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We invite you to come with us to our pilgrimage to . We will visit the places where St. James preached Christ’s great lesson of IMPORTANT INFORMATION unconditional love and forgiveness. DEPARTURE DATE $ Deposit - 300 We will follow the steps of Christian’s SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 (upon booking) Pilgrimage as early as the 10th century, which makes Santiago de from Charleston, SC (CHS) 2nd Payment Due: Compostela, the 3rd greatest pilgrim destination after Jerusalem and Rome. We want to find and embrace that loving Presence that offer us $ .00 April 24, 2020 the gifts of joy and peace. We will also go to Fatima, . Where 3,598 Mary revealed 3 secrets to 3 shepherd children in 1917. Full Payment Due: (All Inclusive) We are excited at the opportunity to visit these Holy Places with you! (Except lunches) July 8, 2020 Do take time to prepare a purpose for this pilgrimage. We will be spiritual beings on a human journey. Ask for help and expect it - it’s Each tour member must hold a there, now, waiting for you. passport that is valid until at least DAY Whatever you do - for Heaven’s sake, don’t forget to start! ¡Buen April 15, 2021 camino! US Citizens do not need visas to

visit Portual and at this time. 10 If you don’t hold a valid passport, application forms are available Deacon Joe and Macarena Keating at your passport office. Non-US For further information please contact: citizens are solely responsible for with fatima obtaining any required visas. Macarena Keating Providing Superior Catholic Pilgrimages (843) 906-2371 Rates based on double -occupancy, [email protected] for 43 years! the airline tax and fuel surcharge ($510) and currency exchange rate (s) CONTACT CPO TODAY! at the date of quotation to your host. TOLL FREE: 1(800) 769-9466 Subject to change up to 30-days prior ATLANTA: (404) 467-8041 3223 PACES FERRY PLACE NW • ATLANTA, GA 30305 to departure. Complete the enrollment form and mail it today. WWW.CATHOLICPILGRIMOFFICE.COM [email protected] THE PILGRIMAGE Architecture and the burrial place of several of the Order of Santiago, the protectors of the road since 1184. Your final destination for the day is Palas de Rei, where you should stop to visit the town church and maybe enjoy a coffee in one of the many bars before Itinerary del Obradoiro. You have finally finished the Camino heading to your accommodation for the night. de Santiago! Enter now if you wish, we recommend Day 01 - mon sep 21: Depart USA Today we will meet at the DAY 05 - fri sep 25: WALK FROM PALAS DE REI TO continuing down to the Plaza del Obradoiro and simply airport three hours prior to our departure. stopping there. Breath in and truly live this moment, ARZUA After a transfer back to Palas de Rei, you then do whatever feels right. You still have a few things to have about 4h left to walk before reaching Melide. Make DAY 02 - tue sep 22: SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA / LUGO Our do today- get your pilgrim certificate, attend Pilgrim sure to arrive in Melide hungry as the town is renown for driver and tour escort will pick us up at Santiago de Compostela Mass & marvel at the architecture of our beloved City. having the oldest surviving cruceiro (calvary) in the world Airport and bring you to your first hotel. Enjoy dinner in the hotel Accommodation, dinner and overnight in Santiago. and rest up- tomorrow begins the start of a pilgrimage you will and for the best “Pulpo a la Gallega” (Octopus) in Galicia. PILGRIMAGE FEATURES never forget. You will be walking a total of 29 km today and finish in the DAY 08 - mon sep 28: SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA / town of Arzua, which is famous for its peculiarly shaped FATIMa Breakfast. This morning enjoy a city tour (with Roundtrip Air cheese. Transfer by bus to our hotel in Lavacolla for DAY 03 - wed sep 23: WALK FROM SARRIA TO PORTOMARIN local guide) passing through Obradorio Square, where Transportation dinner and overnight. After a short 30min drive to Sarria, the starting point of your we found the Colegio San Jeronimo, the Rajoy Palace, the Camino, head up the medieval staircase to start making your way From Charleston, SC (CHS) DAY 06 - sat sep 26: WALK FROM ARZUA TO O Gelmirez Palace, el Parador de los Reyes Católicos and to Portomarin. Walk along easy paved trails through beautiful the Cathedral. We then continue our journey to another Land Transportation PEDROUZO With only 40 km left before Santiago, you countryside, meadows and oak woods, charming villages with slate important marian shrine: Fatima. Accommodation, Airport transfers in Spain and will notice the atmosphere along the Way is changing as roofs and a huge medieval bridge. Don’t forget to take a picture of transport between Camino vil- dinner and ovenight in hotel. yourself in front of the 100 km marker and witness those who have lages people plan to celebrate their arrival and start realizing it will soon be time to part with people they might have walked hundreds of kilometers get emotional. Tonight, you will stay DAY 09 – tue sep 29: FATIMa Breakfast. Time to been walking with for a month. The countryside itself in one of the two hotels in the heart of the village of Portomarin Taxes Fuel Surcharge visit Fatima, where in 1917, our Lady appeared 6 times changes as you enter forest with totally symmetric rows booked for your group and stroll through the impressive archway ($510) & Tip ($75) Included to three children (Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco) and for that produce curious visual effects. The villages you pass village with it’s memorable church. This town is very unique as religious activities of the Shrine. In the evening, we can virtually have no name and seem stuck in time. Your great battles that took place in the valley below and the town you Porterage included participate in the Candlelight Procession. Dinner and destination for the day is O Pedrouzo. Return to Lavacolla visit is only a replica of the Medieval town relocated in the 60s rock overnight in hotel. by rock to avoid floods. Breakfast and dinner for dinner and overnight. Daily (Except Lunches) DAY 10 – wed sep 30: FATIMA / / RETURN DAY 04 - thu sep 24: WALK FROM PORTOMARIN TO PALAS DAY 07 - sun sep 27: WALK FROM O PEDROUZO TO SANTIAGO Breakfast. Transfer to Lisbon airport, where we will take DE REI Leave the village of Portomarin on a One Pilgrim Kit our flight back home. bridge over the artificial lake of Belesar. The included per pilgrim This is it! Only twenty kilometers separate you from next kilometers will then be uphill through with credentials your goal. Leave early to reach Santiago before twelve, woodlands into the hamlet Gonzar. Near if you wish to see the pilgrim mass (also at 7:30 pm). Daily mass where available Castromaior, the path borders the ruins of a On your journey today, you will cross Lavacolla’s river, 2200 years old Celtic Castro, and in Ligonde, where traditionally pilgrims would bath and clean their you will find a hospital which received the clothes - and hence purifying their soul - before stepping emperor Charles V and his son Philip II, into the Cathedral. You will then climb up to Monte do the most famous pilgrims of the sixteenth Gozo (Mount of joy) which offers stunning views on the century. Continue your way to the hamlet of City before walking into the Medieval Town, which you Portos, where if you wish you should leave will enter via the “Camino Door”. A few minutes later, the Camino Francés and take the Via Ferradal you will finally pass the Azabachería Door, the official Novo (2,5 km detour) to the Romanesque entrance to the Cathedral on a non-Holy year (in 2016 church of Vilar de Donas, one of the most and 2021 you will be able to enter through the Holy Door stricking examples of Galician Romanesque on the Quintana Square) and continue down to the Plaza FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT: WWW.CATHOLICPILGRIMOFFICE.COM/KEATING