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Eugene de Mazenod was born in Aix-en-Provence in France in 1782, the son of wealthy aristocratic parents. His father Charles Antoine de Mazenod, a member of the French nobility, was the President of the Aix Parliament. His mother Marie-Rose Joannis, a member of the rapidly evolving bourgeois merchants embodied the practical and shrewd realism of this group. This union of complementary social and cultural values assured young Eugene all the requisites for a successful and comfortable life. This idyllic world was swept away by the French Revolution in 1789. After his father opposed the revolution, the entire family was obliged to flee into exile in Italy. In 1790, a new painful period began for Eugene. more..
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Our Lady of Lourdes came for you and for everyone of us! 6 million pilgrims come to Lourdes each year and 10,000 visit this site daily. At the foot of the Pyrenees mountains in southwestern France, nestled between the spectacular mountain river, Gave de Pau, is Lourdes, one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the World. Lourdes is the birthplace of St Bernadette to whom Our Lady appeared in 1858 near the Grotto of Massabielle. Our pilgrimage and tour of Lourdes includes visits to the sanctuary and the Basilica of St Pius X, the world's largest underground church. Drink from the spring that the Virgin directed Bernadette to locate at the base of the grotto, which has flowed uninterrupted since 1858. Wash yourself in the baths where hundreds of miraculous cures have taken place. Contemplate Christ's Passion as you pray the unique three-dimensional Stations of the Cross. Attend the blessing of the sick, and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady. Visit Lourdes and experience a spiritual journey from which many have claimed healing and conversion.
Day 1: Depart from home airport
Make your way to your hometown airport where you will board your overnight flight to Lourdes, France.
Day 2: Arrive Lourdes
Upon arrival in Lourdes airport, you will find your luggage and exit the baggage claim into the arrivals hall where you will be greeted by a tour leader and/or driver, and you will be escorted to the vehicle which will then take you on your scenic drive to Lourdes. Upon arrival you can relax or explore before dinner. Following dinner you may choose to participate in the candlelight procession before retiring for the evening.
Day 3-4: Lourdes Pilgrimage & city walks sightseeing
During the next two days in Lourdes, you will have an opportunity to: Attend Mass at the Grotto, watch a video presentation telling the story of Lourdes. Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous spring, water walks, and submerge yourself in the healing baths. Walk the life-sized Stations of the Cross overlooking the holy Grotto. Kneel in the chapel built on the very rock of the Grotto. Visit Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Basilica of Saint Pius X, Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Evenings for Blessed Sacrament Procession before dinner, and after dinner, join the candlelight procession and group rosary.
Attend International Mass, and sightseeing of Lourdes, 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 lived. Private evening time for your own personal reflection, prayer and healing.
We will enjoy the famous gelato ice-cream during the city walks in Lourdes.
Day 5: Depart Lourdes Airport - Arrive Marseille Provence Airport
Early morning transfer back to Lourdes Airport for flight to Marseille, France. You will be received and escorted to ground transport to accommodation in Marseille/Aix-en-Provence.
About Marseille/Aix-en-Provence:
The community of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Aix-en-Provence is the oldest in the Congregation, canonically erected on January 25, 1816. Situated at the ancient Carmel at 60 cours Mirabeau, it had St. Eugene de Mazenod, founder of the Congregation, as its first Superior. This community lives right at the historic heart of the Oblates, and today this is the site of the Association Centre International Eugene de Mazenod (CIEM). The community of the Oblates of Aix-en-Provence is responsible for the upkeep of the historical spot which is the cradle of the Congregation, situated at the ancient Carmel, at 60 cours Mirabeau. Since January 25, 1816, the history of this house is intimately linked with the history of the Congregation. It is written up in all the biographies of Eugene de Mazenod and in all the books which talk about the foundation. Its history, calm at certain times and very eventful at others, was similar to what other religious communities experienced in France. Today, the house is a place of OMI pilgrimage for Oblates from the whole world. For them, it has much the same role as the Holy Land for Christians. The house belongs to the de Mazenod Foundation, which signed a contract with the Association EMIC on December 7, 2011. The “De Mazenod Experience” is a renewal programme, one of the most recommended for ongoing formation. It is open to all Oblates who have spent several years in missionary life. It aims, especially, at enabling the participants to look back over their experience of the Oblate charism in the everyday life of their mission and ministry. They do so in an atmosphere of prayer, reflection and fraternal sharing. A 15 days’ retreat, based on Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, is an integral part of the Experience. The Mazenodian Family includes all those who, directly or indirectly, are linked to the Oblate community: friends, symphatisants, volunteers, benefactors, etc. There are four gatherings: one in September, another of December 8 (Immaculate Conception), one around February 17 (Approbation of the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates and its Constitutions and Rules) and another one around May 21 (Feast of St. Eugene de Mazenod). They also offer such a christian formation in small groups, according to the interests of each of them.
Day 6: Marseille/Aix-en-Provence
Tour coach will take group to Aix and Marseille. We will visit:
1. Aix - Oblate Foundation House and celebrate Eucharist in Mission Church at Oblate Foundation House.
2. Marseille - Cathédrale La Major - Basilica wherein Bishop St. Eugene de Mazenod is buried and celebrated Mass at the altar over his very tomb.
3. Marseille - Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde - Ancient shrine in ruins that St Eugene commissioned the restoration of this incredible Romano or Neo-Byzantine Basilica.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima is one of most famous Marian shrines in the world. Drawn by apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three local shepherd children in 1917. Four million people visit Fatima each year. The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to shepherd children on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on May 13th until October 13th. The events at Fatima gained particular fame due to their elements of prophecy and eschatology, particularly with regard to possible world war and the conversion of Russia.
Day 7: Depart Marseille, France - Arrive Lisbon - Sintra - Santarem - Fatima, Portugal
Early morning transfer back to Marseille Airport for flight to Lisbon, Portugal. Depart Marseille Provence Airport, arrive Lisbon Airport. You will be received and escorted to ground transport and taken to Fatima for 2 nights stay.
Sight-seeing & excursion tours, Sintra-Santarem-Fatima.
Excursion tours to Sintra-Santarem-Fatima 2hr drive and arrive Fatima for local lunch. Sight-seeing drive through Lisbon city en-route to Sintra-Santarem-Fatima. We make brief stops for photos at Quinta da Reagaleira, 4 Palaces, Moorish Castle, the Convent. We will continue to the Church of St. Stephen/Church of the Holy Miracle @ Santarem, home of 13th century Eucharistic miracle based on a woman with an unfaithful husband who was desperate to save her marriage. Finally drive to Fatima, one of the world’s biggest Marian Shrine pilgrimage sites and a UNESCO world heritage site.
We begin our tour of Fatima, where we will experience the beauty of this spiritual town. We will see the Basilica, the site of Francesco and Jacinta's graves, the Hamlet of Aljustrel, where the children lived, and Valinhos, the site of Our Lady's appearance after the children's return from prison. Experience Christ's love as you walk and follow the Stations of the Cross along the Via Sacra (The Sacred Way) culminating in the Chapel of Calvary, which overlooks all of Fatima. Our Blessed Mother appeared in 1917 to three simple shepherd children and exhorted mankind to pray for world peace.
Join your prayers with those of pilgrims from around the world as you pray for the sick, drink water from the miraculous well, attend Mass at Chapel of Apparitions and the blessing of the sick, and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady. We have time for private devotions, a quiet reflections and prayers.
In the evening is when we gather for the Heavenly Queen of Peace, in order to transmit divine help and the promise of sure hope for peace, appeared here. Many faithful have had recourse for Her help and, in their various perils, have looked for Her protection … and found it. Let us also remember the special devotion and gratitude of St. John Paul II, who 35 years ago, thanked the Virgin Mary for the miraculous sparing of his life. Let us continue to remember the value of the prayer of the Holy Rosary, as well as the message, in order for us to obtain the favors and graces which the Mother of the Redeemer Herself promised the people devoted to her Immaculate Heart.
Day 8: Fatima-Batalha-Alcobaca-Nazare-Fatima
Sight-seeing & excursion tours to Batalha-Alcobaca-Nazare.
Early breakfast at hotel and depart Fatima to Batalha-Alcobaca-Nazare. We spend this morning at the beautiful city of Alcobaca, visiting another Monastery containing the tomb of King Pedro 1 of Portugal and his murdered mistress Ines de castro with the inscription ‘…. until the end of the world…’. From here we proceed to Nazare-Sitio, have lunch at Nazare and return back to Fatima.
Day 9: Fatima - Lisbon
After early breakfast at hotel, we meet our driver and you will be escorted to the vehicle which will then take you back to Lisbon for city walking tours. We will visit the Cathedral, St Jerome's Monastery, St Anthony's Church (the patron saint of lost objects), Belem Quarter, the Belem Tower, 25 April Bridge, St George Castle, and Discoveries Monument. Our walk will also take us through the Basilica of the Star, Rossio Square, Commerce Square and Marquee of Pomba Square. Tapas supper and overnight in Lisbon.
Nazaré - A quaint seaside fishing town
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré is an imposing church located on the hilltop O Sitio overlooking Nazaré, in Portugal, and was founded in the 14th century. A chapel A Ermida da Memoria, was built very near this spot, over a grotto where stood a small statue of a Black Madonna, brought from Nazareth..
Day 10: Depart Lisbon Airport - Arrive Paris Airport
Early morning transfer back to Lisbon Airport for flight to Paris Orly Airport, France. You will be received and escorted to ground transport to hotel in Paris.
Day 10 & 11: Paris
Visit and attend Mass at the magnificent, Sacre Coeur Basilica that stands atop Montmartre Hill. The Basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was originally built in 1914, as an act of penance for infidelity that France was experiencing during that time. While on your visit, in addition to the extraordinary artwork and architecture that forms the Basilica, you will see the beautiful mosaic of the Risen Christ, and the remarkable Grand Organ. Celebrate Mass at the Crypt that contains the Tombs of many notable Cardinals. Time permitting, you may have the opportunity during your free time to ascend a staircase to the Dome, where you will take in a breathtaking panoramic view the city of Paris. Two days Paris city walking tour - St. Sulpice Church (This Late Baroque church, construction beginning in 1646 and completed in 1745, was the parish church located a few blocks from St. Sulpice seminary where St. Eugene received his priestly formation under the Sulpician Fathers), Notre Dame Cathedral, a perfect example of Gothic art, Eiffel Tower, Louvre, etc. and you will enjoy a sightseeing tour of Paris. You will visit and celebrate Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, where you will view the incorrupt body of St. Catherine Laboure. The Saint's guardian angel led her to the chapel, where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to her. During apparitions, Our Lady repeatedly instructed the making and purpose of the Miraculous Medal, as well as the green scapular. According to the Blessed Virgin Mary, those who wear the Miraculous Medal and scapular will receive special protection and abundant graces. Time permitting, we may walk to Saint Vicent de Paul Church.
Day 12: Paris - Home
We will check-out of airport hotel early morning and ground transport will take group to the Paris airport for departure home.
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