Ave Maria Pilgrimage presents trip Led by: CATHOLIC PRIEST
TO: FATIMA, SANTAREM, COIMBRA, PORTO, NAZARE
FROM LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO OR SAN FRANCISCO: $3,780 per person/double occupancy
CHICAGO, NEW YORK OR HOUSTON: $3,650 per person/double occupancy (All Taxes Included)
Single Room Occupancy: 550.00 Extra **Please call for departure from your city
For best air options and hotel accommodations please book early
Your Trip Includes all admission fees and taxes:
- All air and ground
- 7 nights stay in Fatima – 4 – Star
- Day Excursion to Santarem Eucharistic Miracle and visit homes of the visionaries.
- Day Excursion to Ortiga
- Day Excursion to Coimbra and visit Sister Lucia’s convent and the
- Day Excursion to
- Day Excursion to Nazare – Visit the Sanctuary
of our Lady of Nazare and view her miraculous image. - Daily Celebration of the Holy Mass.
- Breakfast and dinner daily.
- Assistance of Tour Director.
- Sightseeing Tours.
NOT INCLUDED: Daily Lunch. Beverages with dinner and Tips ($80 per pilgrim) for Drivers, Guides, Servers and Housekeeping staff.
Our Lady of Nazareth, is a Black Madonna statue that has been venerated since the beginning of Christianity in Nazareth. According to legend, the statue was carved by St. Joseph in Nazareth and brought to the Iberian Peninsula, where it was hidden in a cave. In the 12th century, D. Fuas Roupinho, a noble knight and close friend of King Afonso Henriques, discovered the statue and began to revere it.
YOUR DAILY ITINERARY
Day 1: Depart for Lisbon Portugal.
Day 2: Upon arrival in Lisbon our tour director will welcome the group and transport you to your Hotel in Fatima.
Day 3: This morning, we will visit the tombs of Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia in the old Basilica. After we will celebrate mass in the side chapel. From there we will visit the Museum, Apparition Chapel and the Basilica of the Holy Trinity. 9:00 pm after dinner optional Candlelight procession.
Day 4: This morning, we will visit, The Shrine of Our Lady of Ortiga and celebrate holy mass. This Marian shrine is located in Ortiga near Fatima. Our Lady appeared here around 1758 to a shepherd girl who was tending her flock and asked for a little sheep. The little girl, who was mute from birth, felt her tongue loosen and replied to the Lady that she wouldn’t give her the sheep without her father’s permission. The little girl ran to tell her father of the Lady’s request, who was amazed and overjoyed to see his daughter able to speak and immediately ordered her to do everything the Lady asked. The shepherdess returned to the place of the apparition to speak to the mother of God who, in response, asked that a chapel be built there and promised that she would grant many graces there. When the girl’s father went to the place she had indicated, he found an image of the Virgin Mary on a rock among the nettles, which he took with him to Casal de Santa Maria, but the image disappeared from there, only to be seen again in its original place among the nettles. A small chapel was built on the site of Our Lady’s apparition, which was later enlarged to become a shrine. In the afternoon we will have some free time before dinner.
Day 5: This morning, after breakfast we depart to Coimbra (1hr drive) to visit Convent where sister Lucia lived for 58 years. While at the Convent we’ll have a private Mass. After mass we visit the Museum with sister Lucia’s many memorabilia. After lunch we will visit the New Cathedral of Coimbra, has several altars and altarpieces with relics: Side chapels: The right-side chapels have altars dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, St. Thomas of Vilanova, and the Blessed Sacrament. The left side chapels have altars dedicated to Saint Anthony, the Resurrection, and St. Ignatius. Main chapel: The main chapel of the apse has a large, gilded wood altarpiece that is an example of the Portuguese “national” altarpiece style. The transept also has a large, gilded wood altarpiece.
Day 6: After Breakfast we will visit the childhood homes of Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia. Then we will travel 45min to Santarem to celebrate private Mass in the Church of St. Stephen; site of the 13th century Eucharistic Miracle. Return to Fatima for some free time before dinner.
Day 7: After Breakfast we will travel 2hrs to the city of Porto, earning a reputation of one of Europe’s artiest destinations. We will visit the Cathedral of our Lady of the Assumption. Our Lady of Vendome: is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where she is the patron saint, here we will celebrate holy mass. And after visit there will be free time to enjoy lunch in some of the trendiest restaurants and explore beautiful art galleries and tile-colored landmarks. 4pm we will drive back to our hotel in Fatima for dinner and optional Candlelight procession.
Day 8: This morning, we will depart for exciting City of Nazare. And we will visit the Sanctuary of our Lady of Nazare is an imposing Marian shrine that memorializes an ancient miracle that occurred under the intercession of the Virgin Mary. It is located on the hilltop called O Sitio, overlooking beautiful Atlantic Ocean of Nazare in Portugal, and was founded in the 14th century. Today’s lunch will be complimentary courtesy of Ave Maria Pilgrimage.
Day 9: Depart for the Lisbon airport; heading to your Hometown, USA Have a blessed trip home!!!
**If you wish to extend your trip to another city in Europe, please call us or email us to make arrangements.
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