UPDATE: A few spaces are available as of SEPT 29, 2025

Embarking on this Special Jubilee Year Catholic Pilgrimage through the revered sites of Rome,  Orvieto, Assisi, Siena, Florence, and the picturesque landscapes of Tuscany is a spiritual journey that weaves together history, faith, and art.

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IMPORTANT NOTE:  

-A LIMITED NUMBER OF SPACES ARE STILL AVAILABLE

-JUBILEE YEAR 2025 PILGRIMAGES HAVE BEEN SELLING OUT BEFORE THE FIRST DUE DATE

-SPACE FOR THIS PILGRIMAGE IS VERY LIMITED

HEART OF ITALY JUBILEE PILGRIMAGE: ROME-ASSISI-FLORENCE-TUSCANY

Including: Orvieto, Siena, Florence, Chianti -Tuscany Region

11 days / 10 nights (including 1 night on plane)

Spiritual director
Father Alexander Diaz
Pastor, Queen of Apostles Catholic Church

Diocese of Arlington, VA

• Roundtrip Airfare: Lufthansa Airlines

• Departure: Washington Dulles-Rome, Italy
  Connecting through Frankfurt, Germany

• Return: Florence, Italy-Washington Dulles
  Connecting through Munich, Germany

• All airport taxes, fees and fuel charges

• Private Motor Coach Transportation per itinerary

• First & Classic-Historic Accommodations in a double occupancy with private bath

• 4 Nights Rome, Italy

• 2 Nights Assisi, Italy

• 3 Nights Florence, Italy

• Meals: Breakfast + Dinner or Lunch each day

• Wine Tastings

• All entrance fees as per program

• Spiritual Direction, Prayer by Father Diaz

• Daily Mass / Rosary

• Catholic, english speaking tour guides and JMJ Tours staff

• Luggage Tags, Badges and Trip Booklet

Pass through the Holy Door of all 4 Major Basilicas in Rome for the Jubilee Year 2025

• Rome’s Major Basilicas (St. Peter's. St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran, St Paul Outside the Walls)

• Historic Ancient Rome

• Vatican Museum (Sistine Chapel)

• Orvieto (Duomo, Eucharistic Miracle)

• Assisi (St. Francis and St. Clare)

• Siena (St. Catherine)

• Florence (Santa Croce)

• Wine Tasting-Tuscany /Chianti Region

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NOV 30  

• Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle (Feast)
   
• First Sunday of Advent
   
• Meet at Washington, Dulles

Meet at Dulles airport: 2:30 PM for distribution of trip envelopes and Father Diaz pilgrimage prayer & blessing prayer.

• Departure
  Lufthansa Flight LH 419, 5:50 PM
  via Frankfurt for Rome, Italy
• Arrival
  Dec 1 - 12:40 PM

• Arrival 12:40 PM Rome.
• We will depart from the airport aboard our private motor coach
• Visit to Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls
• Visit to the Catacombs St. Calista
• On arrival into the Eternal City (Rome) we will take a brief panoramic bus tour of the city including Capitoline Hill, Circus Maximus, Coliseum, Roman Forum, Piazza Venezia
• Check into our hotel
• Afternoon Mass TBA
• Dinner
• Free evening

• Early AM Holy Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica (Subject to approval)
• Return to hotel for Breakfast
• Depart by bus for St. Mary Major, Basilica John Lateran
• Brief lunch on your own. Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
• Return to hotel
• Dinner
• Free evening

  Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest

• Box breakfast
• Walk
• Depart very early AM for Papal Audience (Subject to Papal Schedule)
• St. Peter’s Square
• Meet after for Pranzone (Lunch)
• Walking Tour of Old Rome / and notable churches including Church of the Gesù, Pantheon, Santa Maria Minerva, St Ignatius, Chiesa Nuova and more)
• Holy Mass TBA
• Dinner and Evening on your own

Feast of Saint John Damascene, Priest & Doctor of the Church

• Breakfast
• Early morning Mass TBA followed by tour
• Visit /Tour Vatican Museum / Sistine Chapel
• Free afternoon
• Meet at hotel TBA for Farewell Dinner
• Free evening

• Breakfast/Check-out. 8:30 AM Departure for Orvieto
• We will visit the beautiful Duomo housing the Corpus of the 13th century Eucharistic miracle (Orvieto is a beautiful city built on a mountain of volcanic rock. Also famous for Orvieto wine)
• Lunch in Orvieto. Departure for Assisi
• There we will visit the sites made famous by its two best-known citizens, St. Francis and St. Clare, including the tombs of these famous Saints, the Monastery of St. Damian and the convent founded by St. Clare. Check-in for our two night stay
• Dinner
• Free evening

 Memorial of Saint Nicholas, Bishop

• Breakfast
• Morning Mass TBA
• Walk Assisi. 
• Church of Mary Major. We will visit Blessed Carlo Acutis 
• Free time in Assisi
• Evening walk and dinner
• Free evening

 Second Sunday of Advent

• Breakfast
• Morning Mass TBA
• Walk Assisi followed by Departure to Siena
• Church of St. Dominic, we will visit relics of St. Catherine of Siena 
• Lunch in Siena
• We will continue our journey traveling through the beautiful Tuscany Region finally arriving in the capital city of Florence
• Check into our hotel
• Evening walk and dinner
• Free evening

 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Holy Day of Obligation) 

• Breakfast
• Walking Tour
• MASS- TBA We will take a guided walking tour of this great city including the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Franciscan church of the Holy Cross (Santa Croce), where Dante, Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli are buried, the Piazza Signora and Ponte Vecchio
• Lunch on your own
• FREE TIME all afternoon to explore Florence on your own shopping, museums etc.
• Dinner
• Free evening

 Memorial of Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin 

• Breakfast
• Mass TBA
• Depart to visit Basilica San Miniato al Monte for an amazing view of Florence
• Depart by bus for the Tuscany-Chianti region
• Lunch wine tasting
• (Half Day) Farewell Dinner

• Breakfast
• Free time
• 9:30 AM Depart from Hotel to FLR Airport 
• Air Dolomiti Flight EN8195 1:05 PM From Florence to Munich. 
• Layover 2.25 Hrs 
• Depart Lufthansa Flight #LH0414 1-4:45 PM Arrive Washington, Dulles 8:05 PM