Depart on flight LX41 at 7:20 PM to Zurich.

Arrive in Zurich at 3:20 PM. Then, transfer on flight LX1732 at 5:50PM to Rome. Upon arrival at Rome airport at 7:25 PM, our tour manager and driver will greet us. We will transfer to the hotel for a late dinner and check-in.

In the early morning, we will gather at St. Peter’s Square to join thousands of pilgrims for the Wednesday Papal Audience. Afterward, we will drive to the city center and visit Navona Square, allowing time for lunch. Next, we will enjoy a guided walking tour to see the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain, where tradition holds that tossing a coin ensures a return to Rome. We will then head to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, enter our first Holy Door, and visit the Basilica, where the great Apostle Paul is buried. We will celebrate Mass before returning to our hotel for dinner and overnight accommodations.

After breakfast, we will enter the second Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the oldest and most significant shrines dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will then proceed to the Holy Stairs and complete the Jubilee by entering the third Holy Door at the Basilica of St. John in Lateran. Following lunch, we will visit the Vatican Museums, where we will see the magnificent Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel. We will celebrate the Jubilee Procession and enter the fourth Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica. Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at the hotel.

We will depart Rome after breakfast, traveling towards San Giovanni Rotondo with a stop in Pietrelcina to visit the birthplace of San Padre Pio and celebrate Mass. Afterward, we will continue to San Giovanni Rotondo, check in at our hotel, and enjoy dinner.

This morning, we will celebrate Mass at the Church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie. We will then visit significant locations associated with Padre Pio, including his tomb, cell, the old church where he received the stigmata, and his confessional. Following this, we will visit the Grotto of St. Michael the Archangel and celebrate Mass before returning to the hotel for dinner and overnight accommodations.

After breakfast, we will head to Lanciano, the site of an Eucharistic miracle and a pilgrimage destination. We will celebrate Mass before continuing to Loreto to visit the Holy House of Nazareth inside the Marian Shrines. Our journey will then take us to Assisi, where we will check-in, and enjoy dinner and overnight accommodations.

Following an early breakfast, we will visit the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, located at the foot of the hill of Assisi, where we will see the shrine of the Porziuncola. After a break for independent lunch, we will visit the Basilica of St. Clare and view her remains and the miraculous Crucifix. We will also visit the Sanctuary of Espoliazione to see the body of Blessed Carlo Acutis, who Pope Francis will canonize during the Jubilee year. Our day will conclude at the Basilica of St. Francis, where we will admire the monumental frescoes by Giotto depicting scenes from the saint’s life, as well as visit the crypt housing St. Francis’ tomb. Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at the hotel.

After breakfast, we will check out and drive to Cascia to visit the monastery where Santa Rita lived and see her incorrupt body inside the Basilica. We will celebrate Mass before continuing to Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the popes since the 17th century. Though we will not have time to visit the gardens, we will enjoy leisure time in the village before a farewell dinner at our hotel with a beautiful view over the lake.

We will transfer to the airport. Depart on flight LX1727 at 9:40 AM to Zurich, arriving at 11:20 AM. Then, transfer on flight LX40 at 1:20 PM to Los Angeles, arriving at 4:30 PM.