Day 1 : USA - FRANCE

Depart from Atlanta for Toulouse with complimentary meals and beverages served onboard your international flight.

DAY2: TOULOUSE- LOURDES WEDNESDAY

Upon our arrival in Toulouse, meeting with your tour English speaking Catholic guide who will be with you during time in Lourdes. We will transfer by bus to Lourdes.

Lunch under your arrangement on the way. We check into our hotel. Time at leisure this afternoon before we celebrate Mass in the worlds famous Shrine. Attend the blessing of the sick and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady.

Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

DAY3: LOURDES (B,D) THURSDAY

Breakfast at hotel

Today is free for your own private devotions.

Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.

DAY4: LOURDES (B,D)FRIDAY

Celebrate Mass at the Grotto, and 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.

Time at leisure to drink water from the miraculous spring at the base of the grotto.

Lunch under your arrangement

Walk the Stations of the Cross overlooking the holy Grotto. Kneel in the chapel built on the very rock of the Grotto in obedience to the request of the ‘Immaculate Conception.’ Attend the blessing of the sick and participate in nightly candlelight processions requested by Our Lady.

Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.

DAY5: LOURDES – PARIS (B, D) SATURDAY

After Breakfast, the we depart by Train to PARIS. We will met at the train station by our guide for Paris. Once in Paris, we depart by motor coach to enjoy a panoramic sightseeing tour of Paris. On your tour you will see the famous sights of Paris including the Champs Elysees, L’Arc de Triomphe, and the Eiffel Tower. We transfer our hotel for check-in. Evening:

Dinner and overnight in Paris.

DAY 6 Paris (B, D) SUNDAY

Where to have Mass this day After breakfast, we visit Sainte Chapelle a precious vestige of the royal palace of the City.  The Sainte-Chapelle was built in the middle of the 13th century by Louis IX, future Saint Louis, to house the most prestigious relic of the Passion of Christ: the Crown of Thorns and a fragment of the True Cross. Built in less than 7 years, a record time, the Sainte-Chapelle was conceived as a piece of goldsmith’s art, whose walls of light exalt the Capetian monarchy and the kingdom of France. Damaged during the Revolution, the former palatine chapel became a laboratory for the restoration of historical monuments in the 19th century. Divided into 15 stained glass bays of 15m height, the 1113 stained glass panels of the windows relate scenes of the Old and New Testament and tell the history of the world, according to the Bible, until the arrival of the relics in Paris in the 13th century. Dinner and Overnight in Paris.

DAY 7 Paris (B, D) MONDAY

Breakfast at hotel. We celebrate Mass at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal. We view the incorrupt body of St. Catherine Laboure whose guardian angel led her to the chapel where the Blessed Virgin displayed a vision of the miraculous medal and later the green scapular wherein the Blessed Virgin promised bountiful graces for all that wore this medal. See the Church of St. Vincent de Paul. Then we go around the corner to the chapel where his body rests above the main altar in a solid silver shrine covered by the goldsmith, Odiot.

12.30 Lunch under your arrangement

13.30 Transfer by coach to Montmartre.

Take the funicular to go up and visit the Church of the Sacre Coeur. OR CELEBRATE MASS AT SACRE COEUR

Free time

Dinner and overnight at hotel.

DAY 8 PARIS -OMAHA BEACH- SAINT LO (B,D)

We Transfer to Omaha Beach to walk around the beaches, especially on Omaha where the Americans landed. We visit the museum. Then continue to the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 as the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. Free time at the cemetery to honor our fallen American heroes.

Dinner and overnight in SAINT LO.

DAY 9: SAINT LO - EA---MONT ST MICHEL – LISIEUX (B,D)

After breakfast, we drive 1.5 Hr. to the spectacular sight of Mont St. Michel. Visit Mont St Michel. Visit this famous abbey which seems to rise out of the water off the coast, and is one of France’s most dramatic sights. Celebrate Mass ON MONT MICHEL.

12.00 Lunch under your arrangement Transfer to Lisieux, 2 hours drive Dinner and overnight in Lisieux.

Day 10 LISIEUX (B,D) THURSDAY

We visit the home of St. Therese of Lisieux whom Pope Pius X called the Greatest Saint of Modern times. On display are relics, clothing, and personal objects belonging to the Little Flower. View the statue depicting the Blessed Virgin who smiled at St Therese before curing her illness. Her love for God and service to humanity comes alive as you visit the Basilica Cathedral of St. Peter (Mass) and Les Buissonets, her family home. Celebrate Mass at the Basilica of St. Therese of Lisieux.

Dinner & Overnight at hotel.

Day 11 LISIEUX – PARIS – Chartres- PARIS (B,D)

Breakfast at hotel. We drive to Chartres a beautiful town located in central France. Chartres is one of the best-known pilgrimage sites in France. Chartres is home to a beautiful 13th-century Gothic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary. This is one of the Grandes Cathédrales in France and a major pilgrimage site in the country. Every year, there’s a popular pilgrimage from Notre Dame of Paris to Notre Dame of Chartres that attracts thousands of pilgrims from all around the world.

The Cathedral of Chartres hosts a beautiful labyrinth carved on the pavement. Most of the time this labyrinth is covered by the chairs inside the cathedral but on Fridays, the chairs and other furniture are moved apart and pilgrims can step into the labyrinth and walk through it whilst praying. This is definitely a special moment, that’s why we always recommend visiting Chartres on Friday if you can. Apart from the impressive Cathedral, Chartres is a lovely place to visit, with some beautiful medieval architecture, narrow cobbled streets and a picturesque area crossed by little canals.

Return to Paris for dinner and overnight.

DAY 12: Depart for USA PARIS SATURDAY

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Paris Airport for our flight to the USA with wonderful memories to cherish.