Saints john & Bernard | sept 26-Oct 7, 2025
Rome + san giovanni +lanciano + Assisi

Saints John & Bernard in Benton Harbor, MI is offering an Italian pilgrimage. of a lifetime. This pilgrimage will be September 26-October 7, 2025. We will visit all of the major sites and off the beaten path gems of Rome and Assisi as well as the home of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo and the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano. Join us on this beautiful journey of faith.

Contacts

To register, visit ciaoromatravel.com/register

For more information, contact PJ Anderson of Ciao Roma Travel:
PJ Anderson | info@ciaoromatravel.com | 219-616-2029

Itinerary

DAY 1 | Depart Chicago for Roma

DAY 2 | Arrive in Rome, Private bus to hotel, Drop bags at Hotel, First glimpse of St. Peter's, Lunch, Pantheon, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, San Luigi dei Francesi, Sant’Agostino, Piazza Navona, Rest at Hotel, Vatican Museums After Hours, Dinner

DAY 3 | Sunday Morning Mass at St. Peter's, Angelus with Pope Leo XIV, Lunch at Polese, St. Paul Outside the Walls, Dinner

DAY 4 | Mass at St. John Lateran, Scala Santa, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Aventine Hill, Lunch, Colosseum, Roman Forum, Free Afternoon, Dinner

DAY 5 | Private Mass at St. Peter's, Visit Dome & St. Peter's Basilica, Lunch in St. Peter's Square, Scavi Tour, Dinner

DAY 6 | Papal Audience in St. Peter's Square, FREE TIME, St. Mary Major, Santa Prassede, Dinner

DAY 7 | Private Bus to Padre Pio’s home of San Giovanni Rotondo, Mass at the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano, Visit Padre Pio Museum & Chapels

DAY 8 | Mass in San Giovanni Rotondo, Lunch, Private Bus to Assisi, Santa Maria degli Angeli, Check into Assisi Hotel, Dinner

DAY 9 | Mass and Visit San Francesco, Santa Chiara, Chiesa Nuova, Lunch, San Damiano, St. Francis' Hermitage, FREE TIME, Dinner

DAY 10 | Sunday Morning Mass at San Francesco, FREE DAY in Assisi, Dinner

DAY 11 | Free morning, Lunch, Private Bus to Orvieto, Visit Orvieto, Dinner, Private bus to Hilton Rome Airport

DAY 12 | Depart for US! Ciao Roma!

WHAT'S INCLUDED

  • 12 Days of Travel

  • Roundtrip airfare from Chicago

  • Private Coach bus to and from Rome Airport

  • 5 Nights hotel in Rome close to St. Peter's

  • Private coach bus from Rome-San Giovanni Rotondo-Lanciano-Assisi-Rome

  • 1 nights hotel in San Giovanni Rotondo

  • 3 nights hotel in Assisi

  • 1 night hotel in Roma Airport Hotel

  • ALL meals (almost), breakfast lunch and dinner. Meals include tips. Meals include wine, water, soda. 1 bottle of wine per 4 people. Additional can be purchased at your own expense. 2-3 lunches will be on your own. All dinners and breakfasts are included

  • ALL site fees (Vatican Museums, Scavi Tour, Dome of St. Peter's, Colosseum, Roman Forum, St. Francis' Hermitage and more)

  • Rome bus passes for Subways/Buses