• Arrival Catania Airport, meeting Tour Escorts and assistance.
• Transfer to hotel in Taormina with check in. 
• Porterage by van for luggage; pilgrims required to walk 350-400 meters from buses to hotel. 
• Celebrate Mass upon arrival at hotel. 
• Welcome Dinner with wine in Taormina. 
• Overnight Taormina. (D)

Proposed Hotel:

Hotel Excelsior Palace

Viale Pietro Toselli, 8

98039 Taormina

• Open buffet breakfast.
• Visit and celebrate Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Agatha (TBC), the patron saint and protector of Catania. 
• Visit the Monastery of Saint Nicola, followed by a walking tour of Catania, including a visit to Piazza del Duomo and the city’s most memorable monument, the Fontana dell’Elefante (Elephant Fountain). 
• Return to Taormina. 
• Lunch and Dinner on your own. Overnight Taormina. (B)

• Open buffet breakfast.
• Morning excursion towards the most imposing of all European volcanoes, Mount Etna. Mount Etna sits above two tectonic plates that divide juxtaposing continents: the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It's the tallest active volcano in Europe reaching almost 11,000 feet into the sky and is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Ironically, some of the most beautiful places in the world sit within its deadly reach.
• Return to Taormina for tour of the city to include Greek Theatre, Church of St. Pancrazio, shrine of Madonna della Rocca where we celebrate Mass (TBC), upper town.
• Lunch and Dinner on your own. Overnight Taormina. (B)

• Open buffet breakfast.
• Check out of hotel to begin journey to Sciacca. 
• Lunch with wine tasting at vineyard. 
• Stop in Agrigento, one of the most popular tourist resorts in Sicily, and an internationally celebrated archaeological, architectural and artistic center to visit the famous Valley of the Temples, including the largest Doric temple in the world, the Temple of Jupiter. Conclude the day at the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Catena with Mass (TBC), then on to Sciacca.
• Check into guest houses/hotels (no portage available, some van transport available).
• Dinner on your own. Overnight Sciacca. (B, L)

Proposed Hotels:

Hotel Aliai

Via Gaie di Garaffe, 60

92019 Sciacca

La Paloma Blanca Hotel

Via Figuli, 5

92019 Sciacca

B&B Fazio

Via Conzo, 9

92019 Sciacca

• Continental breakfast.
• Visit the church of San Calogero on the top of Mt Kronio; celebrate Mass. 
• Ricotta farm tour, Sambuca di Sicilia, Azienda Agricola Fratelli Palmero (TBC), including light lunch. 
• Return to Sciacca for some free time. 
• Welcome Home to Sciacca  Dinner, including wine. 
• Overnight Sciacca. (B,D)

• Continental breakfast.
• Join morning Mass at Chiesa Madre, Basilica Madonna del Soccorso.
• Join in Eucharistic Procession, Renewal of the Vow, and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. 
• Time to return to Chiesa Madre for evening Solemn Vespers. 
• Lunch and dinner on your own.
• Overnight Sciacca. (B)

• Continental breakfast.
• Join morning Mass at Basilica of Madonna del Soccorso. 
• Walking tour of Sciacca with Msgr. Marine, including San Michaele. 
• Join the dressing of the Madonna at Basilica and participate in procession. 
• Lunch and Dinner on your own.
• Overnight Sciacca. (B, L)

• Continental breakfast.
• Check out and depart for Monreale.
• Visit the hill-top town of Monreale, renowned for its Arab-flavored cathedral, blending Byzantine, Arab, Jewish, Gothic, and Norman traditions, heritage, and art. Tour the cathedral's interior of glittering, golden mosaics as well as the story-telling columns of the cloister; Mass at Cathedral (TBC).
• Precede to Palermo, Sicily’s main port, nestled in the middle of a wide bay. At one time, it was the favored haunt of writers, poets and artists, seduced by its esoteric beauty. Palermo manages to hang on to its essential fascination, drawing its personality from the peoples who have populated its streets over the ages –Byzantine, Arab, Norman and others –who have left their indelible mark not only in the form of a rich artistic heritage but in the very vital rhythm of life in the city.
• Lunch on your own. 
• Welcome to Palermo Dinner, including wine, at hotel. 
• Overnight Palermo. (B,D)

Proposed Hotel:

Central Palace Hotel Federico II

Via Principe di Granatelli, 60

90139 Palermo

• Open buffet breakfast at hotel.
• Visit the Cathedral and the Royal Palace (Palazzo dei Normanni) with the Palatine Chapel, considered one of the best monuments of Norman art in the Sicilian capital. Visit to Mount Pellegrino (Pilgrims’ Mountain) and Saint Rosalie Shrine. Mount Pellegrino offers a panoramic view of Palermo and the Sea but it is most famous for the Sanctuary of Saint Rosalie. This medieval Saint sought a hermit’s life on Mount Pellegrino and many miracles were attributed to her. Here we celebrate Mass (TBC)..
• Free afternoon. Return to our hotel.
• Lunch and Dinner on your own. Overnight Palermo. (B)

• Open buffet breakfast at hotel.
• Checkout from hotel and transfer to airport for flight to Rome.
• Proposed flight:
  • AZ1778 05FEB PMOFCO 610A 720A 05FEB 
• Arrival in Rome celebrating the Jubilee Year of Grace 2025.
• Mass upon arrival at St Paul Basilica Outside the Walls marking the martyrdom place of St Paul.; walk through the Holy Door (TBC).
• Drive by Colosseum, Forum, Palatine Hill.
• Time permitting, visit to St. John Lateran to pass through the Holy Door for Jubilee Year 2025.
• Check into your hotel. 
• Dinner on your own. Overnight Rome. (B)

Proposed Hotel:

Starhotels Metropole

Via Principe Amedeo, 3

00185 Roma

• Open buffet breakfast.
• Morning Mass at St. Peter Basilica (TBC), and tour.
• Tour of Vatican Museum and Sistine chapel, including "skip the line" entrance). 
• Afternoon tour of Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Piazza Navona.
• Farewell Dinner, including wine. 
• Overnight Rome. (B,D)

• Open buffet breakfast.
• Transfer to airport for return flight to JFK International Airport, USA. 
• Proposed flight:
  • AZ 608 07FEB FCOJFK 1025A 225P 07FEB 
• Upon arrival in USA, transportation available from JFK Airport to St. Bede and/or Epiphany.

This is an active itinerary that requires about 15,000 steps walking each day, sometimes on uneven surfaces, including stairs. Begin to prepare through a daily walking program. 

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