Encounter the beginnings of the Church in Australia as we trace sacred story lines, both ancient and new. Natural beauty abounds from the coastline to the Southern Highlands and spectacular Blue Mountains, with peaceful shrines and charming villages along the way.
Sydney • St Mary’s Cathedral • Mary Mackillop Centre • Symbio Wildlife Park • Southern Highlands (2) • Penrose Park pilgrimage • Robertson • Jamberoo Abbey • Berrima • Yass • Clonakilla Winery • St Clements Monastery Galong Retreat (2) • Young • Cowra • St Joseph’s Convent Perthville (1) • Jenolan Caves • Blue Mountains (1) • Leura.
Theme: New Beginnings
Proposed Mass: St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
Overnight: Southern Highlands (D)
Theme: Healing & Restoration
Proposed Mass: Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy, Penrose Park
Overnight: Southern Highlands (BD)
Theme: Abundance of Blessings
Proposed Mass: St Francis Xavier Church, Berrima
Overnight: St Clement’s Monastery, Galong (BD)
Theme: God’s Provision
Proposed Mass: St Clement’s Monastery Chapel, Galong
Overnight: St Clement’s Monastery, Galong (BD)
* It was a practice of the first – and remarkably mobile – Catholic bishop of Australia, John Bede Polding, on his initial visit to a town or district, to climb a neighbouring hill, erect a Cross at its peak and then bless the place from there. This happened at Galong on what is now known as Rosary Hill. Members of the Ryan family who accompanied the Bishop on this occasion suggested that the Bishop leave his beads on the tree near which they had just recited the Rosary. The tree was a she–oak which grew about 12m to the northwest of the present place on Rosary Hill. The Archbishop complied and hung the beads, a Benedictine Rosary, in towards the centre of the tree.
The Freeman‘s Journal of 1887 records “how the saintly Archbishop Polding planted a cross on the summit, recited the Rosary, and requested that Catholic visitors sometimes say the Rosary there.” Many pilgrims began to follow the Archbishop’s example and hung their rosaries on the tree as well. By 1900 the tree was covered with beads. Archbishop Polding’s rosary had broken with age due to the growth of the limb, but one or two of the decades had become embedded into the bark.
Theme: Peace & Reconciliation
Proposed Mass: St Mary’s Catholic Church, Young
Overnight: St Joseph’s Heritage Retreat Centre, Perthville (BD)
Theme: Awe & Gratitude
Proposed Mass: St Joseph’s Convent Chapel, Perthville
Overnight: Blue Mountains (BD)
Theme: Empowerment to Shine
Proposed Mass: Mt Schoenstatt Shrine, Mulgoa
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* All tour inclusions and order of daily arrangements remain subject to change due to any unforeseen circumstances, which may arise, or at the discretion of the tour leadership.
Dates
07 - 13 September 2022
Chaplain
TBA
Tour Cost
AU2990
Tour Code
GN2202
Single Room
AU960 Supplement
Air & Tour
-
Start/Finish
Sydney/Sydney
Prepaid Tips
n/a
* Prices are indicative and remain subject to possible changes in the unlikely event of significant exchange rate variations, airfare increases or minimum group size contingencies.
Inclusions
Not included
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