Leonine Forum Invites you on Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe

ITINERARY

Day 1:  Thursday, January 14 - Depart USA | | Mexico City

Depart for Mexico City on independently scheduled flights. (Once your registration is completed, you will be sent a directive for purchasing airfare.) Upon arrival, meet your local tour manager and transfer to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe to celebrate opening Mass. Then transfer to the hotel for check in followed by a welcome dinner. Overnight in Mexico City.

Day 2: Friday, January 15 - Shrine of Guadalupe | Metropolitan Cathedral

This morning return to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the most celebrated Marian apparition site in the world. Tour the basilica and the surrounding areas including the Old Guadalupe Shrine and learn the story of Juan Diego and the miraculous story of conversion, healing, and the lasting sign of Our Lady’s fidelity to the Mexican people. Celebrate Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. After Group lunch, visit the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, the oldest and largest Cathedral in the Americas. The Cathedral is considered the focus of Mexican cultural heritage and remains the seat of the Archdiocese. It has many spectacular chapels as well as the Crypt of the Archbishops, where every Archbishop of Mexico City has been buried, including Archbishop Juan de Zumarraga. He was the first Archbishop of Mexico City, and the person to whom the Virgin Mary asked Juan Diego to reveal his Tilma, after her miraculous apparition in 1531. In the city center we will also visit the beautiful Church of Nuestra Senora del Pilar and La Profesa Church. Dinner and overnight in Mexico City.

Day 3: Saturday, January 16 - Bl. Miguel Pro | Shrine of Our Lady

We will begin our day with a visit to the Church of the Holy Family. Celebrate Mass at the Church of the Holy Family and venerate the remains of Blessed Miguel Pro, martyr of the persecution of the Church in the 1920s. Walk through the small museum dedicated to the life and martyrdom of Blessed Miguel Pro and learn the history of this inspiring saint who defended the Catholic Faith in Mexico. Opportunity to hear a lecture by Fr. Humberto Pro, the great nephew of Bl. Miguel Pro. (pending confirmation) Enjoy a group lunch and we will return to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe for rosary walk and visit to Tepeyac Hill. Dinner and overnight in Mexico City.

Day 4: Sunday, January 17 - Sisters of Mary GirlsTown

Enjoy breakfast, then depart for Girlstown and witness the ‘fruits’ of Our Lady’s evangelization in Mexico. Celebrate Mass with the students of Girlstown and the Sisters of Mary. Tour their campus to understand how lives are being transformed as you spend time playing and interacting with the girls. Simple group lunch on Campus. Return to Mexico City for Farewell Dinner and final night.

Day 5: Monday, January 18 - Departure

This morning return to Our Lady of Guadalupe for closing Mass and farewell to Our Lady before departing for the Mexico International Airport for your return flights home. Arrange return flights to depart after 2PM.

Itinerary is tentative and subject to change