FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY & STEVE RAY OF FOOTPRINTS OF GOD INVITE YOU ON A PILGRIMAGE & SEMINAR ON LAND & SEA

In the Footsteps of St. Paul

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HIGHLIGHTS • Journey in the Footsteps of St. Paul through a fve- day land tour and four-day cruise • Visit eight Biblical sites • Daily excursion per itinerary • Daily Mass at holy sites or aboard ship • Gratuities, fees, and taxes included YOUR HOST, STEVE RAY FR. GREGORY PLOW, TOR OCTOBER 19 – 28, 2018 FEATURING AN OPTIONAL EXTENSION: OCTOBER 28 – 31, 2018 FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL PILGRIMAGE & SEMINAR AT SEA ITINERARY*

October 19, 2018 | Depart USA* October 26, 2018 | Disembark Cruise | Thessaloniki, Greece* Depart USA on overnight fights to Greece. After disembarking cruise ship, transfer to Athens airport for fight to Thessaloniki. Arrive and tour city including stops at the October 20, 2018 | Athens, Greece* White Tower, St. Demetrius Church and the Trigoniou Tower (time Arrive in Athens. Meet Steve and Janet Ray and your Greek tour permitting). Celebrate Mass at Immaculate Conception Cathedral. manager and start half day tour of Athens visiting Mars Hill (Acts 17) Dinner at the hotel and overnight in Thessaloniki. (B|D) and the Parthenon. Celebrate Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. October 27, 2018 | Kavala, Greece* Dionysius. Overnight in Athens. (D) Tour Ancient Philippi, where Paul frst preached on European soil. October 21, 2018 | Corinth, Greece* See ruins of the frst Basilica in Greece, the Forum, Walls, and jail Breakfast at the hotel. Tour ancient Corinth and celebrate an outdoor where Paul and Sylas were imprisoned. Steve will give his short Mass at the Bema where Paul was tried. Visit the ruins of the ancient talk on salvation where the Philippian jailer asked Paul, “What city where Paul lived including the Agora, Roman Odeon, and must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30). Celebrate Mass outdoors magnifcent Temple of Apollo. Steve will show you the Erastus Stone on the river where Paul’s frst European convert named Lydia of the beaten track and give a talk on how this confrms the truth of was baptized. Continue to Kavala, see the port of Neapolis where Scripture. Visit the museum and have lunch at the famous Corinthian Paul landed after sailing from Troas to Macedonia. Return to Isthmus. Return to Athens for dinner and overnight. (B|D) Thessaloniki for dinner and overnight. (B|D) Mass at hotel for those returning to USA to fulfll Sunday obligation. October 22, 2018 | Embark Cruise | Patmos, Greece* Early breakfast at hotel and depart for cruise port in Piraeus to embark October 28, 2018 | Cruise-only passengers return to USA* Celestyal Olympia (a modest cruise ship, see page 4 for details). Mass This morning, transfer to airport for fights back to USA on the ship. Set sail for Mykonos arriving at 6pm. Enjoy free time in port this evening. Ship departs at 11pm. (B|L|D) October 23, 2018 | Kusadasi/Ephesus, Turkey | Patmos, Greece* Optional Rome Extension EPHESUS: Drive through the colorful town of Kusadasi to Ephesus October 28, 2018 and arrive at Mt. Koressos. We will visit the House of the Virgin Mary where she lived while St. John was the bishop of Ephesus. Next our Transfer to airport for fight to Rome. Upon arriving, meet your guided tour of ancient Ephesus will take us meandering through one Italian tour manager. Visit St. Clemente’s Church with its tombs of the most magnifcent ancient excavations in the world. See the of Apostolic Fathers Ignatius and Clement and 1st century Odeon (concert hall), the Fountain of , the Temple of excavations beneath. Continue to Mass and visit St. John Lateran, and the stone-seat latrines and the Library of Celsus (where we will the Mother Church of the World with St. Peter’s Chair. Dinner at take a group picture). Steve will give short talks at both the “ancient the hotel and overnight in Rome. (D) brothal advertisement” and The Great Theatre with 24,000 seats. We will also see the ruins of the Church of the Virgin Mary where October 29, 2018 – Christian Rome the Third Ecumenical Council of the Church declared Mary to be Begin your morning by celebrating Mass at St. Peter’s tomb or the “Theotokos,” the Mother of God. Steve will explain why that is so Tomb of St. JPII (pending confrmation). Then, enjoy a visit to St. important. Mass on the ship between stops. Peter’s Basilica where Michelangelo’s “Pieta” will be just one of PATMOS: Return to the ship at 1pm and enjoy some down time as we the highlights. Continue to the Tre Fontane Abbey, where Paul was set sail for Patmos. Upon arriving in port at 5:45pm, we will visit St. beheaded. Visit St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, where his bones are John’s Monastery and the Grotto of the Apocalypse, where St. John today. Italian dinner and overnight in Rome. (B|D) received his apocalyptic vision of Revelation. Ship departs at 9:30pm. (B|L|D) October 30, 2018 Visit ancient Rome including Capitol Hill, the , and October 24, 2018 | Rhodes, Greece* Coliseum. Free time around St. Peters for shopping and exploring. Spend all day in Rhodes, starting at 7am. Tour includes visits to the Farewell dinner and overnight in Rome. (B|D) Medieval walls, the Acropolis of Lindos, Citadel of the Knights, and Temple of Athena. Stop at sites that were important in Paul’s visit October 31, 2018 – Return to USA to Rhodes. Mass on the island, location TBA. Ship departs at 6pm. After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to airport for return fights (B|L|D) to USA. October 25, 2018 | Crete, Greece | Santorini, Greece* Arrive in port at 7am. Today’s tour will highlight sites related to Paul’s journey here. Ship departs at Noon. Celebrate Mass on the ship between ports today. This afternoon, enjoy free time while the ship is in port in Santorini between 4:30-9:30pm. No planned tours of Santorini. (B|L|D)

B - Breakfast | L - Lunch | D - Dinner * Itinerary is tentative and subject to change