Ars-sur-Formans • Lourdes • Paris
- 11 Days - THIS PRICE INCLUDES AIRFARE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.
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- Flights from anywhere in the United States and flights between countries as per your itinerary. (all necessary flights on your trip are included)
- Daily Mass will be scheduled.
- Airport Taxes, Security Fees & Fuel Surcharges Saving you an average of $400-$600!
- Transfers as per itinerary.
- 4 or 5 star hotels in downtown areas.
- Transportation with luxury bus.
- All breakfasts, lunches in Ars Days 2-6, and all dinners. Wine included with all dinners.
- All tips to driver, hotel, and tour guide. If you feel that the tour guide did a great job, offering them extra tips is greatly appreciated.
- Guided Tours and Tour Fees ~ Our tour guides are very caring, licensed, and well educated. Many of our guides have their PhD's.
- Luggage handling (1 suitcase and 1 carry-on per person)
- Single Supplement (as long as the passengers is willing to room with someone and allows us to provide them with a roommate. If the passenger wants a guaranteed room to of their own, then they have to pay the $900 single supplement)
- Remember: Our trips are not more expensive during high season ~ Passengers will never be expected to pay extra for anything while on the trip ~ We always wait for passengers and never leave anyone behind.
- Lunch not included in Lourdes or Paris (included in Ars only).
- Call us (855) 842-8001 or register online with a credit card and pay your $500 deposit per person to save your spot. The $500 deposit is part of the total price of the trip.
- A $1,000 Additional Deposit (AD) per person is due one month from the registration. The AD is paid ONLY in the form of Check (personal, money order, or bank check).
- The balance is due 4 months before the trip departure date. The balance is paid ONLY in the form of Check (personal, money order, or bank check).
Proximo Travel
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Auburn, MA 01501
Day 1: Departure from USA to Lyons or Geneva.
Day 2: Arrival in Ars and the beginning of our retreat with Fr. Brett Brannen. Retreat Theme: May God Who Has Begun This Good Work in You Bring it to Fulfillment! Description: These words, from the Rite of Ordination, describe the reality that ordination is not emancipation from formation. A priest is always striving to grow into the child of God and the priest of God that he is called to be. Working himself to the bone for others, a priest can allow things to get out of balance and to neglect to work on himself. “The only success recognized by God is Christ-likeness.” (Pope St. John Paul II). Dinner and overnight in Ars.
Day 3: Ars retreat (2 Conferences a day and daily Mass). Dinner and overnight in Ars.
Day 4: Ars retreat (2 Conferences a day and daily Mass). Dinner and overnight in Ars.
Day 5: Ars retreat (2 Conferences a day and daily Mass). Dinner and overnight in Ars.
Day 6: Ars retreat (2 Conferences a day and daily Mass). Dinner and overnight in Ars.
Day 7: Fly to Lourdes. Check-in Hotel. Free afternoon in the beautiful Shrine of Lourdes located in the Pyrenees Mountains. Overnight in Lourdes.
Day 8: Lourdes for the whole day. Mass in Lourdes. This pilgrimage was designed for those who would like to spend more time in Lourdes, to pray and reflect. You will have time to pray with your fellow pilgrims and pilgrims from around the world, to attend Mass at the Grotto, watch a video presentation telling the story of Lourdes, and walk in the footsteps of St. Bernadette. Dinner and overnight in Lourdes.
Day 9: Fly to Paris. Arrival in Paris and enjoy some free time in Paris. Dinner and overnight in Paris.
Day 10: Free time in Paris. Dinner and overnight in Paris.
Day 11: Return home from Paris.
IMPORTANT NOTE about Fr Brett: Fr. Brett Brannen was ordained a priest in 1991 for the Diocese of Savannah, where he served as vocation director (10 years) and as a pastor of five different parishes. From 2005- 2011, he was the vice-rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD. Fr. Brannen has preached numerous retreats for priests, as well as retreats for vocation candidates and seminarians. He has also preached many parish missions. He teaches at the Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha and with The Theology of the Body Institute (TOB and the Identity of the Diocesan Priest). He is the author of “To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood” (2010) and “A Priest in the Family: A Guide for Parents Whose Sons are Considering Priesthood” (2014). Fr. Brannen is currently the pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Savannah, Ga.Please note: We do our best to ensure that all sites listed in this itinerary will be seen. However, due to scheduling conflicts, or other circumstances beyond our control, sites may be visited on a different day than listed. If this happens it will also necessitate a change in the restaurant for dinner. However, we will never sacrifice the quality of the meal, all restaurants will meet Proximo Travel's very high standards. Since we have several different trip configurations touring at the same time, it is likely that groups on different tours will be combined when their itineraries overlap in certain areas.
