Experience the Marian Shrines of Portugal, Spain& France
Significant Feast Days
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10-Day Itinerary
Day 1 Depart your city for Portugal
Day 2 Begin your pilgrimage with a panoramic tour of Lisbon, visit the Church of St. Anthony of Padua, travel to Fatima
Day 3 Attend Mass at the "Church of the Holy Miracle" in Santarém, take a guided tour of Fatima and the neighboring village of Aljustrel,
participate in the evening candlelight procession
Day 4 Take a day trip to Coimbra, visit the Carmelite Convent where Sister Lucia lived, pray before the tomb of St. Elizabeth of Portugal at
the Monastery of St. Clare, spend free time in Fatima
Day 5 Travel to Spain, visit St Teresa's tomb and pray before her relics and those of St. John of the Cross
Day 6 Travel to Zaragoza and visit the Cathedral of Burgos along the way, pray before Our Lady of the Pillar
Day 7 Travel to Lourdes, celebrate mass in the Sanctuary, participate in the evening candlelight procession
Day 8 Take a guided walk through the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, pray the Stations of the Cross, visit the grotto and healing baths
Day 9 Travel to Montserrat, visit Our Lady in the monastery, take a driving tour of Barcelona and visit the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia
Day 10 Depart Barcelona for your city
Mass will be celebrated daily within the itinerary.
Specific locations and events within the daily itinerary are subject to change depending on actual travel dates.
Day 2 Begin your pilgrimage with a panoramic tour of Lisbon, visit the Church of St. Anthony of Padua, travel to Fatima
Day 3 Attend Mass at the "Church of the Holy Miracle" in Santarém, take a guided tour of Fatima and the neighboring village of Aljustrel,
participate in the evening candlelight procession
Day 4 Take a day trip to Coimbra, visit the Carmelite Convent where Sister Lucia lived, pray before the tomb of St. Elizabeth of Portugal at
the Monastery of St. Clare, spend free time in Fatima
Day 5 Travel to Spain, visit St Teresa's tomb and pray before her relics and those of St. John of the Cross
Day 6 Travel to Zaragoza and visit the Cathedral of Burgos along the way, pray before Our Lady of the Pillar
Day 7 Travel to Lourdes, celebrate mass in the Sanctuary, participate in the evening candlelight procession
Day 8 Take a guided walk through the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, pray the Stations of the Cross, visit the grotto and healing baths
Day 9 Travel to Montserrat, visit Our Lady in the monastery, take a driving tour of Barcelona and visit the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia
Day 10 Depart Barcelona for your city
Mass will be celebrated daily within the itinerary.
Specific locations and events within the daily itinerary are subject to change depending on actual travel dates.
About Marian Shrines
The Church of St. Anthony of Lisbon is built over the birthplace of the well-known patron saint of lost things. While he may be known as St. Anthony of Padua by most Catholics, in Lisbon he is affectionately called by the name of his hometown. The crypt marks the location of St. Anthony's birth and contains his relics. Pope St. John Paul II prayed here during his visit to Portugal in 1982.
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The Church of St. Stephen in Santarem, now often called the Sanctuary of the Most Holy (or Eucharistic) Miracle is home to a Eucharistic Miracle dating back to the 13th century. Pilgrims can venerate the relic of the Sacred Host enthroned above the main altar of the Church. Blessed Carlo Acutis visited this site when he was compiling his list of Eucharistic Miracles around the world.
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The Sanctuary of Fatima is Portugal's most important Marian site. It stands at the location of the Cova da Iria where the shepherd children of Fatima were pasturing their sheep when Our Lady appeared to them. The exact location of the apparitions is marked by the Chapel of Apparitions, and two basilicas border the cova on either end. Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto and Sister Lucia are buried inside the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary.
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Aljustrel, a small town on the outskirts of Fatima, is the hometown of the three shepherd children of Fatima. Here, pilgrims can visit the homes of the children, the Parish church of Fatima where they were baptized, Arneiro's Well and Loca do Anjo where the Angel appeared, and participate in the stations of the cross culminating at the Hungarian Calvary in Valinhos.
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The Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova in Coimbra was built in 1696 to house the Poor Clares whose old convent near the river was constantly flooded. A statue of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, known as St. Isabel in Portuguese, stands near the entrance, and her incorrupt body is housed in a silver tomb inside the monastery. This Portuguese saint is the great-niece of another famous Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
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Convento de la Encarnacion, also known as the Convent of the Incarnation in Avila, was founded in 1515 by the Carmelite nuns. St. Teresa of Jesus (aka St. Teresa of Avila) entered the order and spent 29 years of her life here. A chapel was built over St. Teresa’s cell in 1630. Relics of St. John of the Cross are also housed here.
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The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza is dedicated to the first Marian apparition. It was here that Mary appeared to the Apostle James before her Assumption into heaven and encouraged him to continuing spreading the faith throughout modern day Spain. Our lady of the Pillar is the patroness of Spain, and of all Hispanic peoples.
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The Triple Basilicas of Lourdes were built on the site where the Virgin Mary appeared to a young peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous in February 1858. During the last apparition Mary asked Bernadette to drink from the spring, which was seen as dirt at the time, and that a chapel be built on the ground near the spring. A spring came up at the exact spot where Bernadette had washed herself in the dirt and since then, the waters have been known to miraculously heal people. Every evening a rosary procession takes place in front of the basilica, in multiple languages.
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The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat is a Benedictine Monastery and Church that dates back to the 11th century. It is home to the Statue of Our Lady of Montserrat, possibly Spain’s most fervent devotion to the Blessed Mother.
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The Basilica of the Holy Family, or Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. It was designed by the famed architect Antoni Gaudí and has been in construction for over 140 years.
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