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Black Madonna of Loreto
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Our Lady of Guadalupe-detail |
Day 1: Settle into hotel next to the Basilica de Guadalupe and pay a first visit to Our Lady.
Day 2: Explore every corner of Tepeyac, Her sacred hill in Mexico City.
Day 3: See Mexico City.
Day 4: Visit the pyramids of Teotihuacan.
Day 5: Go to Tepotzlan, one hour South of Mexico City.
Day 6: Visit the local pyramid and the church of St. Mary Magdalene.
Day 7: Celebrate Mardi Gras.
Day 8: Join the annual Ash Wednesday pilgrimage of the people of Tepoztlan to Chalma, a miraculous place holy to Christians and native shamans alike. Thousands will walk and pray together all day.
Day 9: Return to Mexico City
Day 10: Return home or hit the beach.
Dates: February 2008,
exact dates to be arranged
Price: about $ 1,200.
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FRANCE
: Mary Magdalene and
B lack Madonnas
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Left: a French fantasy: Mary Magdalene,
the hermitess, dressed only in her hair
Right: her cave made into a church and monastery
Right: her cave made into a church and monastery
Day 1: Leave the
U.S.
Day
2: Arrive in Toulon , Provence ;
wash away your jet
lag in the Mediterranean
Sea ; check into our convent in
Sainte B aume
for two nights.
Day
3: Beautiful, easy 40 minute hike to the
cave-church where
Mary Magdalene is said to have lived the last
30 years of her life. Another 40 minute
hike to the top of the cliff, where a chapel marks
the place where
angels used to feed Mary.
Day
4: Visit the
B asilica of Mary Magdalene in
St. Maximin,
where presumably her scull and sarcophagus are
kept. Short stop in Aix-en-Provence
to see the B
lack Madonna.
Spend the night in the beautiful city of
Arles , sporting
everything from a Roman colosseum to a Christian
cloister.
Day 5: Visit the
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St. Sara la Kali
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Day 6:
B eautiful but fairly long (5
hours) drive to
Lourdes ,
in the Pyrenees .
Here the Virgin Mary,
Queen of Heaven, is honored with nightly
candle light processions
by thousands of her devotees.
Day 7:
B athe in the miraculous spring
that Our Lady had
St. B ernadette
uncover by digging in the dirt. Some say
this was symbolic for how we have to dig
through the dirt
of our subconscious in order to uncover the
miraculous well of the divine that dwells
in each
soul.
Day 8: Long
6 hour drive to Le Puy en Velay in the
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the Fever Stone of Le
Puy
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Day 10: See a couple of
B lack Madonnas between Le Puy
and
Clermont-Ferrand , especially
Our Lady of the Sacred Spring, whose waters are
said to heal depression and
apathy. Hotel in
Clermont-Ferrand
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Day 11: Visit the
B lack
Madonnas of
Clermont-Ferrand ,
Riom, and Thuret. Check into the seminary
in Chartres for two nights.
Day 12: Visit the
magic cathedral, built by the
Templars, and housing three
B lack Madonnas, the veil of
the Virgin, the world famous labyrinth,
and countless other
treasures.
Day 13 and 14: Check
into our seminary in Paris . Visit
the
Church of
Mary Magdalene , the
apparition site
of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal,
B lack Madonnas, the
Louvre.... You'll be free to roam.
Day 15: Return home.
Dates: July 19th
- August 2nd, 2008
Price:
About 2,500.- including air fare, if you
share a room
with one person. Staying at convents and 2 star hotels
keeps the price down.
Day 12: Visit the magic cathedral, built by the Templars, and housing three
Day 13 and 14: Check into our seminary in
Day 15: Return home.
Dates: July 19th - August 2nd, 2008
Price: About 2,500.- including air fare, if you share a room with one person. Staying at convents and 2 star hotels keeps the price down.
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