Queen of Peace - Medjugorje Pilgrimage with Fr Andrew Grace – Harvest Journeys Catholic Pilgrimages

Queen of Peace – Medjugorje Pilgrimage with Fr Andrew Grace

A Marian Pilgrimage to Rome, Dubrovnik and Medjugorje accompanied by Fr Andrew Grace

Since June 1981 Our Lady has said to be appearing on a daily basis to six village children, giving countless messages to them. Healings, miracles and conversions – these have been occurring for so long. Endless streams of pilgrims over the years have come to receive these graces and return to their homelands renewed.

Fr Andrew Grace

Highlights

Mary Medjugorje

Medjugorje (7 nights). Optional Pre-Tour Extension to Rome (4 nights)

  • 8 Days / 7 Nights
  • 14 - 21 October 2023
  • With Fr Andrew Grace
  • Daily Mass
  • 4 Night Pre-Tour Rome Extension

Itinerary

DAY 1SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER 2023 - ARRIVE MEDJUGORJE

On arrival into Dubrovnik we are transferred to Medjugorje. 

We travel across the border into Bosnia-Herzegovina and onto the village of Medjugorje. Prepare for a most extraordinary encounter of grace and peace for the next eight days. Here we will be welcomed by a local family in private lodgings (all rooms with ensuite). Home cooked dinners and breakfasts will be served daily from your residence.

Medjugorje overnight (BD)

DAY 2 – 7SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER TO FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER - THE MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGE (BD DAILY)

“I have come to tell the world that God exists … that peace is necessary for the salvation of the world. Mankind must be reconciled with God and with one another”. These words came as a soothing balm to a troubled world and were first spoken by Our Lady to six village children in June 1981. Since then, a legacy of remarkable events has turned Medjugorje into one of the world’s most acclaimed pilgrimage places. For more than 30 years up until the present day Our Lady has been appearing on a daily basis to give countless messages to the children. Some of these messages are private, some are for all people and some contain secrets that Our Lady has revealed to the children about future events of the world.

Healings, miracles, wonders and conversions – these have been occurring for so long. Endless streams of pilgrims over the years have come to receive these graces and return to their homelands renewed.

The activities here will be evenly proportioned by our guide throughout the stay to allow time for rest and personal retreat. Each evening we should be advised of the following day’s agenda, as many events in Medjugorje are spontaneous. Here are some of the highlights we hope to include:

  • Meet the Visionaries – The visionaries regularly receive groups, give explanations, pray with and answer pilgrims’ questions (subject to spontaneous availability).
  • The Hill of Apparitions – Make the journey in prayer up to this sacred site where it is reported that first apparitions took place and Our Lady first told the children ‘I have come to tell the world that God exists…that peace is necessary for the salvation of the world’.
  • Climb Mt Krizevac – The Mountain of the Cross dominates the landscape. Pray the Stations of the Cross and ascend the grace-filled path, which rises to the breathtaking summit with its commanding 30-foot cement cross built in 1933.
  • Visit the Cenacolo Community – ‘Field of Life’ is the name of the community that Sr Elvira has founded for young men who were once drug addicts. We will be touched to hear their miraculous testimonies of faith.
  • Special visionary events – Eg. Join Ivan’s prayer group during a special outdoor apparition or be present when Vicka has a special meeting at night on Mt Krizevac (subject to availability).
  • Inspiring talks – There is an enriching Franciscan talk most afternoons in English.
  • Share occasional group gatherings – Optional and led by your Priest, for voluntary sharing, prayer or group rosary.
  • Enjoy personal free time daily – All activities listed do remain optional.

EVENING CHURCH PROGRAMME (DAILY)

  • 5.00 pm The Rosary (Joyful and Sorrowful Mysteries)
  • 5.40 pm Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 6.00 pm The local’s Croatian Mass. After Mass Benediction, blessing of objects and prayers for healing.
  • 7.00 pm The Rosary (Glorious Mysteries)

DAY 8SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER - DEPART MEDJUGORJE

Today we travel to Sarajevo airport for our homebound flight connections. (B)

Meal Code: (B) = Breakfast (L) = Lunch (D) = Dinner

Pre-Tour Extension to Rome & Assisi

DAY 1TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2023 - ARRIVE ROME

Welcome to Rome. Tonight gather with your fellow pilgrims for our first group dinner in the Eternal City.

Rome overnight (D)

DAY 2WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER - ROME PILGRIMAGE

PAPAL EVENT: We will travel to St Peter’s Square this morning for a memorable Papal Audience with Pope Francis as we join pilgrims from around the world. (Subject to the Pope’s presence in Rome)

Journey out to the majestic Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls. Originally consecrated in 324, the saint’s tomb is visible now under the Papal Altar. We will celebrate a wonderful Mass here as a special tribute to the Church’s greatest evangelist. 

Continue then to the ancient Catacombs for a memorable guided tour to marvel at these underground burial tunnels for Christians and Hebrews. 

Rome overnight (BD)

DAY 3THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER - ROME PILGRIMAGE

Commence our pilgrimage with a spectacular Mass at St Peter’s Basilica before coming to the nearby Vatican Museums. Wander the spectacular chambers leading to the Sistine Chapel to view Michelangelo’s masterpieces, including the magnificent fresco of the Last Judgment. Continue through to the awe inspiring St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest church in the world for an informative exploration. Our guided tour will feature among other highlights Michelangelo’s stunning Pieta, the tomb of Pope St John Paul II, the great Confessional and the Crypt containing the tombs of several Popes. 

In the afternoon, visit the impressive St Mary Major Basilica. Onwards to the Basilica of St John in Lateran (First Papal residence) and the adjacent Holy Stairs brought from Jerusalem to Rome in 326AD by St Helena (as a favourite of pilgrims, these steps may only be ascended on the knees). 

Visit the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme with its extraordinary collection of relics from the Holy Land. 

This evening we will celebrate our final night in Rome at L’Eau Vive French Restaurant run by missionary nuns who actually sing the Ave Maria to us between courses!

Rome overnight (BD)

DAY 4FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER – ASSISI PILGRIMAGE

Drive through scenic Umbrian countryside to the pilgrimage centre of Assisi, where St Francis tended the poor and sick and founded the Franciscan Order. On arrival in this medieval hillside town we will visit the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels down on the plains where St Francis spent most of his life. Here we will see the Portiuncula (meaning ‘small portion of land’) where St. Francis returned for prayer, the thornless rose bush, and the chapel where he died in 1226. On Palm Sunday 1211, Francis received in this church Clare of Assisi and dedicated her to the Lord. 

Enjoy a guided tour through some of the town’s highlights including: the tranquil Church of San Damiano and the actual chapel where it all began when the voice of Christ spoke to Francis in the year 1205. Here too we find the first monastery of the Order of St Clare where Clare built her community in close friendship with Francis. 

Culminate up at the Hermitage (Eremo delle Carceri), an oasis of peace and tranquillity in the woods built on the site of a simple cave where St Francis often withdrew to spend many hours in prayer. The cave and the Chapel of Our Lady are preserved in the Hermitage. 

We end our tour at the Basilica of St Clare where we will proceed to the side chapel to pray before the Holy Crucifix from which God spoke to Francis “Go and repair my Church which as you see is in ruins”. Here too we can also take the stairway down to the crypt where the body of Clare, partially restored, is displayed.  

Return to Rome.

Rome overnight (BD)

DAY 5SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER – DEPART ROME FOR MEDJUGORJE

This morning, we farewell the Eternal City as we transfer to the airport for our flights to Croatia. (B)

Dates & Prices

PILGRIMAGE DETAILS
TOUR CODE PV2353
STARTS Saturday 14 October 2023
FINISHES Saturday 21 October
TOUR COST AUD $2990 (twin share) *
SINGLE ROOM AUD $950 Supplement
PREPAID TIPS AUD $112 Per Person
ROME EXTENSION
STARTS Tuesday 10 October 2023
JOINS GROUP Saturday 14 October 2023
TOUR COST AUD 2450 (twin share)*
SINGLE ROOM AUD $490 Supplement
PREPAID TIPS AUD $70 Per Person
Includes flight Rome to Dubrovnik

COMBINED ROME & MEDJUGORJE COST
TOUR COST AUD $5440 (twin share) *
SINGLE ROOM AUD $1440 Supplement

* Costs are for tour only and without international airfares. Prices may be subject to change in the event of significant exchange rate variations, hotel & service changes or minimum group size factors beyond Harvest’s control. Refer to Harvest Terms & Conditions for more details.

Inclusions

  • Based on Superior Standard 3 Star accommodation
  • 7 Dinners /7 Breakfasts on the main pilgrimage
  • 4 dinners / 4 breakfasts on the Rome pre-extension
  • Deluxe Air Conditioned Coach touring
  • Professional Local Guides
  • Sightseeing and Entrance Fees
  • Fully Escorted by Priest Chaplain
  • Porterage at hotels
  • Harvest Backpack, Pilgrim Journal and Tour Wallet

Exclusions

  • Other meals not listed
  • Passport and Visa Costs (if applicable)
  • Items of a personal nature including phone calls, laundry, beverages, etc.
  • Travel insurance - ask Harvest about its preferred Travel Insurance
  • Prepaid Tips
  • “Only heard of Medjugorje but could not imagine anything like it was!”

    Rita Davids
    Queen of Peace
Medjugorje News
vaticannews.va | 12 May 2019

Pope authorizes pilgrimages to Medjugorje

The announcement was made by the Apostolic Visitator, Henryk Hoser and the Apostolic Nuncio. Ad Interim Director Gisotti: “Attention given to favouring and promoting the fruits of good”, but this does not mean “an authentication of known events”.

Pope Francis has decided to authorize pilgrimages to Medjugorje, which can now be officially organized by dioceses and parishes and will no longer take place only in a private capacity which as has so far been the case. The announcement was made today during Mass, at the parish shrine which has become a destination for millions of pilgrims, by the Apostolic Nuncio Luigi Pezzuto in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Archbishop Henryk Hoser, the Holy See’s Special Apostolic Visitator. … read more

Medjugorje, Pilgrims
cruxnow.com | 6 Aug 2019

Vatican confirms Medjugorje approval by joining youth festival

WARSAW, Poland – Senior Vatican representatives joined the first officially approved church festival at Medjugorje, three months after Catholic pilgrimages to the site in Bosnia-Herzegovina were authorized by the pope.

“We are called to share the difficulties of our contemporaries and we have a responsibility to care for them,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, told 60,000 young people from 97 countries Aug. 5 … read more

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