DAY 1: Origin Airport – Lyon – Paray le Monial
Meet at the origin airport to catch our flight to Lyon. Upon arrival, we will transfer to Lyon for lunch. In the afternoon, we will have the opportunity to take a stroll through the city. At the designated time, we will transfer to Paray le Monial. Accommodation at our hotel. Dinner. Night in Paray le Monial.
DAYS 2 and 3: Paray Le Monial
Paray le Monial is the place where the apparitions and the plans for the spread in the church of the figure of the Sacred Heart revealed to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque took place, under the guidance of the Jesuit Saint Claude de la Colombier.
These two days will be dedicated to spiritually benefiting from this place of prayer.
In addition to the presence of several contemplative communities, visitors and pilgrims can pray in different places:
- the Chapel of the Apparitions where Saint Margaret Mary rests.
- the Chapel of Colombiere: contains replicas of Saint Claude de la Colombiere.
- the Basilica of the Sacred Heart where John Paul II prayed as a pilgrim in 1986.
- the Chapel of Our Lady of Romay; former pilgrimage site of Mary.
- the Chapel of San Juan built by the Pilgrimage Directorate above the new acigoda space (at the entrance of Parc des Chapellains, behind the Basilica).
We will celebrate Holy Mass each day in addition to exploring the city and participating in prayer moments and liturgical events as determined.
Full board. Night in Paray le Monial.
DAY 4: Paray le Monial – Ars – Lyon Airport – Origin Airport
After breakfast, we will transfer to Cluny, where one can admire the few remains of the great Cluny monastery, which at one time had around a thousand monks and governed over two hundred priories throughout Europe, with great spiritual, cultural, economic, and political influence, fostering the Cluniac movement that changed the face of many European monasteries. Then, we will continue to Ars, where Saint John Vianney, the holy Cure of Ars, dedicated his life to the parishioners, with a particular devotion to the Sacrament of Penance. Lunch. At the designated time, we will transfer to Lyon Airport to catch our flight to our origin airport. Arrival. End of the trip and our services.
