pilgrimages

Itinerary For Special Tour to
Fatima (3 nights)
Santiago de Compostella (1 night)
& Garabandal (3 nights)

14th / 21st October 2008

Spiritual Director travelling with Group

DEPART 14th October 2008

DAY 1 - Tuesday .
Check-in at Dublin Airport at 6.00 a.m. for flight to Lisbon departing at 8.00 p.m. Ourrepresentative will be present at Check-in to assist you.
Our Portuguese representative will meet you on arrival in Lisbon. Transfer by coach to Fatima, journey time about 1 hour 30 minutes.
Lunch on arrival. Afternoon free but there will be an English Mass in the Chapel of the Apparitions at 3.30 p.m.
Dinner in hotel. Rosary and candlelight procession at Capelinha at 9.30 p.m..

DAY 2 - Wednesday
After breakfast there will be a concelebrated Mass for our groups in the Chapel of the Apparitions (Capelinha). This will be followed by a guided tour of the Sanctuary area including a visit to the Rosary Basilica and the tomb of Sr Lucia as well as the tombs of Blessed Francisco and Blessed Jacinta.
Visit to the Chapel of Perpetual Adoration:
Lunch in hotel. In the afternoon we go by coach to Fatima Parish Church where the children were baptised and where Our Lady appeared to Blessed Jacinta in 1918. We then go to Valinhos where Our Lady appeared to the three children in August 1917, visit the Cabeco where the Angel appeared twice in 1916 and visit the well at the bottom of Lucia's garden where the Angel appeared on another occasion in 1916. After this we will visit the homes of the visionaries.
Dinner in hotel. Rosary and candlelight procession at Capelinha at 9.30 p.m.

DAY 3 - Thursday
After breakfast we will join in the International Mass in the Capelinha at 9.00 a.m. followed by a visit to the Consolata Fathers (Hotel Pax) where we will have Confessions in their Chapel and a video presentation in their Auditorium.
Lunch in Hotel
In the afternoon we set out for the Hungarian Stations of the Cross. These follow the path used by the three little shepherds in 1917. The stations finish at the Calvary scene built on top of the Chapel of St. Stephen.
Dinner in hotel. Rosary and candlelight procession at Capelinha at 9.30 p.m.

DAY 4 - Friday
After breakfast we will set out for Santiago de Compostella. Stop for packed lunch Check into Hotel. Afternoon guided tour of the Plaza del Obradoiro area, including the magnificent Cathe-dral of St James, built according to tradition, on the spot where the Apostle of Jesus was bur-ied. Mass in the Cathedral (subject to confirmation). Dinner and overnight in Santiago.

DAY 5 - Saturday
After breakfast we set out for Garabandal. Stop for lunch (not included). Dinner and overnight in Garabandal.

DAY 6 - Sunday
Breakfast. A Mass for the group will be arranged in the Parish Church. During . the morning we will make the climb to the pines, site of the 2000 or so apparitions. On our way to the Pines we will follow the Stations of the Cross. During this our first day in Garabandal, a familiarization video will be shown, in the hotel auditorium. In the afternoon or evening our Spiritual Director will probably arrange a Holy Hour in the local Church. Dinner and overnight in Garabandal.

DAY 7 - Monday
After Breakfast Mass (subject to confirmation). Guided tour explaining the events and showing us the homes of the visionaries, including Conchita's house
, now a museum. After lunch we will again visit the pines where we will bury our petitions in front of the pine trees. This being our last day in Garabandal our Spiritual Director may arrange confessions, a Holy Hour, enrolment in the Brown Scapular, and blessing of religious objects.
Dinner and overnight in Garabandal.

DAY 8 - Tuesday
Breakfast. Mass (subject to confirmation). Transfer to Bilbao Airport with a possible visit to the Miraculous Crucifix of Limpias, and stop for lunch not included, en route. Arrive Dublin Airport 17.25

PRICE
€699 plus Taxes €29 & Insurance €25
Single Room Supplement €140 p.w.

All cheques must be made payable to Lauri Duffy Travel

for further information please contact
Mr. Des Monahan,
St. Michael's Garabandal Centre,
Midletown,
Co. Armagh,
BT60 4JF
Tel: (028) 37568459
Tel: from ROI (048) 37568459
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