Italia Bellissima

"Most Beautiful Italy"

with Bari, San Giovanni Rotondo, Monte Sant'Angelo, Lanciano, Manopello, Our Lady of Loreto, Assisi, and Rome

Join Mater Dei with Msgr. Richard Gilles, rector of the cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, in the Diocese of La Crosse, WI) on this amazing and beautiful pilgrimage to Italy visiting unforgettable places like Rome, Assisi (land of St. Francis and St. Clare), San Giovanni Rotondo (St. Padre Pio), Monte Sant'Angelo (St. Michael the Archangel), Bari (St. Nicholas) and unforgettable Lanciano (oldest Eucharistic Miracle of the Church)! Also visits to Manopello (Veronica's Veil), the beautiful areas of Abruzzo as well as the Holy House of Nazareth in Loreto and so much more!

As with all Mater Dei pilgrimages to Italy, top-notch visits of Rome and Vatican City are included!  Remember that the most amazing gift of a Plenary Indulgence is offered to those pilgrims meeting all the traditional requirements and pray at specific Franciscan Shrines (for the Jubilee Year of St. Francis) as well as any of the Patriarchal Basilicas of Rome.

CHAPLAIN: Msgr. Richard Gilles, Rector of the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, in the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin. 

TOUR DIRECTOR: Dennis Gaetano, True Catholic Pilgrimages, Mater Dei's affiliate.

DEPARTURE CITIES: Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport - Other airports may be available. Please call for possible add-on price. 

This pilgrimage registration deadline has passed! But we may still be able to get you in as land-only!

To join as land-only, send in your registration now!! 

Amazing pilgrimage to Italy during the Year of St. Francis!!

[1 bus only]