Tuesday, October 20: Aix-en-Provence: St. Continue to Aix-en-Provence for dinner and overnight. Visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Laus, which houses the tomb of Bl. Benoite also had a very special relationship with her Guardian Angel, to whom she confided all her pain and troubles. The Virgin Mary began appearing to Benoite Rencurel, a poor shepherdess in 1664, and continued visiting her throughout the rest of her life. Although little known to most Roman Catholics, Laus ranks among the great Marian sanctuaries where pilgrims continue to heed Our Lady’s timeless call to conversion, prayer, and penance. Visit the Valley of the Apparition, where the children saw the vision and heard the message, and the Basilica built to honor Our Lady, followed by time for private devotions in this beautiful shrine in the French Alps. A spring forever marks the spot where she appeared. This morning, travel to La Salette, where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in 1846 to two shepherds, Melanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud. Monday, October 19: Lyon – La Salette – Laus – Aix-en-Provence His incorrupt heart is in the Shrine of the Cure’s Heart just outside the Basilica. In the Basilica, pray before the glass reliquary containing his incorrupt body. Visit the old 12th-century church where the saint preached and the confessionals where he spent most of his time. John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests. A short drive will take you to the charming town of Ars to render homage to St. Claude de la Colombiere, to venerate the saint who helped spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and was the confessor, friend, and confidant to St. Her body is in a side chapel to the right of the main altar. Margaret Mary Alacoque and promised “I make you the heir to My Heart”. Head to Paray-le-Monial to visit the Chapel of the Visitation, where Our Lord appeared to St. Sunday, October 18: Lyon: Excursion to Paray-le-Monial and Ars Continue to your hotel in Lyon for check-in, a welcome dinner, and overnight. Next, visit Lyon’s Cathedral, dedicated to St. She is also credited with saving the city several other times, such as from a cholera epidemic in 1832, and from Prussian invasion in 1870. Your first stop will be at the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, dedicated to Our Lady, to whom is attributed the salvation of the city of Lyon from the bubonic plague that swept Europe in 1643. Welcome to France! Upon arrival into Lyon, embark on a sightseeing of this third largest city of France. Friday, October 16: Transatlantic flight to Lyon Day 2.
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