Perillo Tours Faith

DAY 1 • Depart USA Group meets at JFK for departure to Rome. DAY 2 • Assisi Morning arrival in Rome, transfer to Assisi. Visit Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli. Check into 4-star hotel. DAY 3 • Assisi Mass at San Damiano, visit Chapels and Saint Clare's nuns' rooms. Explore Basilicas of Saint Francis and Saint Clare. Free time for lunch and shopping. DAY 4 • Assisi » La Verna » Assisi Depart to La Verna, celebrate Mass. Visit La Verna Sanctuary and enjoy lunch. Return to Assisi in the late afternoon. DAY 5 • Assisi » Gubbio » Assisi Visit Gubbio and Church of Saint Francis. Enjoy Italian wine tasting. DAY 6 • Assisi » San Giovanni Rotondo Check-in at the hotel. DAY 7 • San Giovanni Rotondo Visit Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie and Chapel. Mass, English Office talk, and blessing with Padre Pio’s relics. Explore the new Church of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. DAY 8 • Padre Pio's Feast Day Visit La Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza. Celebrate Mass in Padre Pio’s hospital chapel. Tour hospital and visit St. Michael’s Cave. DAY 9 • San Giovanni Rotondo » Pietrelcina » Rome Depart to Padre Pio’s hometown, Pietrelcina. Visit SantaMaria degli Angeli,PadrePio’s family home, andchurch of his baptism. Travel to the Forgione family farm where Padre Pio received stigmata. Continue journey to Rome. DAY 10 • Papal Audience Attend Papal Audience at St. Peter's Square. Panoramic tour of Rome with a stop at the Trevi Fountain. Group dinner. DAY 11 • Rome » USA Concluding day of the tour. The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi began construction in 1228. ▶ Birthplace of Padre Pio (Day 9) Lost in the mountains of southern Italy, the small town of Pietrelcina, Italy hosts the childhood home of one of the most famous saints of the 20th century. ▶ ByGianfrancoVitolofromSarno(Sa),Italia-Pietrelcina,CCBY2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67412433 15