Ever imagined a journey to one of the important religious place, venerating a relic while enjoying the splendor of a very spectacular place often mentioned in the Bible during the ancient times? Do you have the charisma and the passion for arranging religious pilgrimage to the world’s most remarkable places of worship in your parish or organization? Then St. Michael’s National Travel Ministry is waiting for you!
The Saint Michael National Travel Ministry Program is another avenue of St. Michael’s expression of commitment as it promotes more intimate experiences of faith and fellowship to Catholic to better encourage them to help their parish grow.
Join now the Saint Michael National Travel Ministry! Discover how to deepen your parishioners or members knowledge and awareness of the Catholic faith, culture, and history through the travel ministry.
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With St. Michael National Travel Ministry, your passion for facilitating pilgrimages, vacations, trips and other forms of travel for your parish or organization will come a long way. You will not only get to rub elbows with the top religious travel experts and visit key religious destination, above all you will immerse into the richness of our Catholic faith as you experience heaven on earth through the pilgrimage travels.
Interested to discover Ireland’s history? Then share your zeal to parishes and individuals for an 11-day tour on the Irish Faith and History. Assist pilgrims and explore Our Lady of Lourdes Church, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and Oscar Wilde’s Trinity College, Knock Shrine, Church of the Apparition, Folk Museum, Croagh Patrick Visitor Centre, Kylemore Abbey, Aran Heritage Centre and Burren Centre. Also explore dairy farm country in the center of the “Emerald Isle”, enjoy an excursion to Inishmore, relish a panoramic drive around “Ring of Kerry” and a horse-drawn car ride through national park, drop by the world famous crystal factory in Waterford, and see Ireland’s oldest handweaving mill at Avoca.
If you wish you could also facilitate parishes and individuals for an eight-day tour of the Legacy of Pope Paul II. Let pilgrims experience first hand the Pope’s hometown, his favorite boyhood shrine, his favorite Marian devotion site, the city and cathedral in which he served as cardinal, and much more. Part of the pilgrimage is a visit to Cathedral of St. John, Warsaw Ghetto, Franciscan Friary, Shrine and the famous Black Madonna, Martyrdom Museum, St. Maximilian Kolbe’s cell, Wawel Castle, St. Mary’s Church, and Shrine of Divine Mercy.
You can also opt to volunteer for the 11-day tour to Lourdes and Shrines of France and and aid pilgrims explore Notre Dame Cathedral, Basilica of Sacre Coeur, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Shrine, St. Vincent de Paul Shrine, St. Peter’s Cathedral, Carmelite Convent, Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, St. John Vianney Shrine, and Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Also glimpse at the family home of St. Therese, St. Bernadette’s and St. John Vianney. You may also bathe in the healing waters, attend the “Blessing of the Sick,” or join the evening’s rosary and candlelight procession in Lourdes.
You could also share your fervor for the Classic Shrines of Italy 10-day tour and facilitate the parishes and individuals in experiencing the best of Italy’s famous shrines and cities on this pilgrimage. Help them discover the history, culture and architecture of Christian faith from Rome, San Giovanni Rotondo to Assisi. Part of the journey are stops to St. Paul Outside the Walls, the Catacombs, St. John Lateran Basilica, the Holy Stairs, St. Mary Major Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Square and Basilica, the Colosseum, Roman Forum. Also visit the Benedictine Abbey, Padre Pio’s friary, Holy House of Loreto, St. Mary of the Angels Basilica and the Portiuncula. Also indulge in the sights and sounds of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi’s hometown.
Allotting some of your time for volunteer works at travel ministry will come a long way especially for the Grand Catholic Italy. You can assist pilgrims on a majestic travel from Rome to Venice and visit the Holy Stairs, St. John Lateran Basilica, St. Paul outside the Walls, St. Mary Major Basilica, the Catacombs, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Square and Basilica, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. Also visit Benedictine monasteries, Padre Pio’s friary, Shrine of Monte Sant’Angelo, Holy House of Loreto, St. Anthony’s Basilica, and St. Mark’s Square.
Your participation to the travel ministry will not only enrich you but it will quench you and your parish with the most intimate encounter with the roots of our Catholic faith.