TRIP SUMMARY:
Nearly five centuries ago, not long after the Spaniards first arrived in Mexico, a young Indian, Juan Diego, first saw the apparition of Our Lady who instructed him to have the bishop build a temple on the site and left an image of herself miraculously imprinted on his tilma, a cactus-cloth covering which should have deteriorated in 20 years. The highlight of our pilgrimage is the visit to the site of the temple, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and see for ourselves the miraculous tilma of Juan Diego. This pilgrimage usually is for five days and four nights.
TRIP DETAILS:
-$1189 Per Person (plus airport tax)
-5 Days / 4 Days
-Rev. Jerome Rasano (Pastor)
-St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS:
BASILICA, OUR LADY OF GUADALUPESAINT JUAN DIEGO, TEPEYAC HILL AND CUAUTILAN
METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL
TOMB OF BLESSED MIGUEL PRO
PYRAMIDS OF TEOTIHUACAN
MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA
ABOUT THE PILGRIMAGE:
CELEBRATE MASS AT THE BASILICA
John Paul II celebrating Solemn Mass at the Basilica in 1999. Altogether 24 popes have officially honored Our Lady of Guadalupe.
His Holiness John Paul II visited her Sanctuary three times: on his first apostolic trip outside Rome as Pope in 1979, and again in 1990 and 1999.
VISIT THE BASILICA
The present church was constructed on the site of an earlier 16th-century church that was finished in 1709(the Old Basilica). The New Basilica was built nearby; the original image of the Virgin of Guadalupe is now housed in his New Basilica, making her Mexico City home the most popular Marian shrine in the world, and the most visited Catholic church in the world to St. Peter's in Rome.
DISCOVER THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY
An incredible list of miracles, cures and interventions are attributed to her. During the 1999 visit Pope John Paul II entrusted the cause of life to her loving protection, and placed under her motherly care the innocent lives of children, especially those who are in danger of not being born.
FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF SAINT JUAN DIEGO
Our Lady called him "Juanito Juan Dieguito","the most humble of my sons","my son the least","my little dear."
Pope John Paul II praised Juan Diego for his simple faith nourished by catechesis and pictured him (who said to the Blessed Virgin Mary: "I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf") as a model of humility for all of us.
FEAST DAY
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on December 12th. In 1999 Pope John Paul II, in his homily from the Solemn Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, during his third visit to the sanctuary, declared the date of December the 12th as a Liturgical Holy Day for the whole continent.
VISIT OLD MEXICO CITY
Located at the heart of the Americas, Mexico City has been a center of life and commerce for over 2,000 years. Teotihuacans, Totecs, Aztecs, and European conquistators have all contributed to the city's fascinating evolution, art, and religeous heritage.
The world famous Museo Nacional de Antropologia demonstrates the mysterious remains of Mexico's pre-Columbian civilization.
