Day 1 Tuesday 14th October 2025
Depart USA Depart US for overnight flight to Toulouse, France.
Day 2 Wednesday 15th October 2025
Arrive in France On arrival, you will be met by your guide and take a coach to the 4 Grand Htel Moderne . Check-in for 5 nights with dinner, breakfast and lunch. Lourdes where Our Blessed Lady appeared to little Bernadette Soubirous 18 times in 1858. In the evening your guide will give an orientation talk at the Sanctuary and take you to visit the Grotto of Massabielle.
Day 3 Thursday 16th October 2025
Lourdes Walking Tour Leave hotel for morning Mass in the Lower Dolors. After Mass we will have an orientation tour of the Sanctuary area with an opportunity to drink from the spring near the Grotto. The original spring that Bernadette located is still visible, protected by a glass cover and illuminated by a light. Gather in front of the Basilica for group photo before retuning to the hotel for lunch. After lunch we take a walking tour to sites associated with St. Bernadette like the Boly Mill, where Bernadette was born, and to the Cachot, an abandoned prison where Bernadettes family lived. After dinner in the hotel participate in the fabulous evening torchlight procession in the Sanctuary.
Day 4 Friday 17th October 2025
Baths & Bartres Morning free to visit to the Baths of Lourdes, a focal point of the sanctuary, filled with the healing spring water of Lourdes. Wash yourself in the waters where hundreds of miraculous healings have taken place. Go and drink at the spring and wash yourself there! words of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette during one of the Apparitions inspired the creation of the Baths near the Grotto in which the pilgrims were immersed. After lunch in the hotel there is a trip to Bartres. Bernadette held a special place for Bartres in her heart as it was where she stayed and studied the Catechism to prepare to receive her first Holy Communion. As a group we will celebrate Holy Mass in the chapel where Bernadette prayed. After the visit we return to the hotel for dinner. After dinner this evening we again have an opportunity to participate in the evening torchlight procession.
Day 5 Saturday 18th October 2025
Stations of the Cross After Mass we will participate in the High or Low stations of the cross. The high stations are life size figures which reenact the passion of Christ. They are located at the top of the Rosary basilica hill and will take approximately 1.5hr to complete. The low stations are located across from the baths area and have been designed to facilitate anybody who may have any walking difficulties. Both the high and low stations are an opportunity to experience Christs unconditional love for us all as we pray together on the passion through Our Ladys eyes. Return to the hotel for lunch and take afternoon free for some personal prayer with dinner back in the hotel. After dinner we again have an opportunity to take part in the evening program in the Sanctuary.
Day 6 Sunday 19th October 2025
Depart for Fatima After breakfast we leave for English Mass at the Grotto. Following Mass your guide will take you to the Low Stations of the Cross and you will have some free time for reflection and prayer. After lunch in the hotel we take our coach transfer to Toulouse for our connecting flights to Lisbon, Portugal. On arrival in Lisbon we meet the Marian Pilgrimages guide and transfer to Fatima for 4 nights in the Hotel Estrela de Fatima or similar, with lunch, dinner and breakfast.
Day 7 Monday 20th October 2025
Fatima Morning Mass in the Capelinha Apparition site at Cova da Iria. On our orientation tour of the Sanctuary we see the Rosary Basilica with the tombs of Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia, the Berlin Wall, the Old Holmoak, Monument to the Sacred Heart, the Fountain, Basilica of the Holy Trinity, and the Chapel of Adoration. After lunch in the hotel we visit the Museum of Light and Peace. Dinner at hotel.
Day 8 Tuesday 21st October 2025
Children of Fatima Morning walk the Hungarian Way of the Cross, through the Olive and Oak trees, to Valinhos (where Our Lady appeared on 19th August 1917) to the Calvary. Visit Loca do Anjo where the Angel of Peace appeared to the Children. Continue to Aljustrel and visit the homes of the Little Shepherds and see the Well in Lucias garden where they also had a vision. Return to hotel for lunch. This afternoon is free in Fatima to explore the town. After dinner we join the many pilgrims for the Rosary in the Basilica at 9pm.
Day 9 Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Santarem - Eucharistic Miracle This morning we again join the many pilgrims for the Rosary in the Capelinha followed by the International Concelebrate Mass. After lunch we take an afternoon tour to Santarem and visit the Church of St Stephen site of a Eucharistic Miracle over 700 years ago. Return to hotel for final dinner.
Day 10 Thursday 23rd October 2025
Depart Coach transfer to Lisbon airport for return flights to US.