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YOUR TRIP INCLUDES:
 10 nights accommodation in
three and four hotels as follows:
(or similar)~ 1 night: Sanctuaire Notre Dame, La Salette / Corps ~ 2 night: Grand Hotel De La Basilique, Paray Le Monial ~ 3 nights: Hotel Moderne or Gallia Londres, Lourdes~ 1 night: Hotel Diane or Nevers Sanctuarie, Nevers
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1 night: Grand Hotel de Esperance, Lisieux Breakfast
and dinner daily
Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach Tour Escort throughout
Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents
Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Day 1 - Depart USA Departure from your home town for the overnight flight to France. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board. Upon your arrival in France this morning in Lyon Airport we will be met by our guide and driver and transfer to La Salette located in a high alpine pasture in the French Alps, La Salette is the site where the Virgin Mary appeared in 1846 to two shepherds, Melanie Matthew and Maximin Gird. Our Lady appeared to these shepherds crying, lamenting over the lack of observance of Sundays and the profaning of her Son's holy name. A spring forever marks the spot where the Virgin appeared and where millions of pilgrims come to in order to drink the fresh spring water and to pray. The stunning mountain scenery and lush mountain trails make La Salette one of the most spectacular pilgrimage sites in France, with a beautiful Basilica built to honor the Virgin Mary. In 1996 La Salette celebrated the 150th anniversary of Our Lady's first appearance. Dinner and overnight in Corps.
Day 3 - La Salette – Ars - Paray le Monial Mass at Notre Dame De La Salette, then we continue our journey heading to the pretty little town of Ars, best known for St Jean-Marie Vianney, the patron saint of priests. In honor of the Year of the Priest we make this special stop and visit Shrine of St. John Vianney. There are several sights of special importance such as: Church (Église) - 12-century church where the saint preached,Basilica (Basilique) - newer basilica built next to the church, which displays the saint's incorrupt body, Heart Chapel - contains the saint's heart, Home of St. John Vianney - preserved the way he left it, Underground Church - constructed for pilgrim groups, La Providence - orphanage founded by St. John Vianney. Dinner and overnight in Paray le Monial.
Day 4 - Paray le Monial We start our day with Mass in hometown of the devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Visit the Chapel of the Visitation where Jesus exposed His Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque during a number of apparitions, Reliquary of St. Margaret containing her relics, located underneath a wax figure of the saint. Dinner and overnight in Paray Le Monial.
Day 5 - Paray Le Monial - Lyon - Lourdes After an early breakfast we depart Paray le Monial for Lyon airport where we will board our 2 hour flight to Pau or Toulouse Airport (this flight is not included for Land Only * participants). Upon your arrival in Lourdes transfer to your hotel. Relax or explore before dinner, followed by a candlelight procession before retiring. Dinner and overnight.
Days 6 & 7 - Lourdes Mass at the Grotto, enjoy a video presentation telling the story of Lourdes, and walk in the footsteps of St Bernadette. See Boly Mill where St Bernadette was born and the "Cachot," an abandoned prison where Bernadette's impoverished family. Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous spring or submerge yourself in the healing baths. Experience Christ's love as you walk the life-sized Stations of the Cross overlooking the holy Grotto. Kneel in the chapel built on the very rock of the Grotto, in obedience to the request of the "Immaculate Conception." Evenings are for Blessed Sacrament Procession before dinner. Your role in the universal church will have new meaning as you join the candlelight procession and group rosary. Day 8 - Lourdes - NeversAfter breakfast leave on the flight to Paris or Lyon. Upon arrival, you will meet your new guide. We will travel by motor coach to the town of Nevers by way of the picturesque Loire Valley. After taking the veil in 1867, St Bernadette lived for 12 years as a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Nevers. At least three times during her short life-time, she received the last Sacraments. She was gradually struck by other illnesses as well as asthma: among them, tuberculosis of the lung and a tubercular tumor on her right knee. St Bernadette eventually died at the age of 35. See St Bernadette's incorrupt body at the convent of St Gildard, miraculously preserved since her death in 1879. Overnight in Nevers.
Day After breakfast we depart for Chartres, famous for its stained-glass windows and wonderful colors dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries. We will tour the Cathedral followed by free time for to explore and enjoy Chartres and it's famed maze on your own. Dinner and overnight in Lisieux.
Day 10 After breakfast we enjoy a tour of Lisieux, the home of St Therese whom Pope Pius X called "the greatest saint of modern times." Her extraordinary love for God and service to humanity comes alive as you visit the Basilica of Saint Therese, one of the biggest and most magnificent religious structures built in the 20th century. During our stay in Lisiuex a mass will be celebrated. We will stop at Les Buissonets, St. Therese's family home, there on display are relics, clothing, and personal objects belonging to the "little flower." Before leaving tour the ancient Cathedral of St Peter and the Carmelite Convent. We continue on to Rouen where on the 30th May 1431, Joan of Arc was burnt at Place du Vieux Marche. We will visit the Joan of Arc museum and Rouen church. We continue on to Paris for dinner and overnight.
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Wake up in Paris and depart for mass at Shrine of the Miraculous Medal. View the incorrupt body of St Catherine Labouret whose guardian angel led her to the chapel where the Blessed Virgin displayed a vision of the miraculous medal and later the green scapular. The Virgin promised bountiful graces for all who wore these. Our sightseeing tour includes some of the most beautiful and important churches in the world such as Notre Dame Cathedral and Sacre Coeur, see the sights as the Eiffel Tower, L'Arc de Triomphe, and drive through the Champs Elysees. Enjoy other sights on this mostly panoramic tour. Return to the hotel for little relaxing, dinner and overnight.
Day 12 Transfer to the airport for your return flight.
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