Our Lady of Guadalupe

Join us on Mater Dei's most spiritually impacting and inspirational Marian Pilgrimage visiting fascinating places where we learn about the early stages of our faith in the Americas. See the places where evil was conquered under the mantle of the Blessed Virgin Mary!  Experience the gorgeous colonial city of Puebla. Hike the largest pyramid in the world in Cholula.  Visit the amazing St. Michael’s Miracle and Our Lady of Ocotlán where you'll hear about astounding testaments of faith.  Experience all the beautiful and cultural places of the new world’s largest city, Mexico City, including the home of St. Juan Diego, the remains of Blessed Miguel Pro, Ancient Teotihuacán, the canals of Xochimilco, the churches of Coyoacán, and of course, visit twice the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. See the only true picture of Our Lady that is Divinely created! 

SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR: Roman Catholic Priest (TBA)

TOUR DIRECTOR: Juan Landa, Mater Dei's President, plus Jesús, our driver, & Guillermo, our Mexican representative and official guide.

Airport Departure from: Chicago, O'Hare Airport (Included)

(Independent air arrangements from other cities may be available for an additional cost)

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Join us to see Our Lady of Guadalupe and so much more!!

For US Citizens, only a valid US Passport is required to enter Mexico!

Our Lady of Knock & Medjugorje

Join Fr. Brian Dulli, from the Diocese of Madison, WI, and Juan Landa from Mater Dei Tours, on this wonderful Marian Pilgrimage to Ireland and Bosnia & Herzegovina, with an emphasis on Prayer for Peace and Healing. We will travel to the gorgeous and historic Emerald Isle to visit Drogheda (to pray before the relics of St. Oliver Plunket), Hill of Slane (to pray at the place where the 1st Paschal Fire was ever lit by St. Patrick), Monasterboyce (home to some of the best kept and largest Celtic Crosses), Knock's Marian Shrine (to pray at the spot where The Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John appeared along with the Lamb of God, right above an Altar), Tobernalt's Mass Rock (to attend Mass where the Irish attended Mass, hiding from the harsh persecutions of Catholics during the Penal Times), Croaghpatrick (to make a symbolic climb of this mountain, while praying the rosary), and Dublin filled with Irish history and culture! In Herzegovina, witness the beauty of Kravica Falls.   The main purpose of our Marian Pilgrimage is to have an unforgettable spiritual retreat at Medjugorje, in Bosnia & Herzegovina, with an emphasis on Prayer for Peace and Healing. Visit St. James Parish Church, home to many spiritual events as well as some of the reported apparitions. We will climb Apparition Mountain, site of the first ever apparition in Medjugorje, Blue Cross (site of subsequent apparitions), Cross Mountain and many other sites associated with Medjugorje. We stay at the peaceful and humble pilgrim accommodations served  by Mirjana (and her family), one of the visionaries of Medjugorje.  

Chaplain: Fr. Brian Dulli, Diocese of Madison

Director: Juan Landa, from Mater Dei ®

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Poland & Lithuania

Lands of Mercy, Lands of Saints, Lands of Mary!

Departure city: Minneapolis/St. Paul. Other cities may be available at a possible add-on cost.

Join us on this amazing Divine Mercy pilgrimage following the lives of great Saints like Saint John Paul II, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Faustina Kowalska, Blessed Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko, and many others.

Immerse yourself in the story of the Divine Mercy by visiting Vilnius, Lithuania, to witness the original Painting of Divine Mercy!  Also in Lithuania visit the site of the Apparition of Our Lady of Siluva and the famous Hill of Crosses and the famous icon of Our Lady, Gate of the Dawn!  Continue the Divine Mercy Saga in Poland by visiting the Birthplace of St. Faustina and also her Baptismal Church. Pray at the place where she first saw Jesus of the Divine Mercy!  Pray a Chaplet where she entered the Convent in Warsaw, and also at the Divine Mercy Shrine (site of the Tomb of St. Faustina).  Pray before the original Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Jasna Gora!  Visit Wadowice, the birthplace of Saint John Paul II!  Visit Auschwitz & Birkenau, the former nazi concentration camps (place where St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross were martyred).  Learn about the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe at the City of the Immaculata in Niepokalanow.  Visit the unique Salt Mines of Wieliczka with its underground Church.  See for yourself why John Paul II loved his Tatra Mountains by visiting Poland's Zakopane* area. Tours of Warsaw and Krakow are also included and so much more!

Chaplain: Fr. Michael Skluzacek, Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis.

Tour Director: Dennis Gaetano, from True Catholic Pilgrimages

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The most complete Divine Mercy pilgrimage!