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ST. PETERS PILGRIMS

For your Pilgrimage to:-

Fatima, Knock, Guadalupe, Malta, Rome, Assisi, San Giovanni, Finland with Russia, Turkey, Santiago, Holy Land,

ROME, SAN GIOVANNI & ASSISI

Nine days (8 nights)

Full Board - By schedule flights of Alitalia

Pilgrimage Reference  RSA

The Friary & Basilica of San Giovanni Rotunda

St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)

Padre Pio was born to Giuseppa and Grazio Forgione, peasant farmers, in the small Italian village of Pietrelcina on May 25, 1887. From his childhood, it was evident that he was a special child of God.

When he was fifteen he was ready for the religious life and entered the Capuchin Novitiate at Morcone. He completed his studies and was ordained to the priesthood at the age of 23. in 1910

On October 20, 1918, Padre Pio received the stigmata and bore the wounds of Christ for fifty years! As a humble Capuchin priest in San Giovanni Rotondo, he was blessed by God in many wonderful and mysterious ways. 

Among his other gifts were perfume, bilocation, prophecy, conversion, reading of souls, and miraculous cures. People are still being cured through his intercession in ways that cannot be explained by medicine or science.

Padre Pio died on 23rd September, 1968 and was declared a saint of the Church in 2002 by Pope John Paul.

More important, if less spectacular, are the spiritual healings that still take place in all parts of the world! Padre Pio is a powerful intercessor!!

Please see our Rome page for information and Photos of Rome and our Rome & Assisi page for information on Assisi

St. Padre Pio's cell

Our departure dates 2004:- 27 September (Flying from Birmingham) 15 October (Flying from London)   For Parish Groups (30 Pilgrims +) it is possible to arrange this Pilgrimage at any date and duration to suit your Group and possible to fly from a different airport.

Itinerary and (Optional) Programme 2004

Day 1
10.15 am  Check-in at Heathrow Airport Terminal 2
12.15 pm  Our Alitalia Flight No AZ205 takes off. 
3.40 pm  Land Rome Fiumicino Airport. Transfer to our Hotel

Day 2 
am early   Mass in the Crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica. 
9.00 am Guided visit to the Vatican Gardens, Sistine Chapel &Vatican Museum. 
2.00 pm Guided tour of Christian Rome visiting the Basilica of St. Mary Major, St John Latern and the Holy Stairs.

Day 3 
9.00 am  We attend the General Papal Audience. (when the Holy Father is in Rome)
1.30 pm  Optional tour to Frascati where we will visit the Cathedral, taste some of the local wine. We then drive to Castel Gandolfo which is the summer residence of the Holy Father. Dinner in a restaurant over looking Lake Albano.

Day 4 
8.00 am  Our coach will take us to the Catacombs where we will have a guided visit and hear Mass. Then we will visit the Basilica of St. Paul’s outside the walls. 
2.00 pm  Guided visit of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Optional tour of “Rome by night” including dinner.

Day 5 
7.00 am  Our coach leaves for San Giovanni Rotondo. We will visit Lanciano, the church of the Eucharistic miracle. 

Day 6 
10.00 am  Mass in the Monastery of Our Lady of Grace where Saint Padre Pio lived & died.
4.00 pm  Way of the cross on the hill over looking the monastery,
6.00 pm  Guided tour of the Monastery by one of the monks.

Day 7 
7.00 am  Our coach leaves for Loreto, where we will celebrate our Mass and have a guided tour of the Basilica and Holy House.
6.00 pm  We arrive at our hotel in Assisi

Day 8
9.00 am  Mass in the Basilica of St. Francis, after mass a guided tour of the Basilica.
2.00 pm  Visit the Basilica of St. Clare and the church of San Damiano.

Day 9
9.00 am  Mass and visit the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli. Visit the chapel of the Portiuncula, Chapel of the Tranistus, Rose Garden & the Cell of St. Francis.
5.00 pm  Our Alitalia Flight No AZ208 takes off. 
6.40 pm  Land London Heathrow Terminal 2.2

Prices:   

27 September (Flying from Birmingham) £790
15 October (Flying from London) £714

£714.

Hotels:-
Rome     -     Della Conciliazione
San Giovanni Rotundo    -    Fini
Assisi    -    Domus Pacis (or similar)

What’s included.  Return flights. All Government & airport taxes. Transfers & coach journeys shown in the itinerary. Half board accommodation based on a twin room. Porterage when provided. Entrance fees to Catacombs, Vatican Gardens, & Sistine Chapel.

What’s not included.  Insurance £22.50. Single-room supplement £20 per night. Beverages. Optional excursions. Entrance fee to the Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. Gratuities.

Notes:- In Rome, dinner in a restaurant near our hotel, breakfast (in our hotel) each day will be arranged at a time to suit each day’s programme. Mass will be arranged each day at a suitable chapel. Flight times may change. Our September programme will be arranged to suite the days of the week. Please ‘phone for conformation.

Coming from outside the UK?  If you would like to make your own arrangements and fly direct to Rome and meet us at the airport there is a discount of £140.00 on these prices.

Fr. Doug Bull and parishioners

Some useful links....

Click here to visit the San Giovanni  web site

Click here to visit the St. Pio UK information Centre web site

St. Peters Pilgrims, London, England.

Tel: 020 8244 8844   Fax: 020 8697 2466

For your Pilgrimage to:-

Fatima, Knock, Guadalupe, Malta, Rome, Assisi, San Giovanni, Finland with Russia, Turkey, Santiago, Holy Land,

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