Pilgrimages

Poland, Prague, Vienna
Fr. Rick Stansberry will serve as the spiritual director for a pilgrimage tour of Poland, Prague and Vienna, featuring time in Warsaw, Czestochowa, Wadowice and Krakow with an optional extension to Medjugorje. The tour will be July 28 - Aug. 7. The cost is $3,723 pp., which includes airfare from Oklahoma City on Delta. The spiritual director will receive no compensation of fees. Brochures and more information are available by contacting Mariam Daly (405) 596-7086 or Best Catholic Pilgrimages (800) 908-2378 or info@religious-travel.com.

Pilgrimage to Greece, Turkey
Fr. Joe Arledge will lead an 11-day pilgrimage to Greece and Turkey Sept. 10-20. The itinerary includes two nights in Istanbul, one night each in Kavala, Thessaloniki, Kalambaka and Delphi, and four nights in Athens. An optional three-day cruise to Mykonos, Patmos, Crete, Santorini is planned. Visit to Ephesus included. Cost $3,500 pp. Deposit $450 pp with final payment due by June 6. Package includes roundtrip air from all major east coast and Midwest cities, daily breakfast and dinners, First Class hotels, air-conditioned motor coach and English-speaking guide. Early booking discount. For more information and brochure, contact John Tagnesi at (888) 544-4461, jtag1964@verizon.net.

Pilgrimage to Boston 
Join Fr. Stephen Bird Sept. 12-16 on a pilgrimage to Boston with roundtrip air transportation from OKC on Southwest. Accommodations at the historic Omni Parker Hotel. Includes visits (with admission) to many religious and historical sites, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and a cruise on Boston Harbor. Daily breakfast and three dinners included. Cost $1,900 pp dbl. occ., single $2,675. Deposit $700 due now to reserve space. Call Mary Fahy for more information and registration forms at (405) 721-5651, Ext. 158. Sponsored by the Secretariat for Divine Worship of the archdiocese.

Pilgrimage to EWTN Studios
Join Dcn. Larry Sousa and Fr. Christopher Brashears on a pilgrimage to EWTN Studios Sept. 23-28, 2019. Includes Subiaco, Little Rock, Memphis, Mississippi River Dinner Cruise, Ave Maria Grotto, Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament, EWTN Studios, and a live taping of EWTN Live! and more. Daily Mass, five breakfasts, four lunches and five dinners, lodging, luxury motorcoach, and all admissions. $200 deposit. Call (405) 293-2003 or visit www.travelovertures.com.

“Faith, Food and Fast Cars” pilgrimage
Abbot Lawrence Stasyszen, O.S.B., presents Faith, Food and Fast Cars in the Heart of Italy. During the 12 days, Sept. 21-Oct. 2, the group will tour the Lamborghini Museum in Bologna, take a cooking class, tour various wine vineyards, agri-food parks and cheese factories, tour the Ferrari Museum in Modena as well as touring locations throughout Italy. E-mail Abbot Lawrence at abbot@monksok.org.
 
Pilgrimage to the shrines of Italy
Sponsored by St. Ann Retirement Center. Join Very Rev. Boniface Copelin, O.S. B., and Richard Amend with St. Ann on a pilgrimage to the shrines of Italy Oct. 29 – Nov. 8. $3,500 pp, includes airfare from OKC, four-star hotels, 15 meals and more. Sites include Rome, Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, San Gilovanni Rotondo, tomb of Padre Pio, Abbey of Santissima Trinita, Madonna del Rosario Sanctuary, Vatican City, papal audience, St. Peter’s Basilica, Christian Rome city tour, St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. Mary Major, St. John in Laterna and more. Special travel presentation will be 7 p.m. Jan. 28 at St. Ann, 7501 W. Britton Rd. Contact Richard Amend at (405) 721-0747 or mkt@saintannretirementcenter.com.
 
Frs. Janocha and Grover to lead pilgrimage to England and Scotland
Fr. Carl William Janocha and Fr. Daniel Grover will lead a pilgrimage to highlights of England and Scotland, Nov. 5-15. The trip is $3,549 pp, including airfare from OKC, four-star hotels, most meals and more. Sites include Stonehenge, Salisbury, Bristol, Bath, Stratford, Lake District, Edinburgh, York, Oxford and London. A $400 deposit is required. Contact Fr. Carl Janocha at (580) 395-2148, cwjanocha@kanokla.net for brochure and more information.

Holy Land pilgrimage
Join Fr. Jim Goins and Dcn. Zachary Boazman on a Holy Land pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan Jan. 13-25, 2020. Includes roundtrip air from OKC, daily Mass, all breakfasts and dinners, and two lunches; four-star lodging, and all admissions. Includes Petra, Jerash, Amman, Dead Sea, Mt. Nebo, Capernaum, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Cana, Jerusalem, Jericho, Mt. of Temptation, Qumran, Tiberias, Magdala, Sea of Galilee, and much more. $500 deposit. This trip is halfway filled. Call (405) 293-2003 or visit www.travelovertures.com.

Oberammergau Pilgrimage
Join Fr. Scott Boeckman on a pilgrimage May 23-31, 2020 to experience the dramatic and inspiring Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany. It has been presented every 10 years since the mid-1660s in thanksgiving for being spared the ravishes of the plague. The pilgrimage includes visits to Lucerne and Engelberg, Switzerland; the fairy tale Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany; Salzburg, Austria, and Munich, Germany.  Visit www.travelillume.com/trc/ttv for more information and to register. Contact Judi Wilkinson at (405)  751-7115, Ext 115 or jwilkinson@steugenes.org.

Pilgrimage to Berlin, Prague and Austria
Fr. Carl William Janocha and Fr. Daniel Grover will lead a pilgrimage to Berlin, Prague and Austria; also featuring the Passion Play of Oberammergau, Sept. 21- Oct. 2, 2020. The trip is $4,599 pp, including airfare from OKC, four-star hotels, most meals and more. Sites include Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Cesky Krumlov, Salzburg, Munich; Oberammergau featuring the Passion Play produced only every 10 years, and Frankfurt. Opportunities to visit Berlin Cathedral, remains of Berlin Wall, old town in Prague, birth place of Mozart, and fairytale Neuschwanstein Castle. Contact Fr. Carl Janocha at (580) 395-2148, cwjanocha@kanokla.net.
 
Passion Play trip to Oberammergau
Join Fr. Ray Ackerman, St. John in Edmond, on an 11-day classical Austria and Germany trip May 19, 2020, including first class admission to the Passion Play of Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps for the 387 ^th performance. Call (405) 340-0691, Ext. 109. Tour arrangements by Nawas International Travel. Roundtrip airfare from OKC to/return Frankfurt.
 
Pilgrimage to Eastern Europe
Right Rev. Lawrence Stasyszen, O.S. B., K.C.H.S. will host the Splendors of Eastern Europe pilgrimage featuring the Passion Play of Oberammergau May 13-24, 2020. Visit Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Salzburg, Oberammergau and Munich. Cost $4,329 pp from OKC, includes roundtrip airfare, first class/select hotels, hotels/guesthouses in Oberammergau, first class admission tickets for the Passion Play, most meals and comprehensive sightseeing with an English-speaking guide. For a brochure and more information, contact Abbott Lawrence or Theresa Bragg at (405) 878-5490, abbot@monksok.org, tabragg@monksok.org.