Pilgrimage to Rome & Assisi

Day 1 – Arrival in Rome

• Arrival at Rome Fiumicino Airport. Meet your English-speaking tour escort and transfer by private coach.
• Check-in at your centrally located hotel.
• Welcome Mass at a historic Roman church.
• Group dinner and overnight in Rome.
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Day 2 – Christian Rome: Foundations of Faith

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Visit the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the oldest and highest-ranking papal basilica.
• Climb the Holy Stairs (Scala Santa), believed to be the steps Jesus ascended during His Passion.
• Visit the Basilica of St. Mary Major, with stunning mosaics and relics of the Nativity.
• Afternoon visit to the Catacombs of St. Callixtus.
• Evening Mass and dinner.
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Day 3 – Vatican City: Heart of the Church

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Attend the Papal Audience in St. Peter’s Square (subject to papal schedule).
• Guided visit to St. Peter’s Basilica, including Michelangelo’s Pietà and the tomb of St. John Paul II.
• Optional entrance to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel.
• Mass in a Vatican chapel (subject to availability).
• Dinner and overnight in Rome.
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Day 4 – Rome: Saints and Culture

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• mass
• Visit the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, built over the tomb of the Apostle Paul.
• Explore the Church of the Gesù, featuring the tomb of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
• Panoramic tour of Rome’s historic center: Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain.
• Dinner and overnight.
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Day 5 – Journey to Assisi

• Breakfast and check-out.
• Scenic drive to Assisi with a stop at Santa Maria degli Angeli to visit the Porziuncola.
• Arrival in Assisi and check-in at your hotel.
• Orientation walk through the medieval town.
• Group dinner and overnight.
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Day 6 – Assisi: In the Footsteps of St. Francis

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Guided visit of the Basilica of St. Francis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Participation in the Ostensione of the Body of St. Francis, a rare and deeply moving event.
  This solemn moment takes place within the Lower Basilica, where the body of St. Francis rests in a crypt carved into the rock.
  The Ostensione offers pilgrims a unique opportunity for prayer and reflection in the presence of the Saint who transformed the Church through humility, peace, and love for creation.
• Visit the Basilica of St. Clare and the San Damiano Cross.
• Mass at the Basilica or local chapel.
• Dinner and overnight in Assisi.
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Day 7 – Assisi: Contemplation and Nature

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Morning excursion to the Eremo delle Carceri, a peaceful hermitage in the hills.
• Optional group reflection or spiritual talk.
• Afternoon at leisure.
• Closing Mass and farewell dinner.
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Day 8 – Departure

• Breakfast and check-out.
• Transfer to Rome Fiumicino Airport.

Assistance with check-in and departure.