St. Catherine of Siena Academy

InvItes yOu On pIlgrImage tO Italy rOme, sIena & assIsI with spiritual directors Fr. Bob Roggenbuck & Sr. Mary Ann Foggin, SGL

OnlIne bOOkIng avaIlable January 15 – 23, 2016

Inclusions:

Seven (7) nights accommodations: Local guides 2 nights in Siena at 3 star Hotel Chiusarelli and Luxury motor coach for airport transfers in Italy 5 nights in Rome at 4 star Hotel Michelangelo and specified sightseeing Continental Breakfast daily Sightseeing & entrance fees per itinerary Six (6) Dinners, including a Welcome and Farewell Dinner Daily Mass One (1) Lunch Hotel and city taxes Well-known art historian Dr. Liz Lev Round trip scheduled commercial air from Detroit to (pending final confirmation) Rome including fuel surcharges and government imposed Visits to sites of Siena, Assisi (or Orvieto), and Rome fees of $575 as of 06/19/14; final amount subject to Catholic tour escort in Italy change St. Catherine of Siena Academy Pilgrimage Tentative Itinerary*

Friday January 15, 2016 z Depart USA art, including Michelangelo's magnificent fresco of the Last Depart for Rome, Italy via overnight flight on scheduled Judgment. Next, tour St. Peter’s Basilica. Afternoon and airline. evening at leisure. Overnight in Rome. (CB|D)

Saturday January 16, 2016 z Rome | Siena Wednesday January 20, 2016 z Papal Audience | Ancient Rome Arrive in Rome and meet your Catholic Italian tour escort. Early departure and attend the Transfer by private motor coach to Siena. Welcome Dinner Papal Audience (pending the Pope’s and overnight in Siena. (D) final schedule.) Lunch on your own. After lunch, explore Ancient Sunday January 17, 2016 Siena z Rome with a tour that includes the Celebrate Mass at St. Dominic Coliseum (inside visit), Capitol Hill, Basilica to venerate the remains the Vittorio Emmanuel Monument, of St. Catherine. Next visit the Roman Forum, Circus Maximus and majestic Cathedral of Siena, Michelangelo’s statue of Moses at St. first conceived as the “greatest Peter in Chains church. Celebrate Mass at the Basilica of Saint monument of Christianity.” Mary above Minerva which houses the tomb of St. Catherine of The Cathedral of Siena is one Siena. Dinner and overnight in Rome. (CB|D) of the most successful attempts of Roman-Gothic architecture in Italy. Later, tour the well-preserved city of Siena and visit Thursday January 21, 2016 z Christian Rome | Optional the Piazza del Campo, the center of the city, and the Palazzo Walking Tour Publico, famous for its gothic architecture. Dinner and Depart on a Christian Rome Tour, overnight in Siena. (CB|D) including St. Mary Major and John in Lateran, which is the Cathedral of Monday January 18, 2016 Siena | Assisi (or Orvieto) | z Rome. Celebrate Mass at St. Mary Rome Major. Then see the Holy Steps Depart Siena for Rome via Assisi. Upon arrival, tour San climbed by Christ in Jerusalem, Ruffino Church where St. Francis and St. Clare were both and the Basilica of the Holy Cross baptized. Also visit St. Clare Church to see the cross that where some of Christianity's spoke to St. Francis and led him to a life of piety. Celebrate most important relics are housed, Mass at the basilica of St. Francis. After Mass enjoy free time including a piece of the True Cross, to explore Assisi with its quaint shops. Optional: There may thorn and nails. The last visit will be at St. Paul’s Outside the be an opportunity, for those not interested in traveling to Walls. After group lunch, free time to explore. Dinner on your Assisi, to travel to the Umbrian town of Orvieto, home of own and overnight in Rome. This evening your escort will the Eucharistic miracle of Corpus Christi (additional cost). lead an optional walking tour to see the Trevi Fountain, the Continue to Rome and check into your hotel for the next five Pantheon and the Piazza Navona. (CB|L) nights. Dinner and overnight in Rome. (CB|D) Friday January 22, 2016 z Catacombs Tuesday January 19, 2016 Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel z Celebrate Mass, then, visit the St. Sebastian Catacombs and This morning, celebrate Mass at see how the 4th century catacomb burrows underground on the altar of the Tomb of St. Peter four levels and is the burial site of many early Christians. Free at St. Peter’s Basilica (subject to time this afternoon to explore Rome on your own. Farewell confirmation.) Following Mass, Dinner and overnight in Rome. (CB|D) enjoy a guided tour of the Vatican, including the Vatican Museum and the Saturday January 23, 2016 z Return flight to USA Sistine Chapel, where you will view This morning, check out of hotel and depart for the airport for some of the most inspiring works of your return flight home.

*Itinerary is tentative and subject to change CB=Continental Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner