Pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi

Travel to places of great historical and religious significance is a powerful way to foster transformation and renewed faith. As people visit places where important change took place, they are inspired to grow, to develop new perspectives, and to return home with a new commitment to fostering community and to living respectful and compassionate lives.

For Roman Catholics, Rome and Assisi represent important historical centers of their faith heritage and are ideal venues for parish and diocesan pilgrimages.

Illume welcomes pilgrims to this historical places and, in collaboration with group leaders, creates activities that are educational and spiritually illuminating. These include visits to early Christian sites where prayer or Eucharist can be celebrated in the very places where early Christians prayed and witnessed to their faith, visits to the great basilicas of Rome such as St. Peter's, St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran, participation in the weekly audience with the Pope, and other activities and visits that deepen understanding and build community.

Assisi is a uniquely preserved 13th century Umbrian hill town, home to St. Francis and St. Clare. The spiritual legacy of these visionaries is present throughout the enchanting and serene streets of Assisi and in places such as the Convento di San Damiano, a small chapel in the valley that Francis rebuilt at the beginning of his ministry. The Basilica of S. Francesco, built over the tomb of Francis, includes important frescos narrating his life and celebrating the charisms of the Franciscans.

Pilgrimages to Rome and Assisi can include days of retreat, particularly in Assisi, and optional excursions to other places of important historical and religious significance such as Florence, Siena (home of St. Catherine), Naples/Pompeii, or other pilgrim sites in Italy (S. Giovanni Rotondo, Loreto, Lanciano, Subiaco, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, and others).

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