Shrines of France | Maria Bradley

  • 3 June 2025
  • 7 Nights
  • 1075 Per Person
  • Dublin
  • France

Shrines of France Pilgrimage 2025 led by Spiritual Director Fr Roland Colhoun and Group Leader: MARIA BRADLEY

350th Anniversary of the Apparitions of the Sacred Heart (1673-1675) visiting Paray-le-Monial, Lisieux and Nevers.

£75 off before 15th Oct if paid in full.

PLEASE NOTE

  • It is a condition of our acceptance of your booking that you obtain appropriate travel insurance. On STEP 2 please select ‘YES Insurance’ or ‘Insurance Declined (if you have your own travel insurance). If a date of birth is not selected, the system won’t allow you to proceed to Step 3. On a mobile you will have to scroll to the right of the name to see this.
  • Once STEP 3 is completed you will receive a provisional booking reference.
  • Once the booking is reviewed at Joe Walsh Tours, you will receive a confirmation invoice by email. We normally send them quite quickly if booked during working hours. If booked outside office hours, you will receive it the next working day.
  • After receiving a confirmation invoice, you will receive a separate email with a payment link. Payment links are sent between 4 – 6pm the same day or next day if booking is made after 4pm or weekends. Payments should be made within 3 days, either online or by bank transfer (1 working day if within 12 weeks of departure).
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Shrines of France | Maria Bradley

Shrines of France Pilgrimage 2025 led by Spiritual Director Fr Roland Colhoun and Group Leader: MARIA BRADLEY

350th Anniversary of the Apparitions of the Sacred Heart (1673-1675) visiting Paray-le-Monial, Lisieux and Nevers.

£75 off before 15th Oct if paid in full.

PLEASE NOTE

  • It is a condition of our acceptance of your booking that you obtain appropriate travel insurance. On STEP 2 please select ‘YES Insurance’ or ‘Insurance Declined (if you have your own travel insurance). If a date of birth is not selected, the system won’t allow you to proceed to Step 3. On a mobile you will have to scroll to the right of the name to see this.
  • Once STEP 3 is completed you will receive a provisional booking reference.
  • Once the booking is reviewed at Joe Walsh Tours, you will receive a confirmation invoice by email. We normally send them quite quickly if booked during working hours. If booked outside office hours, you will receive it the next working day.
  • After receiving a confirmation invoice, you will receive a separate email with a payment link. Payment links are sent between 4 – 6pm the same day or next day if booking is made after 4pm or weekends. Payments should be made within 3 days, either online or by bank transfer (1 working day if within 12 weeks of departure).

Itinerary

  • Direct flights from Dublin to Lyon and Paris to Dublin
  • 20kg bags included
  • All transfers & tours by private coach
  • 3 nights in Paray-le-Monial – Half board
  • 1 night in Nevers – Half board
  • 3 nights in Lisieux – Half board
  • Fully guided with tours & visits as per itinerary including Tours, Alencon and Mont St Michel

OPTIONAL

  • Travel insurance
  • Single rooms, limited availability

Full religious programme organised by our local team and spiritual leader,:

DAY 1: Flight from Dublin to Lyon

Coach to Ars-sur-Formans. Mass and tour of Ars (St Jean Vianney, 100th anniversary of his canonisation, 1925)

Coach to Paray-le-Moniale

Evening meal and overnight stay in hotel in Paray-le-Moniale.

DAY 2: Paray-le-Moniale

Tour of Visitation Convent and Shrine (Body of St Margaret Mary Alacoque, body of St Claude de la Colombière), Mass and time for private prayer.

Evening meal and overnight stay in hotel in Paray-le-Moniale.

DAY 3: Paray-le-Moniale

Mass, confessions, time for private prayer and free afternoon.

Evening meal and overnight stay in hotel in Paray-le-Moniale.

DAY 4: Paray-le-Moniale to Nevers

Coach to Nevers to visit Convent of St Gildard with St Bernadette’s body (100th anniversary of her body’s translation to the Convent Chapel, 1925). Mass and tour of the shrine.

Evening meal and overnight stay in hotel in Nevers.

DAY 5: Nevers to Tours

Visit city of Tours in the Loire Valley, home to the Shrine of St Martin. Mass in Tours.

See Plaque of Long Tower Derry Pilgrims’ Visit to Tours in 1963

Coach to Lisieux  in Normandy.

Evening meal and overnight stay in hotel in Lisieux.

DAY 6: Lisieux

Tour of St Thérèse’s Shrine, Les Buissonets. Mass and time for private prayer.

Evening meal and overnight stay in hotel in Lisieux.

DAY 7: Lisieux to Alenon

Today we will travel by coach to Alenon, birthplace of St Thérèse where we will visit the home of St Thérèse.

Mass in Alenon. Coach to Mont Saint Michel where we will enjoy a tour.

Return to Lisieux for evening meal and overnight stay in hotel in Lisieux.

DAY 8: Lisieux.

Mass in Lisieux. Free time before travelling by coach to Beauvais Airport.

  • Prices per person based on a minimum of two adults sharing twin/double rooms with private facilities
  • Airport taxes and charges applicable at the time of booking are included in the price
  • Luggage allowance included per person and subject to airline’s conditions
  • Payment terms: deposit €350 deposit per person plus insurance premium if applicable; balances 12 weeks prior to departure
  • Single supplement:  £40 per night
  • Passengers must comply with health and safety protocols in place at the time of travel
  • Travel insurance is an optional extra available to passengers up to 94 years; please check https://joewalshtours.ie/travel-insurance/ for full details on travel insurance
  • Passengers must comply with health and safety protocols in place at the time of travel

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