Motherhouse of the Franciscan Third Order Regular for more than 500 years. You will be able to take in FRANCISCAN FRIARS, T.O.R. the Basilica’s beautiful, historic mosaics, artwork and APYC-Cresson, PA architecture, including the 4th century Temple of Romulus and the 18th century Neapolitan presepio, or Nativity Scene. 9-Day Pilgrimage to
Dinner: Enjoy a Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant. Italy November 3-11, 2017 Dear Friend,
Because you have been such a good friend to the Franciscan Friars, T.O.R., I’d like to extend a special invitation to you to take part in a 9-day pilgrimage this November to Assisi, Rome, and other holy and historic places in central Italy. Please review the following materials to learn more about this opportunity to grow closer to God and our Franciscan heritage, all in a fascinating and beautiful setting! We would be honored and delighted to have you join us and make memories that will last for a lifetime.
Sincerely,
Brother Mark, T.O.R.
DAY 9: Sat., Nov. 11 - Rome/New York B Arrivederci! A nostalgic goodbye but a promise to return. This morning you will be transferred to Rome’s Fiumicino airport for your return flight home. You return home richly endowed with new insights, spiritual renewal, and vast cultural wealth.
B=breakfast; D=dinner
30 Two Bridges Road, Suite 250 l Fairfield, NJ 07004 l P 973.287.1719 l F 973.287.1773 l www.fhorizons.com building containing the Scala Santa, which according to ITINERARY legend were brought to Rome by St. Helena from Pontius Pilate’s house in Jerusalem. Dinner: Enjoy dinner at your hotel. DAY 1: Fri., Nov. 3 - New York/En Route Dinner: Enjoy dinner at your hotel. Depart from New York for your overnight trans-Atlantic flight to Rome. DAY 4: Mon., Nov. 6 - Assisi/Rome B,D AM: After breakfast at the hotel you will travel to Rome, DAY 6: Wed., Nov. 8 - Rome B,D DAY 2: Sat., Nov. 4 - Rome/Assisi D the Eternal City, where both glorious success and AM: Papal Audience AM: Welcome to Italy! Upon your arrival you will be met shameful defeat have left visible traces throughout. Upon After breakfast at the hotel, you will proceed to St. Peter’s at the airport and escorted directly to your waiting motor your arrival in Rome you will enjoy a panoramic tour of Square to attend the Papal Audience, subject to the coach. Depart immediately for Assisi, the city of birds and Rome. availability of His Holiness. silence. PM: Tour of the Vatican Museums: PM: The remainder of the day is at leisure to get over your This afternoon you will tour the Vatican Museums to view jet lag. outstanding collections of masterpieces. See exceptional Dinner: Enjoy dinner at the hotel. according to some, of the martyrdom of early Christians. statues from antiquity and stunning Renaissance paintings The Coliseum was particularly admired by 19th century in the Raphael Rooms. Marvel at Michelangelo’s “Last travelers to Rome because of its romantic ruined state. Judgment” and brightly-colored ceiling frescoes in the DAY 3: Sun., Nov. 5 - Assisi B,D Sistine Chapel. Your tour continues with a visit to the AM: Walking Tour of Assisi Next, visit the Roman Forum. The origins of the most magnificent St. Peter’s Basilica, which houses priceless This morning you will enjoy a walking tour of Assisi. Built ancient and “romantic” group of ruins in Rome are lost works of art, in particular Michelangelo’s “Pietà” and of pink stone Assisi spreads in the shape of a fan on between history and legend. Once nothing more than a Bernini’s “Dove of the Holy Spirit.” marshy hollow, the area was drained with the digging of the “Cloaca Maxima”; it became the political, commercial, and religious center of Rome. Excavations began in the Rome - To discover the treasures of Rome is to take a walk 18th century. From here you may climb up to the Palatine through the centuries. Even in ancient times, Rome was Hill, to see the remains of the most ancient Roman homes known as the Eternal City. Today, it is even more remarkable, and of the “Roma Quadrata” (Square-shaped Rome) a bustling 20th century metropolis, flourishing amid ancient founded by Romulus. The extraordinary archaeological monuments. Where else but in Rome can you visit the site is also celebrated for the beauty of its scenery. 1,900-year-old Coliseum, then walk down an avenue of modern buildings? Rome has been the center of Christendom PM: Tour of Christian Rome ever since St. Peter established the Church here. Visit the magnificent Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura, the largest in Rome after St. Peter’s and marvel Dinner: Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. at its beautiful cloisters. It is said that when Emperor Constantine the Great brought peace to the Christian Tonight you may want to plan an evening visit to the Trevi the slopes of Mt. Subasio. The narrow streets are lined Church, and honored her saints, he enclosed the Apostle’s Fountain, one of Rome’s most celebrated sights. The Trevi Dinner: Enjoy dinner at your hotel. with old facades whose flower-decked balconies make body in a metal case and placed upon it a heavy cross of Fountain is best seen at night, when it is fully illuminated. delightful pictures. The town is still enclosed by ramparts gold. He then built a church above the grave. This Basilica and has hardly changed since the Middle Ages. Your first Throw a coin into the fountain to ensure your return to this is the most beautiful of all the Roman churches and one of Thurs., Nov. 9 - Rome B,D stop will be the Basilica of St. Francis, which houses the wonderful city! DAY 7: the four patriarchal basilicas. Enjoy a full day at leisure in Rome or take an optional tour frescoes of Giotto and Cimabue depicting the life of St. to Pompeii and Sorrento. Francis. Next, visit the Church of Santa Chiara. Under the Tues., Nov. 7 - Rome B,D Continue along the Old Appian Way to visit one of high altar is the Tomb of St. Clare, the enthusiastic disciple DAY 5: AM: Tour of Ancient Rome the magnificent Catacombs of Rome. This curious Dinner: Enjoy dinner at your hotel. of St. Francis who founded the order of Clarissines of Poor Relive some of the city’s past splendor as you pass underground maze of tunnels is hollowed out of the Clares. Then on to the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, legendary monuments, palaces, ruins, squares, and rock. Here early Christians, persecuted by the Romans, containing the famous Porziuncola, the chapel where St. fountains. Visit the most famous monument of ancient practiced in secret their religious rites and buried their Francis consecrated St. Clare as the bride of Christ. DAY 8: Fri., Nov. 10 - Rome B,D Rome, and emblem of her eternity, the monumental dead. Your last stop is at San Giovanni in Laterano. Today includes a visit to the ancient Basilica of Coliseum, famed battleground of the gladiators, and scene, Opposite the Lateran Palace, there is a 16th century PM: The afternoon is at leisure to explore Assisi on your own. Saints Cosmas and Damian, which has served as the building containing the Scala Santa, which according to ITINERARY legend were brought to Rome by St. Helena from Pontius Pilate’s house in Jerusalem. Dinner: Enjoy dinner at your hotel. DAY 1: Fri., Nov. 3 - New York/En Route Dinner: Enjoy dinner at your hotel. Depart from New York for your overnight trans-Atlantic flight to Rome. DAY 4: Mon., Nov. 6 - Assisi/Rome B,D AM: After breakfast at the hotel you will travel to Rome, DAY 6: Wed., Nov. 8 - Rome B,D DAY 2: Sat., Nov. 4 - Rome/Assisi D the Eternal City, where both glorious success and AM: Papal Audience AM: Welcome to Italy! Upon your arrival you will be met shameful defeat have left visible traces throughout. Upon After breakfast at the hotel, you will proceed to St. Peter’s at the airport and escorted directly to your waiting motor your arrival in Rome you will enjoy a panoramic tour of Square to attend the Papal Audience, subject to the coach. Depart immediately for Assisi, the city of birds and Rome. availability of His Holiness. silence. PM: Tour of the Vatican Museums: PM: The remainder of the day is at leisure to get over your This afternoon you will tour the Vatican Museums to view jet lag. outstanding collections of masterpieces. See exceptional Dinner: Enjoy dinner at the hotel. according to some, of the martyrdom of early Christians. statues from antiquity and stunning Renaissance paintings The Coliseum was particularly admired by 19th century in the Raphael Rooms. Marvel at Michelangelo’s “Last travelers to Rome because of its romantic ruined state. Judgment” and brightly-colored ceiling frescoes in the DAY 3: Sun., Nov. 5 - Assisi B,D Sistine Chapel. Your tour continues with a visit to the AM: Walking Tour of Assisi Next, visit the Roman Forum. The origins of the most magnificent St. Peter’s Basilica, which houses priceless This morning you will enjoy a walking tour of Assisi. Built ancient and “romantic” group of ruins in Rome are lost works of art, in particular Michelangelo’s “Pietà” and of pink stone Assisi spreads in the shape of a fan on between history and legend. Once nothing more than a Bernini’s “Dove of the Holy Spirit.” marshy hollow, the area was drained with the digging of the “Cloaca Maxima”; it became the political, commercial, and religious center of Rome. Excavations began in the Rome - To discover the treasures of Rome is to take a walk 18th century. From here you may climb up to the Palatine through the centuries. Even in ancient times, Rome was Hill, to see the remains of the most ancient Roman homes known as the Eternal City. Today, it is even more remarkable, and of the “Roma Quadrata” (Square-shaped Rome) a bustling 20th century metropolis, flourishing amid ancient founded by Romulus. The extraordinary archaeological monuments. Where else but in Rome can you visit the site is also celebrated for the beauty of its scenery. 1,900-year-old Coliseum, then walk down an avenue of modern buildings? Rome has been the center of Christendom PM: Tour of Christian Rome ever since St. Peter established the Church here. Visit the magnificent Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura, the largest in Rome after St. Peter’s and marvel Dinner: Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. at its beautiful cloisters. It is said that when Emperor Constantine the Great brought peace to the Christian Tonight you may want to plan an evening visit to the Trevi the slopes of Mt. Subasio. The narrow streets are lined Church, and honored her saints, he enclosed the Apostle’s Fountain, one of Rome’s most celebrated sights. The Trevi Dinner: Enjoy dinner at your hotel. with old facades whose flower-decked balconies make body in a metal case and placed upon it a heavy cross of Fountain is best seen at night, when it is fully illuminated. delightful pictures. The town is still enclosed by ramparts gold. He then built a church above the grave. This Basilica and has hardly changed since the Middle Ages. Your first Throw a coin into the fountain to ensure your return to this is the most beautiful of all the Roman churches and one of Thurs., Nov. 9 - Rome B,D stop will be the Basilica of St. Francis, which houses the wonderful city! DAY 7: the four patriarchal basilicas. Enjoy a full day at leisure in Rome or take an optional tour frescoes of Giotto and Cimabue depicting the life of St. to Pompeii and Sorrento. Francis. Next, visit the Church of Santa Chiara. Under the Tues., Nov. 7 - Rome B,D Continue along the Old Appian Way to visit one of high altar is the Tomb of St. Clare, the enthusiastic disciple DAY 5: AM: Tour of Ancient Rome the magnificent Catacombs of Rome. This curious Dinner: Enjoy dinner at your hotel. of St. Francis who founded the order of Clarissines of Poor Relive some of the city’s past splendor as you pass underground maze of tunnels is hollowed out of the Clares. Then on to the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, legendary monuments, palaces, ruins, squares, and rock. Here early Christians, persecuted by the Romans, containing the famous Porziuncola, the chapel where St. fountains. Visit the most famous monument of ancient practiced in secret their religious rites and buried their Francis consecrated St. Clare as the bride of Christ. DAY 8: Fri., Nov. 10 - Rome B,D Rome, and emblem of her eternity, the monumental dead. Your last stop is at San Giovanni in Laterano. Today includes a visit to the ancient Basilica of Coliseum, famed battleground of the gladiators, and scene, Opposite the Lateran Palace, there is a 16th century PM: The afternoon is at leisure to explore Assisi on your own. Saints Cosmas and Damian, which has served as the Motherhouse of the Franciscan Third Order Regular for more than 500 years. You will be able to take in FRANCISCAN FRIARS, T.O.R. the Basilica’s beautiful, historic mosaics, artwork and APYC-Cresson, PA architecture, including the 4th century Temple of Romulus and the 18th century Neapolitan presepio, or Nativity Scene. 9-Day Pilgrimage to
Dinner: Enjoy a Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant. Italy November 3-11, 2017 Dear Friend,
Because you have been such a good friend to the Franciscan Friars, T.O.R., I’d like to extend a special invitation to you to take part in a 9-day pilgrimage this November to Assisi, Rome, and other holy and historic places in central Italy. Please review the following materials to learn more about this opportunity to grow closer to God and our Franciscan heritage, all in a fascinating and beautiful setting! We would be honored and delighted to have you join us and make memories that will last for a lifetime.
Sincerely,
Brother Mark, T.O.R.
DAY 9: Sat., Nov. 11 - Rome/New York B Arrivederci! A nostalgic goodbye but a promise to return. This morning you will be transferred to Rome’s Fiumicino airport for your return flight home. You return home richly endowed with new insights, spiritual renewal, and vast cultural wealth.
B=breakfast; D=dinner
30 Two Bridges Road, Suite 250 l Fairfield, NJ 07004 l P 973.287.1719 l F 973.287.1773 l www.fhorizons.com