Day 9 - Rome, Vatican Museums This morning, we will visit the Vatican Museums. After our visit at St. Peter’s Square, we will break for lunch on our own. Our day will end as we visit the place dedicated to Saint Johnny Bosco. We will visit the “camerette” museum dedicated to the Saint in the Church of the Sacred Heart. Here, we will celebrate Mass. Dinner and overnight. Day 10 - Basilicas of Rome After breakfast, we begin our day at St. Mary Major Church and celebrate Mass. Then, continue to Saint John Lateran Church. We will also visit the Holy Stairs, steps that led up to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, which Jesus Christ stood on during his Passion on his way to trial. Enjoy time at leisure and lunch on your own at the Trevi Fountain. Dinner and overnight. Day 11 - Assisi We will have an early morning departure to San Peter’s Square. Today, we meet the thousands of pilgrims coming from all over the world to attend the Papal Audience and Blessing. We will board our bus and drive to Assisi. Break for lunch on the way. Upon arrival in Assisi, we will enjoy a guided tour of the village, the birthplace of the beloved St. Francis. We will visit the Church of Santa Chiara, where St. Francis was born, and Then, see the house where he spent his childhood. Continue to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where the blessed Carlo Acutis is venerated. We reach the heart of the town, the Piazza del Commune (Town Hall square), with its Roman and medieval buildings, continuing towards the ancient city walls to the Basilica of St. Francis, built above the inspiring final resting place of the saint. The interiors of the basilica are intricately decorated with frescoes from the 12th and 13th centuries depicting the saint’s life and spiritual transformation to a life of poverty and dedication to the poor. Continue to the hotel to check in and enjoy dinner. Day 12 - Assisi, Turin After breakfast, we check out. Before leaving Assisi, we will visit the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, which within the Basilica’s rose garden, is the Rose Chapel (Cappella delle Rose) built over the place where Francis lived in his later years. Celebrate Mass. Drive to Turin and check in at the hotel for dinner and overnight. Day 13 - Turin, Valdocco, Colle Don Bosco Today, we begin with a panoramic tour of the city. The Basilica of Santa Maria Ausilicatrice (Our Lady Help of Christians) is where we see the tombs of Saint John Bosco and Saint Mary Mazzarello. We can visit the “rooms” at Valdocco, Then, we proceed to visit the Church of St. John the Evangelist, where Don Bosco started his second oratory in the city. Even today, the rhetoric is the refuge for the poorest young people of Turin. Here, we celebrate Mass. In the afternoon, transfer to “Colle Don Bosco.” St. John Bosco was born on this hill on August 16, 1815. Visiting these surroundings means rediscovering the origins of that extraordinary personality we know as Don Bosco and his world- wide work. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. Day 14 - Milan Depart Turin after breakfast to Milan. Enjoy a guided tour of this city. This is Italy’s business hub and a great draw to many throughout history, from St. Ambrose and Leonardo da Vinci. We will visit the world’s most significant Gothic and second-largest Catholic cathedral - The Duomo di Milano. Cele- brate Mass and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure—dinner at the hotel and overnight.
Day 15 - Return to the USA
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