Highlights

 St. Peter's Basilica
Catacombs
Tomb of St. Peter
Audience with the Holy Father
Incorruptibles
Eucharistic Miracle  
Shrine of St. Michael the Archangel
Tombs of St. Peter and St. Paul
Crypts of St. Francis and Saint Pio
Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi                                  

11 Day itinerary at a glance

Day 1 - Depart USA
If you are thinking about a visit to Medjugorje, or maybe just curious, do not hesitate, you are being called.  We arrange your connecting flights from your hometown as we depart the U.S. together  for Medjugorje with dinner and breakfast  served on our international flight . Meet the local villagers and hear them tell of personally seeing a light travel from the hill of apparition across the fields and stop on the church where the visionaries were praying.

DAY 2 - 6 MEDJUGORJE                                    Five days in Medjugorje.

See Medjugorje itinerary

DAY 7 - DUBROVNIK - ROME                              We depart for Dubrovnik driving along the fascinating Adriatic coastline which was first settled by the Illyrian's over 5000 years ago. Poised over crystal clear waters, a fairytale city comes to life with moats and wooden draw-bridges, the fortress of St. John, a Gothic-Renaissance treasury of our times is fully encircled by 12th century city walls. We visit the Stradun, the Velika Cesma, Monastery of the Holy Savior, incorrupt body of St. Sylvan, churches of St. Roc and St. Ignatius before leaving late afternoon for Rome where we are greeted upon arrival by our Peace Center Tours representative who assists us to our hotel.

Day 8 Holy Rome   Vatican   St. Peter's Basilica Papal Audience*
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 descending from the upper Renaissance church to the the tomb 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? The chair of St. Peter, see Michelangelo's incomparable works in St. Peter's and  the magnificent Sistine Chapel. Walking in the Imperial Forum where the Roman Senators met and worshipped, once the center of ancient Rome, is an indescribable feeling. Then, enter the Coliseum which will bring to life for you the days of ancient Rome where huge crowds gathered - once the center of the world.

Day 9 Holy Rome   
Driving past the baths of Caracalla, and the Circus Maximus along the Appian Way, the Chapel of "Domine Quo Vadis?" to the Catacombs of St. Callista*, we arrive and begin our descent into the city of the dead,  multistoried rows where larger chambers of the more noble occupants often were remembered with frescoes. We find scenes from the Old and New testaments, symbolic figures, scenes from real life, and those purely decorative such as flowers, birds, vases, and geometrical ornamentations.  Leaving the Catacombs, we stop next at the tomb of the great Apostle St. Paul built by Constantine's mother St. Helena. Visit the Basilica of St. Peter in Chains which houses intact the sacred chains that had imprisoned St. Peter - iron more precious than gold. Visit the Sacred Stairs believed to have been the very same ones which Jesus climbed brought to Rome by St. Helena, St. John Lateran - where the popes resided from the time Constantine had it built until 1304 and the majestic Basilica of St. Mary Major containing a miraculous image of the Blessed Mother and many other sacred objects of our faith.

According to a 4th century document: "Peter was about to go out through the city's gates when he saw Christ come towards him. He worshipped him and said: 'Lord, where are you going?' Christ answered: 'I come to Rome to be crucified again'. And Peter said: 'Lord, you are to be crucified again?' And the Lord said: 'Yes, I will be crucified again'. Peter then said: 'Lord, I will go back, following you'. At that point, the Lord ascended to heaven as Peter's gaze followed him.  He was staring transfixed and weeping with the comfort of it. When he became aware of his surroundings again, he understood that those words signified his own martyrdom, how, that is, the Lord would suffer in him, as he always suffers in his chosen people through pitiful compassion and their glorious celebration."

Day 10 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. 

DAY 11 - RETURN TO USA

Depart Rome for our return flight home.

Accommodation

6 nights Medjugorje, 4 nights Rome     From $2199.00 per person

*Papal Audience subject to change

Add San Giovanni Shrine of St. Michael the Archangel

12 Day itinerary at a glance

Day 10-11 Sanctuary of San Giovanni & Michael the Archangel   
Today past the baths of Caracalla, along the Appian Way passing the Circus Maximus on the way to the Catacombs of St. Callista. We  descend into the city of the dead, a multistoried rows where larger chambers of the more noble occupants often were remembered with frescoes. We find scenes from the Old and New testaments, symbolic figures, scenes from real life, and those purely decorative such as flowers, birds, vases, and geometrical ornamentations.  Stopping next at the tomb of the great Apostle St. Paul built by Constantine's mother St. Helena, to enshrine his tomb. Visit the Basilica of St. Peter in Chains which houses intact the sacred chains that had imprisoned St. Peter - iron more precious than

Day 12 Depart for home.

Accommodation

6 nights Medjugorje, 3 nights Rome, 2 nights San Giovanni

Featuring:                                                                                                               Fr. Jose Delgado Mar 5, Fr. Dan Wise Apr 12, Fr. Lenn Fontana Apr 24,  Apr 30 Fr. Daryl Kennedy,  Fr. Boyd May 1, Fr.Michael Taro June 19, Fr. Patrick Hensy June 19,  Sr. Ursula MacNamara July10, Fr. Pat Hensy August 10,  Sep 4 Fr. Neil Buchlein, Sept 18-Spanish Speaking Group, Fr. Jeff Johnson Sept 25, October 2-Cursillo Group, Oct 30 Fr. Dan Parker,  Fr. Bill Parker November 6.

Medjugorje - Rome - Assisi - Lanciano - San Giovanni

Visit the Shrine of Saint Pio - San Giovanni Rotondo

12 Days Medjugorje, Rome, Shrine of Saint Pio, Pietrelcina, Lanciano

Day 1- 9 Refer to previous itinerary.

DAY 10  LANCIANO - PADRE PIO - PIETRELCINA

Early departure from Rome stopping at Lanciano where the Eucharistic Miracle occurred. Walk just as Saint Pio did crossing over the brook's wooden bridge saying the Hail Mary while his fingers were running through his rosary beads, to his home, to the Toretta where the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph and his guardian angel appeared to him. Along the path there are fresh-water wells, where Saint Pio would drink and exchange a few words with some of the farmers and where he would rest for awhile under the shadow of a fig tree. Then, the street was flanked by hedges, trees and wine groves.

Day 11 SAN GIOVANNI - MONT SANT' ANGELO                                    Mass at the tomb of Padre Pio and visit to his sanctuary in San Giovanni Rotondo with a Holy Hour of devotion in the Old Church tonight after dinner including our private meeting with Franciscan who assisted Saint Pio. Visit one of the holiest Shrines in Italy where the Archangel St. Michael appeared in the cave. Stop at the grotto for devotions, visit the village.

DAY 12 – Return home U.S.A.

Leave for home.

Price : from $2299

Accommodations
Medjugorje 6 nights, Rome 2 nights,  San Giovanni 2 nights