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Including Tepeyac Hill, Zocalo Plaza, Teotihuacan, Puebla, Our Lady of Ocotlan and more.
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Day 1 - USA / MEXICO
We depart the USA and arrive in Mexico City and are met by our Pilgrimage Tours' tour director who will remain with us until the end of our tour. We celebrate Mass at the Sacred Heart Church near our hotel. We arrive at our hotel, the Hotel Krystal Rosa, in Mexico City for dinner and overnight. |
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Day 2 - OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE / TEPEYAC HILL
After breakfast, we depart for Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. After Mass we tour the grounds and visit the museum that houses a collection of paintings and colonial religious art by pilgrims in thanks for miracles. We ascend Tepeyac Hill, the place of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Juan Diego in 1531, and visit the Capilla del Cerrito. Following the stairs down, we view Tepeyac Garden and its statues symbolizing the union of the Aztec people and the Spanish Christian mission. A stop at the chapel of the Indians completes the tour. We'll also see a number of historical sights during the driving portion of our tour. Dinner and overnight in Mexico City. |
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Day 3 - ZOCALO PLAZA / TEOTIHUACAN / PYRAMID OF THE SUN AND MOON
Our day of pilgrimage begins with a visit to the historical archaeological center of Zocalo Plaza where we visit the National Palace and the largest cathedral in Latin America, the Metropolitan Cathedral. Next we visit the Parish of San Bernardino where we celebrate Mass. Then we explore the ancient city of Teotihuacan and the incredible ruins of the Pyramid of the Sun and Moon and the Aztec Temple of Tlaloc and Quetzalcotal whose inhabitants, dating back to 200 B.C., converted en masse to Catholicism. Dinner and overnight in Mexico City. |
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Day 4 - PUEBLA / OUR LADY OF OCOTLAN
A day trip to Mexico's most beautiful city Puebla, situates us at an elevation of 7,000 feet near Mexico's snow capped peaks. We celebrate Mass at the Shrine of San Miguel del Milagro, site of apparitions of St. Michael the Archangel and the spring of curative waters blessed by St. Michael. We'll see the Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady of Ocotlan, "place of the burning oak", where Mary caused her image to be burned into the tree. We also tour the Cathedral in Peubla. We'll have dinner in Puebla before returning to Mexico City for overnight. |
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Day 5 - MEXICO / USA
After an early breakfast we celebrate Mass at the Basilica at the Plaza of Three Cultures. At Chapultepec Park and the square of Three Cultures, we visit the Anthropological Museum, and make a final a visit to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe before departing Mexico City for our return flight home. Though our pilgrimage draws to a close, its blessings will last a lifetime and its graces are certain to draw us closer each day to the Lord. |
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