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Southwestern Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre

13 Day Rome & Holy Land Pilgrimage with Fr. Felix

Rome - Vatican City - Mt. Beatitudes - Nazareth - Sea of Galilee - Jerusalem - Bethlehem - Old City

November 3 - 15, 2025

$4590 per person from Houston

Includes: Roundtrip Air Transportation from Houston, Deluxe Hotels, Double Occupancy, Daily Sightseeing, Daily Mass, 3 Meals A Day - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, Airport Taxes & Fuel Surcharges, & Tips To Guides, Drivers, & Hotel Staffs.

Spiritual Director
Fr. Paul Felix, Pastor
Church of the Annunciation - Houston, TX

Itinerary

Day 1 - Monday, 11/3/25
Houston / Frankfurt

• Airport

Day 2 - Tuesday, 11/4/25
Frankfurt / Rome

• Tour of Rome including Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps
• Mass at St. Mary Major

Day 3 - Wednesday, 11/5/25
Rome / Papal Audience

• Papal Audience if Pope Leo is available
• Basilicas of St. John Lateran (the Cathedral of Rome)
• Holy Cross in Jerusalem
• Holy Stairs
• Mass at Santa Croce

Day 4 - Thursday, 11/6/25
Rome 

• Vatican City
• Mass in the crypt or an altar on the main floor of St. Peter's Basilica, the largest church in the world
• Vatican Museum with its halls of paintings, tapestries, statuary
• Sistene Chapel
• Mamertine Prison, where Paul was imprisoned
• Roman Forum
• Coliseum
• St. Peters in Chains Church, containing Michelangelo's masterpiece - the State of Moses

Day 5 - Friday, 11/7/25
Rome

• Church of St. Paul Outside the Walls
• Quo Vadis
• Mass at the Catacombs of Priscilla
• Basilica of Sta. Maria Sopra Minerva

Day 6 - Saturday, 11/8/25
Rome / Tel Aviv / Mt. Carmel / Tiberias

• Caesarea, where the Romans held Paul prisoner
• Roman and Crusader ruins
• Mass at Elijah's Cave
• Stella Maris
• Carmelite Monastery with the Madonna of Mt. Carmel
• Jezreel Valley to Tiberias

Day 7 - Sunday, 11/9/25
Boat Ride / Sea of Galilee / Capernaum / Mount of Beatitudes / Mount Tabor

• Boat ride across the Sea of Galilee
• Capernaum to see synagogue and St. Peter's house
• Mount of Beatitudes where the Sermon on the Mount was given
• Tabgha - mosaic about miracle of the loaves and fishes
• Church of Peter's Primacy where Peter was told "Feed my lambs, feed my sheep"
• Mount Tabor, scene of the Transfiguration - Mass

Day 8 - Monday, 11/10/25
Cana / Nazareth / Basilica of the Annunciation / Jerusalem

• Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazarteh
• Church of the Angel Gabriel
• Cana - first miracle of changing water into wine. Couples may renew their wedding vows.
• Jordan Valley
• Judean hills to the Holy City of Jerusalem

Day 9 - Tuesday, 11/11/25
Church of the Visitation / Bethlehem / Church of the Nativity / Shepherds' Fields

• Village of Ein Karem: the birthplace of St. John the Baptist
• Church of Visitation, where the Blessed Virgin Mary visited her cousin, Elizabeth, and proclaimed the "Magnificat"
• Bethlehem - visit only Catholic University in the Holy Land
• Shepherd's Field where the angels announced the birth of Jesus
• Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem that stands upon the site where Jesus was born
• Mass at the Nativity

Day 10 - Wednesday, 11/12/25
Mount of Olives / Dominus Flevit / Gethsemane / Upper Room / St. Peter in Gallicantu

• Mount of Olives to walk the Palm Sunday Route
• Stopping at Dominus Flevit where Jesus wept over Jerusalem
• Gethsemane and the Rock of Agony
• Pater Noster
• Kidron Valley
• St. Peter in Gallicantu - where Peter denied Him thrice
• Cenacle - Upper Room of the Last Supper and celebrate Mass
• Dormition Abbey - Assumption of the Blessed Mary

Day 11 - Thursday, 11/13/25
Bethany / Jericho / Mt Temptation / Dead Sea

• Shrine of Our Lady of Palestine
• Jordan River where St. John baptized Jesus
• Jericho - excavations of the oldest city in the world
• Mt. Temptation
• Swim/float in the Dead Sea

Day 12 - Friday, 11/14/25
Stations of the Cross / Church of the Holy Sepulchre

• Via Dolorosa and Stations of the Cross
• Mass at the Holy Tomb
• Old City of Jerusalem
• St. Anne's Church - home of Virgin Mary and her parents
• Site of the Ecce Homo
• Audience with His Beatitude, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Day 13 - Saturday, 11/15/25
Tel Aviv / Frankfurt / Houston

• Airport

For more information

Michele Malloy, Mistress of Pilgrimages
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre Southwestern Lieutenancy
713.819.7318
mmalloylaw@gmail.com