Highlights

   Daily Mass and Rosary
  Mass at the underground Tomb of St. Peter*
  Attend the Audience with the Holy Father
  Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel visit 
  Colosseum & Roman Forum
  Tombs of St. Peter and St. Paul
  Crypt of St. Francis 
  Spanish Steps
  Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi

Medjugorje  Rome   Assisi

Daily Summary

Day 1 Depart U.S.A.
We travel together from the U.S. for Medjugorje with meals served enroute.

Day 2 Medjugorje
We are met and driven to Medjugorje usually arriving early afternoon. Since we stay with the Jacov the visionary's relative - they welcome us and prepare our meals, it feels as if you are at home on Apparition Hill. (refer to map.)  Our orientation walk includes::  the Adoration Chapel, the Risen Christ and Apparition Hill.

Day 3 -4 Medjugorje - A Place Called Peace - Apparition Hill - Meet the visionaries  Cross Mountain  Blue Cross Cenaclo Oasis of Peace
Our guide accompanies you throughout our stay to your  meetings  and of any other private arrangements for you.  We follow the path to start the climb up Apparition Hill where they first saw the Blessed Mother. Many times Ivan, Vicka and Marija would often gather with their prayer groups to pray there before the Blessed Mother appeared to them.

Day 5 -The village and Fr. Jozo
Hear and experience the presence of Fr. Jozo at his prayer and healing service (if he is available. i.e. not traveling).
There is time to visit the nearby cave of the martyrs' before returning to the village in time for the evening apparition. There are still three visionaries receiving daily apparitions.

DAY 6 Holy Rome
On arrival we are met by our Peace Center Tours representative who accompanies us throughout our stay and assists us to our hotel located within walking distance of the Vatican.      

DAY 7  In the footsteps of the Saints St. Peter's Basilica
This brief description is certainly not enough to transmit the deep emotions you will feel when you visit this special place. Travel back in time to the sacred gravesite of St. Peter as we descend from the upper church to the the tomb of St. Peter below. Who wouldn't be moved at visiting the sites where St. Peter was crucified and St. Paul was beheaded, where St. John was cast into boiling oil and where Peter asked of Christ "Lord, whither goest Thou?" on the Via Appia Antica where time seems to have stood still since the days when Nero and Saint Paul walked these roads. We lead you down to the incredible ruins of the Roman and Imperial Forums, about 30 feet below the current level of the city, where you will learn about the ancient markets, basilicas, and temples; see where the Senate was and where the most important figures in ancient times spent their days. Your guide will bring to life this ancient place so you can imagine what it was like to live in one of the most important places in history...two thousand years ago.. and finish with our walk inside the Colosseum.

DAY 8  Assisi                                                                                 Through enchanting Umbria's lush vineyards and rolling hills to a place where our worries give way to inspiration-Assisi. We ascend to the mystical city of St. Francis’ and St. Clare encircled by ramparts, hardly changed since the Middle Ages. Our prayers are heard as we visit his crypt and the convent of the incorrupt body of St. Clare is a profound experience. Intimate places in the lives of these two saints is intertwined when we visit the place of his baptism, Santa Maria degli Angeli, the Portiuncula -  the roseto into which St. Francis threw himself to overcome temptation, the cave in which he lived and the cross where St. Francis received his stigmata. A full day's visit.

DAY 9-10-11  Holy Rome  Vatican Museums                             Papal blessing in St. Peter's Square. The extraordinary experience visiting the vast underground Catacombs complex; - the sacred tomb of the great Apostle St. Paul (at the time it was built it was beyond the walls of the old city) built by Constantine to enshrine the tomb of St. Paul; along the Way to the underground Catacombs, the Baths of Caracalla, the Arch Titus, the miraculous crucifix of  St. Brigid, are only some places we visit today.  The Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel are included.     

On our walk today visits include the truly majestic St. Mary Major,  St. John Lateran, the Mother Church of Rome, containing many art treasures and important historical monuments sanctified by the faith and devotion of centuries.  Across the square is the Scala Santa, which according to tradition, are the 28 steps Christ ascended on his way to meet Pilate. Visit the Pantheon begun in 27 B.C.; the place and church where St. Agnes was paraded naked to the crowd while being martyred. Visit the church where the chains of St. Peter are revered.  We will see Caravaggio’s world renowned paintings “St. Matthew with the Angel”, “The Calling of St. Matthew” and “The Martyrdom of St. Matthew”.  Stopping at  the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps before we continue to the outstanding church containing the art and sculpture of prolific Bernini as well as the deeply moving Risen Christ by Michelangelo and tombs of  St. Catherine of Siena & Fra Angelico.   

Day 12 Rome   USA                                
Return Home                                                                     

Accommodations:    Medjugorje 4 nights         Rome 6 nights

*Sequence of visits may be adjusted according to local events and conditions.

9 Day Medjugorje Rome Assisi

 Highlights

   Daily Mass and Rosary
  Mass at the underground Tomb of St. Peter*
  Audience with the Holy Father
  Vatican Museum & Sistine Chapel visit   
  Colosseum & Roman Forum
  St.John Lateran 
  St. Mary Major
  Catacombs 
  Holy Stairs 
  Tombs of St. Peter and St. Paul
  Crypt of St. Francis 
  Spanish Steps
  Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi

9 Day Medjugorje Rome Assisi

DAY 1 Depart U.S.A.
We depart together for Medjugorje with complimentary meals and beverages served onboard trans-atlantic flight.

Day 2 Medjugorje
When we are met and driven to Medjugorje usually arriving early afternoon. Since we stay with the visionary's relatives or in their home - they welcome us and prepare our meals, it feels as if you are at home. It's still the custom to have grandparents and parents' children with their children in the same house living together. We are close by, only a leisurely 3 minute walk, about 60 feet from St. James Church (refer to map.) 

Day 3 - 4 - 5 Medjugorje - Apparition Hill  Meet the visionaries  Blue Cross Cenaclo Fr. Jozo
Each day our guide coordinates meeting and visits throughout our stay.  Ascending the path to start the climb up Apparition Hill where they first saw the Blessed Mother, we pray the Rosary. Many times Ivan, Vicka and Marija would often gather with their prayer groups to pray there before the Blessed Mother appeared to them. Our early morning sunrise climb up Cross Mountain is optional as we schedule climbing Cross Mountain meditating on the Stations of the Cross along the way during the day. Evening veneration of the Cross and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament times will be advised by our guide.

DAY 6  Medjugorje to Rome               Late afternoon departure for Rome.

DAY 7 Holy Rome  Vatican City   St.Peter's Basilica  Forum Colosseum  Tomb of St. Paul Catacombs  Appian Way        Visit the Vatican Museum, the recently renovated Sistine Chapel.  Travel back in time to the sacred gravesite of St. Peter as we descend from the upper church to the the tomb of St. Peter below and the extraordinary experience visiting the vast underground catacombs complex; - the sacred tomb of the great Apostle St. Paul (at the time it was built it was beyond the walls of the old city) built by Constantine to enshrine the tomb of St. Paul; along the Appian Way to the underground Catacombs, the Baths of Caracalla, and the miraculous crucifix of St. Brigid - these are only some of the places we visit today.

Who wouldn't be moved at visiting the sites where St. Peter was crucified and St. Paul was beheaded, where St. John was cast into boiling oil and where Peter asked of Christ "Lord, whither goest Thou?". We lead you down to the incredible ruins of the Roman and Imperial Forums,  the ancient markets, basilicas, and temples; see where the Senate was and where the most important figures in ancient times spent their days. Your guide will bring to life this ancient place so you can imagine what it was like to live in one of the most important places in history...two thousand years ago.. and finish our walk with a visit inside the Colosseum.  

DAY 8 Assisi                                                                                                                                         A place where our worries give way to inspiration - Assisi. We ascend to the mystical city of St. Francis’ and St. Clare encircled by ramparts, hardly changed since the Middle Ages. Our prayers are heard at the crypt of St. Francis including a a visit to the convent of the incorrupt body of St. Clare.  Intimate places in the lives of these two saints are intertwined as we visit the place of his baptism, Santa Maria degli Angeli, the Portiuncula -  the roseto into which St. Francis threw himself to overcome temptation, the cave in which he lived and the cross where St. Francis received his stigmata. 

DAY 9  Return Home

                                     10 Days Medjugorje  Rome Assisi

Day 1-8 Please refer itinerary above

Day 9 Rome In the Footsteps of the Saints                                                          Contained within the church we visit next are the chains that bound St. Peter which  demonstrate whoever believes His word and obeys it will experience miracles. Visit to St.  Mary Major’s and St.  John Lateran  where  we find part of the wooden table used by St. Peter to celebrate the holy Eucharist.  The successors of Peter would celebrate Mass on the same altar table used by the Apostle himself;  the Holy Stairs  that Christ  ascended which were taken from the house of Pontius Pilate where pilgrims will be found climbing them, many on their knees, in silent prayer.  We visit the houses of the saints who lived their lives in this holy city and walked its streets – saints Sts.  Philip Neri,  St. Catherine of Siena, St. Agnes, St. Ignatius Loyola. The legends of martyrs’ is dear to the heart of the church.  

Day 10 Holy Rome  Vatican Museums Papal Blessing                                                                     The extraordinary experience visiting the vast underground Catacombs complex; - the sacred tomb of the great Apostle St. Paul (at the time it was built it was beyond the walls of the old city) built by Constantine to enshrine the tomb of St. Paul; along the Way to the underground Catacombs, the Baths of Caracalla, the Arch Titus, the miraculous crucifix of  St. Brigid, are only some places we visit today.  The Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel are included.  St. Mary Major,  St. John Lateran, the Mother Church of Rome, containing many art treasures and important historical monuments sanctified by the faith and devotion of centuries.  Across the square is the Scala Santa, which according to tradition, are the 28 steps Christ ascended on his way to meet Pilate.         

Day 11 Return home.   

Venice, Florence, Padua, Pisa, Assisi, Siena, Rome, Sorrento, Naples

Highlights

  Venice's St. Marks Square
  Florence's Duomo & Baptistry
  Leaning Tower of Pisa
  Shrine of St.Francis of Assisi            
  Papal Audience
  Vatican Museum, Gardens & Sistine Chapel
  Tomb of St. Peter    
  Shrine of the Virgin of the Revelation
  Tomb of St. Paul
  Home of Saint Pio
  Shrine of St. Philomena
  Incorrupt St. Joseph of Cupertino
  Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary
  Spanish Steps
 

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