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{Disarmed} A Special Invitation: An Easter Pilgrimage to Italy[2015-02-23][Engleză]A Personal Invitation from Dr. Robert Moynihan:I would like to invite you to join me for our annual Easter Pilgrimage March 30 - April 9, 2015. For the past 7 years our pilgrimages have been uniqueso special that people would say they were once-in-a-lifetime experiences. We have a few seats left on our Easter Pilgrimage to Italy and I would like to invite you to join us. All of our pilgrimages are planned to be quiet and prayerful, not rushed. We want your journey with us to be a peaceful, enjoyable and unforgettable experience, one that enriches your life and deepens your faith. Although we will visit many very special places, our journey is a pilgrimage, not a tour. The spiritual dimension the search for a deeper understanding of God and a better appreciation of the history and life of the Church is central. This is why the pace of our pilgrimages will be slow and peaceful, not hurried. There will be time to reflect and to pray. Our Easter pilgrimage will begin a few days before Easter in Assisi, in the Umbrian hills, the city of St. Francis, which is one of the prettiest and most serene cities in the world. We will spend two nights there. The Franciscan friars who live there will hear confessions and we will attend Mass next to the tomb of St. Francis. The third day, Holy Thursday, we will travel to Norcia, the birthplace of St. Benedict. Norcia is tucked in under sparkling white, snow-capped mountains in the center of Italy, and seems a city that time forgot. It is a most charming and undisturbed place. Here we will begin the Easter Triduum together with the Benedictine monks of Norcia, many of whom are Americans (they are refounding the Benedictine abbey in the city center, and using the ancient Latin liturgy in their daily round of prayer). We will spend Holy Thursday and Good Friday here, in a place that truly seems timeless. The town of Norcia honors Good Friday with a very poignant procession of live Stations of the Cross, which takes place after dark.âšâš After the solemn procession and liturgies of Holy Thursday and Good Friday, we then journey to Rome for the joyous celebration of Easter. The Easter Vigil Mass will be celebrated in St Peters Basilica by Pope Francis. We will also attend Easter Sunday Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on Easter Sunday morning. These liturgies, celebrating the triumph of Jesus Christ over sin and death, are among the most splendid and joyous in the Churchs calendar. Monday, the day after Easter, is la Pasquetta (little Easter) in Italy. It is an Italian national holiday in order to continue the joyous Easter celebration. We, too, will continue our celebration by traveling about two hours to the little town of Manoppello, Italy (population 157 yes, its tiny!) in the rugged Abbruzzo region. There, we will visit the Shrine of the Holy Face the shrine which contains a mysterious cloth bearing the image of a man with wounds on his face, an image some believe is the actual face of Christ, formed at the moment of his Resurrection. Pope Emeritus Benedict visited this Shrine in 2006 to venerate the Holy Face of Manoppello. We also will visit Lanciano to visit the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano. While in Rome, I will introduce you to a number of friends of the magazine and we will share many special stories about important Vatican events that have occurred in the last few years. Please consider joining me on this journey we will have many hours together as we come to better understand this special time in our Church. Holy Week should be a time of peaceful yet profound reflection on Our Saviors death, while Easter should be a joyous time, with many hours devoted to prayer and meditation, in the places once walked by St. Francis, St. Benedict, and St. Peter, and very close to Pope Francis. Robert Moynihan founder and editor of Inside the Vatican magazine St. Peter's Basilica Join us inside the Vatican! St. Peter in St. Peter's Piazza Pope Benedict venerating the Holy Face of Manoppello Begin the Easter Triduum in Assisi Inside the Vatican Magazine's Annual Easter Pilgrimage March 30 - April 9, 2015 Easter Vigil with Pope Francis âEaster Sunday with Pope Francis Spiritual Reflections throughout our journey from hermits, monks and priests Spend 2 nights in Assisi Spend 2 nights in Norcia Visit Manoppello - the Shrine of the Holy Face Visit the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano Visit major basilicas of Rome Papal Audience Visit a hermit in the Sibillini National Park Spend Holy Thursday and Good Friday with the monks of Norcia All meals with Dr. Robert Moynihan, the editor and founder of Inside the Vatican magazine âClick here for the Information Packet Click here for a list of our 2015 Pilgrimages What Previous Pilgrims Have Said: Richard Corr, Cleveland, Ohio These pilgrimages are unlike any other journey I've ever been on. We went places I could only have dreamed of going but at a leisurely and prayerful pace. I have been on two and will go again. Harold Bumb, Naples, Florida I enjoyed the trip tremendously! I will repeat it! Trudy Bumb, Naples, Florida I have been on many pilgrimages -- large and small groups. This was a small group and it was fantastic! You could not ask for sweeter and more intelligent pilgrimage leaders. Their spirituality was phenomenal. We will return! Michael Waitkus, Detroit, Michigan I would highly recommend this trip because you have the rare privilege to travel with Robert Moynihan, the editor and founder of Inside the Vatican magazine. Robert's knowledge of our faith and the places we visit is extraordinary. The small group makes for an intimate experience. The places we visited were amazing and exclusive! Email pilgrimage@insidethevatican.com or call 202.536.4555 Easter 2015 Information Packet Ancient Wisdom Continues in the Sibillini Mountains The region around Norcia, in central Italy, is filled with rugged mountains and steep valleys. This makes it a perfect area for hiking and breathing the fresh clean air, far from the crowded cities of Italy and the rest of Europe. After Christian monasticism began to flourish in the desert areas of Egypt, and then of Syriain the Christian eastduring the 300s and especially during the 400s, gradually some monks began to travel westward to Italy and southern France. In the time of St. Augustine (354-430 A.D.), in the decades just before the birth of St. Benedict in 480 A.D., the valleys around Norcia began to be populated by dozens of these monks. Many were hermits, living a solitary life. Others lived in more or less interconnected small groups, which provided an early model for what would become the communal life of St. Benedicts monks. Over the centuries, this eastern monastic experience was transferred to central Italy, and influenced first Benedict himself, and then many others. Today, strikingly, there is a return to Norcia of Benedictine monasticism in the community headed by Father Cassian Folsom, whom we will visit. But what is little known is that there is also a new flourishing of hermitic monastic life in the region outside of Norcia, in the valleys and on the mountain slopes of the Sibillini mountains. No one knows exactly how many hermits are living there. All that is known is that these hills and valleys have become, once again, a vineyard of the Lord, where many seek to grow closer to God through a disciplined life of prayer and reflection. These hermits are not entirely isolated; they sometimes receive guests. And on our pilgrimage, we will have the opportunity to go into the mountains and meet with one or more of the hermits, listen to their spiritual reflections and learn from them. We have made an appointment with Sister Maria, who lives near Amandola (photo below), in a small hermitage on the side of a mountain which is sometimes inaccessible due to winter snowstorms. She will receive our pilgrims and spend time with us. This extraordinary experience with a woman hermit in the Sibillini mountains will be one of the highlights of our pilgrimage. Click Here for More Information To reserve your spot: Email pilgrimage@insidethevatican.com or call 202.536.4555 Sursa: www.InsideTheVatican.com Contor Accesări: 1207, Ultimul acces: 2026-09-21 21:27:09
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