Our Jubilee Year Pilgrimage (Oct 12 - 23 2025)
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What is the Jubilee Year?
The Holy Father has announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year, something which happens every 25 years. The theme for Jubilee 2025 is “PILGRIMS OF HOPE,” and it will be a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis. "Jubilee” is the name given to a particular year. A time to re-establish a proper relationship with God, with one another, and with all of creation. Letter of the Holy Father Pope Francis for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation for the Jubilee 2025. (Read here) -------------------------------------------------------
PILGRIMAGE BROCHURE --> click here <-- ------------------------------------------------------- The price for Toronto departure is CA$5490 per passenger, based on double occupancy, including:
-taxes & tips -airfare -4*hotel accommodation -interior cabin accommodation on the cruise ship -breakfasts & dinners -entrance fees with English speaking guide per itinerary -local transportation by coach Not included: -single supplement $1400 (to have a single room in hotels and on cruise) -lunches (we will be on the way most of days) -insurance & documentation -drinks at dinners Discount of $100 per person if payments done by non credit card method. Booking Information
To reserve a seat and avail the early booking discount a deposit of $500 per passenger at the time of booking is required. Second deposit payment of $1000 is due before May 31, 2025. May 31st 2025 is also the registration deadline. Final payment is required before June 28, 2025. * The land(&cruise) only package is CA$4290 per person. Our Tour Operator:
QS Travel & Tours Inc. 3055 Dundas St. West, Unit 4 Mississauga, ON L5L 3R8, Canada Tel: 905 412 2242 (O) Fax: 905-4120144 
Voyager of the Seas (more information)
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Blessed Sacrament Jubilee Year Pilgrimage.
Oct 11 (2025) Depart Toronto for Athens Oct 12 Upon arrival in Athens, visit the ancient city of Corinth, where St. Paul spent almost two years evangelizing and working with the tent makers Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:1-18). Disheartened by the state of the Gentile Church in Corinth, St. Paul was prompted to write four letters while here. We will visit the Bema of St. Paul Roman Forum Museum and see where St. Paul was put on trial by Gallio. Mass. Dinner and overnight in Athens. Oct 13 After breakfast, we visit the Acropolis, the Parthenon, Erectheum and view Athens Mars Hill where St. Paul once stood. Mass. We continue to the House of Parliament, the Tomb of the Uknown Soldier, Olympic Stadium, and Presidential Palace. Later in the afternoon, we embark the Royal Caribbean Cruise -- Voyager of the Seas. Dinner and overnight on the cruise. Oct 14 First stop is Mykonos, the jewel of the Cyclades Islands. This charming, mountainous island is known for its hundreds of tiny chapels, white-washed buildings and beautiful windmills. Free day to enjoy the island, and stroll winding streets filled with shops and cafes. Dinner and overnight on cruise. Oct 15 Morning we arrive in Kusadasi in Turkey. We visit the Forum, the Odeon, the Library of Celsus, the thermal baths of Scolastica and the Great Theater of Antiquity. We also visit the House of Mary. Mass. Return to our ship for dinner and overnight. Oct 16 Morning the cruise ship arrives in Santorini. We visit the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, located in Fira, as well as the Church of the Dormition, the Three Bells of Fira. Celebrate Mass. Dinner and overnight on the cruise. Oct 17 Full day cruising at sea. Oct 18 Morning we arrive Messina, Sicily. Upon arrival, we visit Basilica Santuario Sant'Antonio and Duomo di Messina. Mass. Some free time in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight on cruise. Oct 19 Morning we arrive Naples. We will have a guided city tour in Naples that takes us to Chiesa del Gesù Nuovo, Naples Cathedral, the Sansevero Chapel, and Basilica Reale Pontificia San Francesco de Paola. In the afternoon, some free time for shopping at Galleria Umberto l in Naples. Dinner and overnight on the cruise. Oct 20 Early in the morning, the ship arrives in Civitavecchia, Italy. After disembarkation, travel to Rome for our sightseeing tour of Eternal City, including Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and St John in Lateran, Forum Romanum and Colosseum, Circus Maximus, the Pantheon. Some free time by the famous Trevi Fountain. Mass. Dinner and overnight in Rome. Oct 21 This morning, we visit the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling paintings of the Last Judgment. Guided tour of St. Peter's Basilica. Later afternoon, visit and mass at St. Paul’s Outside the Walls. Dinner and overnight in Rome. Oct 22 After breakfast at your hotel, early this morning, attend the weekly Papal audience at the Vatican City to receive the blessing given by the Pope. After papal audience, enjoy some free time in Vatican. In the afternoon, visit the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, another of the seven pilgrimage churches of the Jubilee and where you celebrate Mass. Dinner and overnight in Rome. Oct 23 Early morning transfer to airport in Rome for our flight back to Toronto. * Days in Rome are marked red
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