERSTERDAMEnjoy your overnight transatlantic flight to Amsterdam. Dinner and light breakfast served during the flight.

May 11, 2020, Monday: WELCOME TO AMSTERDAMArrive Amsterdam International Airport, claim our luggage and clear customs. We board our coach and transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure to relax and unwind before dinner tonight with our group.

May 12, 2020, Tuesday: AMERSTERDAMBreakfast is included each morning during our pilgrimage. Today we celebrate Mass at a local church. We visit the sites of Amsterdam with our local guide, enjoy a canal cruise, pass gabled merchant houses, arched drawbridges reminiscent of the Golden Gage and the strikingly modern buildings of a young-at-heart city. Free time for lunch before visiting the fabulous Rijksmuseum with priceless paintings by Rembrandt and other Dutch Masters. There’s free time for you to enjoy Dam Square and dinner on your own.

May 13, 2020; Wednesday: AMERSTERDAM - BRUGESToday we make our way to Bruges where we begin with Mass at a local church. Time for lunch and then we begin a walking tour of Bruges, which will include among other things, the famous Michelangelo’s masterpiece Madonna and Child in the Cathedral of Our Lady, and the Chapel of the Holy Blood. Weather permitting, we take a canal boat ride giving us insight into one of Europe’s most famous and romantic cities. We check into the hotel with dinner tonight with our fellow pilgrims.

May 14, 2020, Thursday: BRUGES – LOUVAIN – TREMELO – MAASTRICHTThis morning we depart for Louvain to visit the tomb of St. Damien. Father Damien of Molokai is known for his ministering of people with what was then widely known as leprosy. He died in 1889 and his body was brought back home in 1936 and buried here on the 5th day of May 1936 in St. Anthony’s Chapel. Father Damien was beatified in 1995 by Pope John Paul II and was later canonized by Pope Benedict. We will also visit Tremelo, hometown of Fr. Damien of Molokai where we will have free time for lunch. We check into our hotel in Maastricht later this afternoon. Dinner this evening with our group.

May 15, 2020, Friday: MAASTRICHT – BANNEUX – COLOGNEThis morning enjoy a guided tour of Maastricht, which is the country’s oldest fortified city, founded by the Romans about 50 B.C. Its name is derived from Latin, “Mosae Trajectum,” meaning “site where the Maas could be crossed.” En-joy time for lunch before we depart for Banneaux where “Our Lady of the Poor” appeared eight times to 11-year-old Mariette Beco. Today, as she did to Mariette, the Virgin of the Poor leads each pilgrim to discover in Jesus the true Life. We will celebrate Mass at the shrine with time to visit the Chapel, the site of the apparitions. We arrive Cologne and meet our group later this evening for dinner.

May 16, 2020, Saturday: COLOGNE – AACHEN – COLOGNEToday is a special day as we visit the village of Aachen where we find the Aachen Cathedral and the Gothic Marian Shrine which houses the swaddling clothes of Jesus, the loincloth of the Lord, the cloth for John the Baptist’s head and the Blessed Virgin’s Cloak. We’ll celebrate Mass at the Cathedral with time for prayer and reflection. After our lunch break, we will drive to Cologne for a guided tour of Cologne’s Cathedral and two of the Romanesque churches that survived World War II. Visit the Cathedral Treasury that contains the staff that belonged to St. Peter. Nearby is the Church of St. Andreas containing the remains of St. Albert the Great, teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas. The last visit will be to the Church of St. Ursula, which houses the remains of St. Ursula and 11,000 martyrs killed in Cologne at the hands of the Huns in the 2nd Century. Dinner this evening on your own.

May 17, 2020, Sunday: COLOGNE – SCHOENSTATT – RHINE CRUISE – TRIERAfter breakfast we transfer to Koblenz, where we will visit the Schonestatt Monastery which is dedicated to Divine Mercy. We will celebrate Mass and then have a tour of the city. Later today visit the small town of Boppard where you’ll have time for lunch before beginning your Rhine River Cruise. The cruise goes from Boppard to Rudesheim. You’ll pass the charming town of St. Goar and you’ll enjoy picture perfect views of the Rhine Valley including the famous Lorelei Rock. Continue by coach to Trier where we check into the hotel. Relax and refresh before dinner with our pilgrimage family.

May 18, 2020, Monday: TRIER – OBERAMMBERGAUThis morning we have a guided tour of Trier planned where you will visit the relics of this period that include Constantine’s Basilica, the Kaiserthermen (the Imperial baths) and the Porta Negra, a gateway built from colossal blocks of stone. And then we’re off to Oberammergau! The story of Oberammergau is one of faith and began with a miracle. In the 1600s “The Black Plague” swept through Europe, striking down one in every three people and leaving in its wake, misery, panic and death. The people of Oberammergau prayed to be spared, vowing they would present a play de-picting the Life and Passion of Jesus Christ every 10 years. True to their word, the villagers presented their Passion Play in 1634 and have kept their pledge, the routine of plays only having been interrupted by the two World Wars. Dinner tonight at our hotel.

May 19, 2020, Tuesday: OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAYWe have scheduled this morning at leisure, so you can enjoy and stroll around Oberammergau before the play. There are shops to visit and things to see! Oberammergau is famous for its woodcarvings. We’ll enjoy lunch with our group before the start of the world-renowned Passion Play. During intermission we will have dinner and then return to the theater. Following the play, we transfer to our hotel.

May 20, 2020, Wednesday: OBERAMMERGAU – LINDERHOF – LUCERNEThis morning, after breakfast, we travel first to Wieskirche, a Baroque masterpiece built in the 18th century as a pilgrimage church to the “Scourged Savior in the Wies (meadow)”. Today, the Wieskirche is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Next, we pass by Neuschwanstein, one of the fairy-tale castles built by “Mad” King Ludwig II. With its turrets and mock-medievalism the castle is a real fairy-tale fantasy come true (photo stop only). Lunch on your own before our next stop at King Ludwig’s majestic Linderhof Castle one of castles commissioned by King Ludwig II. After our visit we continue to Lucerne, check in at the hotel with time to relax before dinner with our group.

May 21, 2020, Thursday: LUCERNECelebrate mass at St. Leodegar Cathedral (pending confirmation). The Cathedral was built from 1633 to 1639 on the foundation of the Roman basilica, which had been burned in 1633. Lucerne was the only major city in Switzerland to reject the reformation and today is the country’s capital of Catholicism. Enjoy a guided tour of Lucerne where we see the well-preserved Old Town with its Chapel & Spreuer Bridges and 14th-century Water Tower. Continue to see the Lion Monument, praised by Mark Twain as “the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world”, the Ba-roque-styled Jesuit Church and the Franciscan Church, perpetually under construction or renovation since its founda-tion in the 13th Century (exterior views only). Lunch on your own and rest of the day free for last minute shopping and to prepare for your flight home. Dinner on your own tonight.

May 22, 2020, Friday: ZURICH – PHILADELPHIAThis morning we transfer to Zurich International Airport for our flight home. We bring with us so many memories of our time together on this special pilgrimage, most especially our time in Oberammergau for the Passion Play.

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