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A Spiritual & Cultural Journey to Italy A Spiritual & Cultural Journey to Italy Including Assisi, Florence, Siena, Rome and More! Under the Spiritual Direction of Fr. Joe Marcoux Designed for St. Catherine of Siena Church, Ithaca, New York Group Coordinator: Ann Marie Eckert, Pastoral Associate 11 Days: May 13 to 23, 2019 AN INVITATION TO JOIN US Dear Friends, We are pleased to invite you to join us on a pilgrimage to beautiful Italy. A pilgrimage is a journey to a sacred place to deepen our faith through prayer and experience. Pilgrimages bring us closer to God by leading us along paths of new discovery. Our trip to Italy will give us much to discover! You will experience the presence of God in the holy places that have played a central role in the life of the Church. We will explore Assisi, Siena, and Rome, where Fr. Joe Marcoux we will celebrate Mass, pray, experience good Christian community, and deepen our awareness of how God has worked in the lives of the saints and continues to work in our lives. Other great experiences await us as well: wine tasting, shopping, art museums, cafes, beautiful vistas, and, of course, great Italian food and wine throughout the pilgrimage. Whether you’ve been to Italy many times or this is your first trip abroad, we hope this pilgrimage will make memories for a lifetime. We look forward to traveling with you! Ann Marie Eckert Fr. Joe Marcoux Ann Marie Eckert Pastor, St. Catherine of Siena Pastoral Associate, St. Catherine of Siena OUR DAILY ITINERARY MONDAY, MAY 13, DAY 1: DEPART FOR ROME: We depart Medici Family and Machiavelli. Here we visit the Galleria the parish by motor coach and transfer to New York’s JFK dell’ Accademia, which houses paintings by Florentine artists airport where we board our non-stop flight to Rome, with spanning the 13th to 16th centuries; but its main draw is complimentary meals and beverages served on the plane. Michelangelo’s David, carved from a single block of marble when the artist was only 29 years old. We enjoy a panoramic TUESDAY, MAY 14, DAY 2: ARRIVE ROME / TRANSFER TO tour of the city and some time for lunch on our own. Later, ASSISI VIA ST. MARY OF THE ANGELS: We arrive in Rome we continue on to our hotel in the ancient walled city of and are met by our Catholic Travel Centre representative, Siena for check-in and dinner. (B, D) who will accompany us throughout this journey. We board a motor coach and make our way to the region of Umbria and SATURDAY, MAY 18, DAY 6: SIENA: VISIT TO THE CITY: the town of Assisi, home to Ss. Francis and Clare. We stop Today, after breakfast, visit this historic city and UNESCO at the village of Santa Maria degli Angeli, where we visit the World Heritage Site. In the mid-14th century Siena served as Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, containing the Porziuncola, home to the Benincasa family, a family of wool-dyers. One rebuilt by St. Francis and his followers. The Porziuncola is a of their twenty-five children was named Caterina Benincasa. tiny church constructed within the Basilica, like a ship in a History remembers her as St. Catherine of Siena. Along giant bottle. Nearby is the site of Francis’ death. We check in with St. Francis, she serves as a co-patron saint of Italy. to our hotel, located inside the walls of the medieval town. Here we visit the Church of San Domenico, containing the Dinner tonight is served at our hotel. (D) only authentic portrait of Catherine, located in the chapel where she received the Dominican habit. Then we meet our WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, DAY 3: ASSISI: LEISURE, MASS, VISIT local guide for our tour of “The Footsteps of St. Catherine” TO THE TOWN: After breakfast, we enjoy some time at including the sanctuary built over her home. After lunch on leisure and lunch on our own before celebrating Mass at the our own, the afternoon is at leisure. The main square of this Tomb of St. Francis. After Mass, a local friar will lead us on a medieval town is absolutely charming. There is time to visit tour of the Basilica. We continue with a walking tour of the the Duomo, originally designed and completed between town led by our local guide, visiting the major sites associated 1215 and 1263, and the museum. Dinner this evening is at a with Ss. Francis and Clare, including the Chiesa Nuova, built local restaurant. (B, D) over the home of Francis’ family, and the Basilica of St. Clare. The balance of the day is at leisure. Dinner tonight is at our SUNDAY, MAY 19, DAY 7: SIENA: MASS & LEISURE / hotel. (B, D) TRANSFER TO ROME: After breakfast at our hotel, we join with a local parish in the celebration of Mass. After Mass, THURSDAY, MAY 16, DAY 4: ASSISI: OPTIONAL HERMITAGE we will check out of the hotel and leave our luggage to be VISIT & LEISURE: This morning, after breakfast, those of stored while we enjoy our leisure time. Later this afternoon us who wish may take taxis up the winding road (buses we travel to Rome, where we check in to our hotel and have cannot make these sharp turns) to the Eremo delle Carceri dinner together. (B, D) (Hermitage), secluded some 2-1/2 miles outside the town of Assisi, where St. Francis often retired to pray. Here, in the MONDAY, MAY 20, DAY 8: ROME: HISTORIC WALKING TOUR midst of the lush green forest and the singing birds, one gets & ANCIENT ROME: This morning we meet our local guide, a deep sense of the spirit of St. Francis. We return to the who will lead us on a walking tour of historic central Rome town below for lunch on our own. This afternoon we visit a including the Piazza Navona, with its beautiful fountains; the vineyard for a wine tasting featuring the wines of the Umbria Pantheon, originally built to honor all the gods of Ancient region. Dinner this evening is served at our hotel. (B, D) Rome; and the Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, housing the tomb of our patronness, St. Catherine of Siena. FRIDAY, MAY 17, DAY 5: ASSISI / FLORENCE / SIENA: This We also visit the Trevi Fountain, where we toss our traditional morning we depart Assisi for Florence – the City of the three coins into the fountain to make our three wishes: one for love, one for money, and one to return to Rome. After colors—shedding a new light on Michelangelo! The Sistine some time for lunch on our own, we enjoy a panoramic tour was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV to mark the Holy Year of Ancient Rome including the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, 1475. Dinner tonight is on our own to explore the local the Arch of Constantine, and Circus Maximus. We also visit restaurant scene. (B) the Coliseum, named in reference to the “colossal” statue of Nero that at one time stood at the entrance. After our visit, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, DAY 10: ROME: GENERAL PAPAL we return to our hotel for dinner and the evening. (B, D) AUDIENCE: This morning, after breakfast, we make our way to Vatican City to attend the General Papal Audience TUESDAY, MAY 21, DAY 9: ROME: BASILICA OF ST. PETER, on St. Peter’s Square with Pope Francis (subject to the Holy VATICAN MUSEUMS & LEISURE: Early this morning, after Father’s schedule). The balance of the day is at leisure. Some breakfast, we celebrate Mass at the Basilica of St. Peter, of us may wish to visit the excellent religious article shops in housing his tomb. Afterwards we meet our local guide, who the area, or to go on our own up to the dome of St. Peter’s will lead us on a tour of the Basilica. With Michelangelo’s Basilica, where we can gain a striking panoramic view of the dome, it is the most prominent building inside Vatican City. city. Tonight we gather for a special farewell dinner at a local We will see Michelangelo’s famous statue of the Pieta. We restaurant. (B, D) also visit the tomb of Pope St. John Paul II. Then we have the rare privilege of a guided visit and tour of the underground THURSDAY, MAY 23, DAY 11: RETURN TO THE USA: This excavations (Scavi) beneath St. Peter’s Basilica (these tickets morning we transfer to the Rome airport for our return flight are always subject to final confirmation 24 hours before the to the United States, our suitcases full of memories! Upon proposed visit). After some time for lunch on our own, we arrival at New York’s JFK airport, we board our motor coach visit the Vatican Museums, including the Sistine Chapel. The to return to our parish. (B) restoration of the Sistine frescoes reveals startling bright LOCAL CONTACT: Ann Marie Eckert St. Catherine of Siena Parish, 309 Siena Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: (607) 257-2493 (office) • Email: [email protected] Download a brochure to share: www.GoCatholicTravel.com/19035 REGISTRATION INFORMATION: TOUR NUMBER 19-035-0513 PAYMENT SCHEDULE: An initial deposit of $500 per person HOW TO REGISTER: To make your reservation, complete is due with your Registration Form, and final payment is the enclosed Registration Form and submit with $500 due 90 days prior to departure. We offer two types of tour deposit, mailed to the address shown on the bottom of the packages: Full Package (including airfare) and Land Only Registration Form.
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