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Paris with Lourdes & Lisieux |
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Lourdes (World Centre Of
Pilgrimage) |
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QUE SOY ERA IMMACULADA
COUNCEPCIOU
"I AM THE IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION" |
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Lisieux (Therese Of The Child
Jesus) |
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I will let
fall from Heaven a Shower of Roses."
When Suffering is sweet
St Therese of Lisieux |
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Weekly |
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DAY 01 |
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Depart
USA .meals , drinks and in-flight entertainment included |
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DAY 02 |
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Arrive
Paris , welcome to city of lights by Global Gate Vacations,
transfer to your hotel , remainder of the day is at leisure
to enjoy fabulous city with its grand avenues and boulevards
and eternal monuments |
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DAY 03 |
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After
breakfast , enjoy an optional full day sightseeing in Paris ,
cathedral of Notre Dame, place de la concorde , champs-elysees
, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower , free time at landmarks at
Opera area , ending our tour by a panoramic city tour by
cruise (bateau mouche) on the
Seine
river, Invalides (tomb of Napoleon) . Tonight perhaps enjoy
a cabaret show at Lido De Paris or Moulin Rouge (B) |
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DAY 04 |
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After
breakfast , (optional) overday in Lisieux Most people, however, come to
Lisieux as a place of pilgrimage based around the cult of St
Thérèse, the most popular French spiritual figure of the
last hundred years. Passivity, self-effacement and a
self-denial that verged on masochism were her trademarks,
and she is honoured by the gaudy and gigantic Basilique de
Ste-Thérèse, completed in 1954 on a slope to the southwest
of the town centre. The huge modern mosaics that decorate
the nave are undeniably impressive, but the overall
impression is of a quasi-medieval hagiography. The faithful
can ride on a white, flag-bedecked fairground train around
the holiest sites, which include the infinitely restrained
and sober Cathédrale St-Pierre. Return to Paris.Overnight at
hotel |
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DAY 05 |
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After
breakfast , early departure to Lourdes by TGV (high speed
train) .Arrival inLourdes .Check-in your hotel. Evening
Dinner at your hotel , then at 8.45 p.m. attend the
processions (be there 15 m. earlier) near the Grotto where
the various pilgrimages meet under their banners next to the
Gave (duration one hour) |
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DAY 06 |
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After
breakfast , full day pilgrimage starting with THE WAY OF THE
CROSS , laid on the mountain , it measures 1530m. it is
possible to take THE WAY OF THE CROSS accompanied by a
priest who preaches along the way (meeting at 8.30 a.m.
every day at the Crowned virgin) , enjoy the Baths (are to
the right of the Grotto) , THE 17 Baths were cut into the
rock in 1954 where hundreds of people take a dip every day.
Lunch & Dinner included for more activities and pilgrimage
related matters , please refer to our reservation
department for details,brochures,informations ... and
special events in Lourdes |
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DAY 07 |
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After
breakfast , visit the Rosary Basilica, Upper Basilica or
(Basilica of the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION) Departure to Paris
by TGV .Arrival , check-in to hotel.Overnight |
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DAY 08 |
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After
breakfast , transfer by Global Gate Vacations to airport for
homebound flight arrives the same day |
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TOUR
FEATURES |
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Scheduled transatlantic flight (round trip from and to NYC)
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(for supplements from other us gateways, please refer to our
reservation department) |
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Accommodation at hotels (meals as per itinerary) |
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Accommodation in Lourdes on full board basis |
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T
G V (high speed train) Paris/Lourdes/Paris |
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Arrival and departure transfer in Paris |
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Included sightseeing as per itinerary |
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Professional tour directors to escort you |
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NOT
INCLUDED |
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Transfers in Lourdes |
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Optional tours and tipping |
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Transfer from hotel to station and v.v. in (Paris) |
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Airport taxes and september 11th security fees |
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2012 . Paris with Lourdes & Lisieux
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STARTS |
ENDS |
land
only |
air &
land |
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FEB 24 |
MAY 19 |
855 |
1355 |
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MAY 26 |
JUN 30 |
995 |
1595 |
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JUL 07 |
SEP 01 |
955 |
1655 |
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SEP 08 |
NOV 03 |
995 |
1595 |
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You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at
the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty,
but at the love with which we do them.
-Saint
Therese of Lisieux |
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The pilgrimage
of Lourdes is founded on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to
a poor, fourteen-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubiroux. The first
apparition occurred 11 February, 1858. There were eighteen in all;
the last took place 16 July, of the same year. Bernadette often
fell into an ecstasy. The mysterious vision she saw in the hollow
of the rock Massabielle was that of a young and beautiful lady.
"Lovelier than I have ever seen" said the child. But the girl was
the only one who saw the vision, although sometimes many stood
there with her. Now and then the apparition spoke to the seer who
also was the only one who heard the voice. Thus, she one day told
her to drink of a mysterious fountain, in the grotto itself, the
existence of which was unknown, and of which there was no sign,
but which immediately gushed forth. On another occasion the
apparition bade Bernadette go and tell the priests she wished a
chapel to be built on the spot and processions to be made to the
grotto. At first the clergy were incredulous. It was only four
years later, in 1862, that the bishop of the diocese declared the
faithful "justified in believing the reality of the apparition". A
basilica was built upon the rock of Massabielle by M. Peyramale,
the parish priest. In 1873 the great "national" French pilgrimages
were inaugurated. Three years later the basilica was consecrated
and the statue solemnly crowned. In 1883 the foundation stone of
another church was laid, as the first was no longer large enough.
It was built at the foot of the basilica and was consecrated in
1901 and called the Church of the Rosary. Pope Leo XIII authorized
a special office and a Mass, in commemoration of the apparition,
and in 1907 Pius X extended the observance of this feast to the
entire Church; it is now observed on 11 February.
(If you have
been here before, hit your REFRESH key....)
St. Therese
of Lisieux was "the Little Queen" to her father. She was a
determined young woman who defied convention to speak to the
Pope in order to enter the Carmelite convention where her
beloved sisters were. Her "little way" paved the way to
sainthood.
by St.
Therese of Lisieux
It has come
to this, that I can no longer suffer because all suffering is
sweet. Besides, it is a mistake to worry as to what trouble may
be in store; it is like meddling with God's work. We who run in
the way of love must never allow ourselves to be disturbed by
anything.
If I did not
simply suffer from one moment to another, it would be impossible
for me to be patient; but I look only at the present moment
forget the past; and I take good care not to forestall the
future. When we yield to discouragement or despair it is usually
because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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