11 Days
Specific Tour
30 people
English, Espanol
DAY 1: Monday, DepartureDAY 1 Tuesday, June 03, 2025, Depart the USA
Depart the USA on an overnight flight to Italy. Meals will be served on board.
DAY 2 Wednesday, June 04, 2025, Arrival
Arrival in Rome. After the baggage claim, we will meet our tour manager and drive Assisi to the Hotel for free time at leisure. Dinner and overnight in Assisi. (D)
DAY 3: Thursday, June 05, 2025, Assisi
This morning, we will have a guided tour of this famously charming and historic city, the birthplace of the beloved St. Francis! We will visit the Church of Santa Chiara and then we proceed to the site where St. Francis was born: the house where he spent his childhood. We reach the heart of the town, the Piazza del Commune (Town Hall square), with its Roman and medieval buildings, continuing towards the ancient city walls to the Basilica of St. Francis built above the inspiring final resting place of the saint. The interiors of the basilica are intricately decorated with frescoes from the 12th and 13th centuries depicting the various stages of the saint’s life and spiritual transformation to a life of poverty and dedication to the poor) After break for lunch and for shopping, in the afternoon we also explore Santa Maria Degli Angeli built over the place where Francis lived in his later years. We will see the Portiuncola Chapel and the Chapel of Transit. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight (BD)
DAY 4: Friday, June 06, 2025, Assisi / Orvieto / Rome
Following breakfast, we depart Assisi for Orvieto. Upon arrival in Orvieto, we celebrate Mass at the Duomo, the gothic Cathedral that was built to house the holy relics of t e Eucharistic Miracle of Orvieto. This miracle occasioned the proclamation of the Feast of Corpus Christi and inspired St. Thomas Aquinas to write the famous hymn “Tantum Ergo.” Following lunch on your own and time to explore Orvieto. Return to Rome, balance of the day is at leisure. Dinner at the hotel and overnight (BD).
DAY 5: Saturday, June 07, 2025, Rome / Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, Associations, and New Communities
8:00 am – 6:00 pm: Pilgrimage to the Holy Door with the possibility of confession in the Jubilee Churches
Stop is at the Basilica of St Paul outside the Walls. Celebrate Mass Break for lunch. Continue a panoramic tour of Imperial Rome. Walk down to the Colosseum (visit from outside) and walk passing by the Roman Forum, the Traian Forum and column, till the Capitol Hill and Venice square.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Pre-vigil (St. Peter’s Square)
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Pentecost Vigil presided over by the Holy Father (St. Peter’s Square)
Regain our bus and drive to the hotel for dinner and overnight (BD)
DAY 6: Sunday, June 08, 2025, Rome / Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, Associations and New Communities / Montecassino / San Giovanni Rotondo
9:30 am: Holy Mass presided over by the Holy Father (St. Peter’s Square)
Afterward, we will drive south for approx. 2 hours, to reach Montecassino, where we stop to visit the Abbey. We can celebrate Mass at the chapel where Saint Benedict and his sister St. Scholastica are buried. Our guided tour also includes the abbey’s museum – After lunch, we continue our journey to San Giovanni Rotondo. Check-in at the hotel, dinner, and overnight (BD)
DAY 7: Monday, June 09, 2025, San Giovanni Rotondo / St. Michael’s Cave
This morning is dedicated to Saint Padre Pio. We honor his work as we visit his tomb, his cell, his confessional, and the Capuchin Monastery of Our Lady of Grace. where we celebrate Mass We will also visit the new Church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie, and the Home for the Relief of the Suffering. In the afternoon, we visit the Grotto of St. Michael the Archangel. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight San Giovanni Rotondo (BD)
DAY 8: Tuesday, June 10, 2025, San Giovanni Rotondo / Rome
Breakfast and free time for reflection and prayer. We will celebrate mass and break for lunch we depart to Rome, where we arrive in the evening. Check-in at the hotel, dinner, and overnight (BD)
DAY 9: Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Papal Audience / Major Basilicas
This morning, we will join the pilgrims that come from all over the world and sit in San Peter’s Square (or in the Paolo VI Hall) to attend the Papal Audience and blessing. – After a break for lunch, we continue our guided tour by visiting two of the other major basilicas of Rome. We begin our tour with the Basilica of St John in Lateran which houses a fragment of the table on which Jesus consumed his last supper, from there we cross the street to the Holy Stairs so named because they are the steps that lead to the praetorium of the Roman Procurator Ponzio Pilato, finally, we reach the Basilica of St Mary Major. The crypt is built to resemble the cave of nativity in Bethlehem and there is a reliquary containing part of the Holy Crib in which our Lord Jesus Christ once lay. – We celebrate Mass and return to the hotel for dinner and overnight (BD
DAY 10: Thursday, June 12, 2025, Vatican Museums / Trevi Fountain
We will begin the day with a visit to one of the most important museums in the world. Legally its own country, Vatican City is the head and administrative center of the Catholic Church. One of the most extensive museum collections in the world, the museum is also home to the Sistine Chapel, where the legendary Michelangelo created one of his most famous masterpieces on the ceiling. After the museums, we will visit St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest Catholic Basilica ever built. Its soaring dome was engineered by Michelangelo and the artist’s famous Pieta sculpture and countless other artistic wonders make St. Peter’s church one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in the world. – After break for lunch, we will reach the city center. Celebrate Mass at a selected church. Enjoy a walking tour starting from Navona Square, we walk to the Pantheon and to the Trevi Fountain. The balance of the day is at our leisure. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight (BD)
DAY 11 Friday, June 13, 2025, Departure
In the morning, transfer to Rome’s airport. Departure
