During the Jubilee Year in Rome, you will pass through the 4 Holy Doors located in the 4 major Basilicas.
Visit Jesuit Residence · Church of the Gesu · Trevi · Santa Maria Sopra Minerva · Piazza Navona · Saint Peter’s Basilica · Vatican Museums · Basilica of Saint Mary Major · Basilica of St. John Lateran · Holy Stairs (Scala Santa) · Papal Blessing · Catacombs · Saint Paul Outside the Walls · Colosseum · Saint Peter in Chains
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Visit Jesuit Residence · Church of the Gesu · Trevi · Santa Maria Sopra Minerva · Piazza Navona · Saint Peter’s Basilica · Vatican Museums · Basilica of Saint Mary Major · Basilica of St. John Lateran · Holy Stairs (Scala Santa) · Papal Blessing · Catacombs · Saint Paul Outside the Walls · Colosseum · Saint Peter in Chains
The USA East Jesuits Office of Advancement is happy to invite you to join us to visit Rome during the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025! This pilgrimage will bring together a group of Ignatian pilgrims who in various ways support our province. Our stay in Rome will allow us to visit the four Major Basilicas: St. Peter’s, St. Mary Major, the Lateran Cathedral, and St. Paul Outside the Walls. Also, we will visit and celebrate Mass in places significant to us Jesuits, and in the life of our Holy Founder, St. Ignatius Loyola. There will be special graces and blessings for all in Rome during the Jubilee Year. Our trip will afford us a unique opportunity to pray together, dine together, and to experience the beauty of the Eternal City. There will also be ample time for personal visits to the many other sites, churches, monuments, and museums. Indeed, the Holy Doors will be flung open wide for us to receive God’s love and grace during this Jubilee Year of Hope!
Fr. Phil Florio, SJ, Director of Engagement and Pastoral Care
Your trip includes
- Round-trip airfare from your desired Airport
- Prepaid seat assignments
- Airport Taxes and Fuel Surcharges
- Hotel accommodations: (or similar) in double occupancy
- ~ 6 nights: Oct 15 - 21: Twentyone Hotel, Rome, Italy
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- Base Price: 2 Travellers in 1 Room: Queen or King Bed or 2 Twin beds
- Optional - Additional Cost:
- ◦ Solo Traveler: No Roomate
- ◦ Triple Room: Upon Request
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- Breakfast and Dinner daily
- Wine and mineral water with dinners
- Transfers as per itinerary
- Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach
- Whisper headsets
- Assistance of a professional local Guide
- Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
- Mass daily & Spiritual activities
- Luggage handling (1 piece per person)
- Flight bag & PDF digital confirmation of all travel documents
Not Included
- Lunches, beverages not mentioned, Tips to your guide & driver.
Itinerary
Day 1 | Tuesday, October 14: Depart for Rome
• Make your way to your local airport to board your overnight flight(s).
• Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.
Day 2 | Wednesday, October 15: Arrive in Rome, Mass with Father Provincial at the Jesuit Curia
• Check into Hotel
• Morning Mass at the Jesuit Curia
• Walk to St. Peter’s Square
• Borgo Pio – Shops, light lunch on the street, Gelato
• Return to Hotel – Rest
• Evening Prayer – Preparation for the next day
• Welcome dinner and restful overnight
Day 3 | Thursday, October 16: Mass in the rooms of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Church of the Gesu, Church of St. Ignatius, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, Basilica Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
• Morning Mass at the Rooms of St. Ignatius Loyola/Church of the Gesu (arranged by the priest)
• See frescoes by Andrea Pozzo, depicting scenes from the life of St. Ignatius and key moments in the early history of the Society of Jesus in Hallway
• Church of the Gesu
- ✓Tomb of St. Ignatius Loyola
- ✓Altar of St. Francis Xavier’s Relics
- ✓Chapel of Madonna Della Strada which houses the venerated image of Our Lady of the Way, an important Marian devotion for the Jesuits.
- ✓Tomb of Servant of God Pedro Arrupe, a former Superior General of Jesuits
• Church of San Ignazio Tombs of St. Robert Bellarmine, St. John Berchmans, St. Aloysius Gonzaga
• Lunch in Piazza
• Pantheon and Trevi Fountain
• Santa Maria Sopra Minerva and Tomb of St. Catherine of Sienna
• Piazza Navona and the artists’ area
• Return to Hotel – Rest
• Evening Prayer
• Dinner and evening free
Day 4 | Friday, October 17: Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Scavi Tour (pending confirmation)
• Morning Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica (priest will make request)
• St. Peter’s Basilica
- ✓ Visit The Pieta
- ✓ Visit of Tombs of the Popes, the Tomb of St. Peter
- ✓ Visit the tombs of Sts. Simon and Jude, St. John Paul II, St. Paul VI, St. John XXIII, St. Pius X
• Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel
• Lunch on the Borgo Pio near St Peter’s Basilica
• Free afternoon
• Evening Prayer – Preparation for the next day
• Dinner and overnight
Day 5 | Saturday, October 18: Mass at Saint Mary Major Basilica, Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Vatican Museums, Basilica of Saint Giovanni in Laterano, Scala Santa
• St. Mary Major Basilica
• Morning Mass at St. Mary Major Basilica (1st Mass of St. Ignatius)
• Lunch in Borgo Pio or at Polese’s Restaurant
• St John Lateran Basilica
• Santa Scala (Holy Steps) set of 28 marble steps believed to be the steps Jesus climbed when he appeared before Pontius Pilate
• Rest Evening Prayer – Preparation for the next day
• Dinner and restful overnight
Day 6 | Sunday, October 19: Mass at San Andrea Dell Frate, Papal Blessing, Catacombs & Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
• Morning Mass at San Andrea della Fratte Church – Side Altar of Our Lady of the Miracle
• Papal Angelus in St. Peter’s Square by Pope
• Lunch on your own near the Vatican
• Catacombs
• Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
• Evening Prayer – Preparation for the next day
• Dinner and Free time
Day 7 | Monday, October 20: Mass in the Catacombs of Saint Sebastian, Ancient Rome Tour (Colosseum, Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains)
• Breakfast
• Coliseum and Circus Maximus
• Morning Mass in the Catacombs of St. Sebastian
• Lunch
• Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains
• Reminder of the afternoon is free
• Evening Prayer and Sharing of Graces
• Preparation for Departure
• Special Farewell dinner near the hotel
Day 8 | Tuesday, October 21: Hotel – Rome Airport – USA
• Following breakfast, transfer to Airport
• Wheels off and flight back to USA
*206 Tours Disclaimer:
Though every effort will be made to follow the itinerary, it should be considered as an indication, rather than a contract of places to be visited. Occasionally local religious holidays, national days, weather, traffic conditions and other events may necessitate changes in the sequence of visits or the missing of certain visits.
Would you like to arrive earlier or stay later?
Let us know at the time of registration if you would like to arrive earlier, or stay later, than the scheduled tour dates, and pending availability, we will change your airline reservations accordingly, additional fees may apply. Pre- and/or post-stays at the hotel will cost an additional fee. These options should be available to you when registering online, or simply contact us: sales@206tours.com
