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. . . is intended for those Pilgrims who want to visit Pilgrimage sites in addition to World Youth Day in Cologne. Optional air quotation with Air Canada or AIitalia from Canada. The day of departure from Canada is listed below. The overnight flight arrives in Cologne the following day. GERMAN
PILGRIMAGE TOUR: Program #101 August
12 to 22, 2005 Long
before efforts were made to unite Europe economically and politically and
long before the flocks of tourists, men have crossed borders in order to
reach the large places of pilgrimage. At these holy places, they hope to gain a new sense of the message
given to them by their belief. The
strain and occurrences that they experience on their way there give them
more insight. Their experiences at the holy place itself provide many people with
new strength and energy for the story they hear of the shrine - the
rituals that are held and the praying people - all create an atmosphere in
which the soul can open and find peace. Europe
is rich in places of pilgrimage. There
are large places to which millions make their pilgrimages and there are
innumerable regional shrines to which people from neighbouring areas or
from the region wend their way. All these places have one thing in common: They provide spiritual consolation and new strength for living. Experience Europe in the footsteps of the pilgrims!
Altotting
has been the most significant place of pilgrimage in veneration of the
Virgin Mary in the German-speaking region for more than 500 years.
The monastery Church of St. Konrad with the Saint’s reliquary is
also a place of destination for pilgrims. Additional
sights are the late Gothic Collegiate Church with its treasure vaults and
the “Goldene Rossl” (Golden Horse), a unique masterpiece of French
gold work dating back to the year 1404, the diorama display with over
5,000 figures, the panorama “Christ’s Crucifixion” and the Museum of
Local History and Pilgrimage. For more than 500 years, people have carried their sorrows, their illnesses, anxieties and problems across the “green mats” of the broad square to the pilgrim’s chapel and left consoled. The late Gothic miracle tablets located in the chapel ambulatory and stories recorded in the miracle books often tell of assistance truly granted. The works of art in the treasure chamber give accounts of peoples' gratitude. And many pilgrims, both young and old, prove day in day out, not only in the candle-lit procession, that faith and hope for heavenly support have not as yet become outdated. Breakfast
and dinner included.
Visit
St. Peter’s Cathedral. The
rebuilding of the cathedral was begun during the second half of the 13th
century. According to documents, an
altar was consecrated in it in 1276 and inside, colourful 14th
century stained glass windows survive. The best known pieces of sculpture
in the cathedral are the Angel of the Annunciation and the figure of Mary
on the western pillars at the crossing of the nave. The
Basilica
Lieben Frau zur Alten Kapelle has been known as the Alte
Kapelle, the old chapel, for more than a thousand years, a clear reference
to the fact that it was once the palace chapel.
In the Chapel of Grace, which is built onto the south end of the
basilica, there is an icon of the Holy Virgin Mary that is supposed to
have been given to Emperor Henry 11 by Pope Benedict V111 at his
coronation in Rome. We will also visit the Basilica St. Emmeram, painted by the ASAM brothers and part of the Thurn and Taxis Palace, formerly a Benedictine monastery, and Schottenkirche St. Jakob, the mother church of all the monasteries of Scottish monks in Bavaria and Austria. Breakfast
and dinner included.
An
interesting day awaits us as we say farewell to Regensburg and travel across Germany
through such famous cities as Nuremberg, Wurzburg, Aschaffenburg, and
Frankfurt on our way to Cologne, the site of World Youth Day 2005, and our
home for the next eight nights at the
Breakfast and dinner included.
World Youth Day activities. Breakfast and dinner included daily.
Meals will be served in flight.
Included
in tour cost:
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We
arrive in the early morning in Munich where we meet our coach and guide.
A
short journey through the beautiful Germany countryside takes us to Regensburg.
