Pilgrimage to Italy

Depart on your overnight flight to Palermo. Dinner served in flight.

Upon arrival in Palermo, you are met by your guide and driver and transferred to Sciacca. Dinner and overnight in Sciacca.

Visit the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue to Siracusa for dinner and overnight.

Visit the Basilica of Madonna delle Lacrime and the Shrine of St. Lucy. See Ortigia Island, the Duomo, and the Church of St. John the Baptist where Saints Paul and Luke preached. Dinner and overnight in Siracusa.

After Mass, depart for Cosenza. Stop in Taormina to enjoy lunch on your own, visit the Greek Theatre and enjoy the views of Mount Etna. Dinner and overnight in Cosenza.

Visit the Basilica of San Francesco di Paola for Mass. Continue to San Giovanni Rotondo for dinner and overnight.

Visit the Tomb of St. Padre Pio, the Old Church, and the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Dinner and overnight.

Travel to Lanciano to visit the Church of the Eucharistic Miracle. Continue to Loreto to visit the Basilica of the Holy House. Dinner and overnight.

Depart for Assisi to visit the Basilica of St. Francis and the tomb of the saint. Dinner and overnight.

Morning Mass in Assisi. Later, continue to Rome. Dinner and overnight.

Tour the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. John Lateran Basilica, Scala Santa, St. Mary Major Basilica. Pass the Roman Forum and Coliseum. Return to Casa Brigida.

Morning Papal Audience in St. Peter's Square. Afternoon tour of Vatican City including St. Peter's Basilica and the Grottoes. Farewell dinner.

Transfer to the airport for flight to Frankfurt, with connecting service to Miami.