YOUR TRIP INCLUDES:
Saints and Shrines visited: Our Lady of Good Success, St. Mariana de Jesus Flores, Garcia Moreno, La Dolorosa, Saint Miguel, Our Lady of Las Lajas, Our Lady of La Paz
Itinerary
26 May Saturday
Board group flight from Miami to Quito.
Transfer from Quito airport to hotel Plaza Sucre (www.hotelplazasucre.com)
Group dinner upon arrival.
27 May Sunday
Begin day with Novena prayers and rosary in main OLGS Church. We will then enter main OLGS Monastery for tour and Mass over the tomb of Venerable Mother Mariana. After Q&A session with the Mother Abadessa, we will tour the historic Plazas of Colonial Quito: Plaza Benalcazar and Plaza Mayor. We will have our group lunch together. Free time in the afternoon.
28 May Monday
After our Novena prayers and rosary in the main OLGS Church, we will have our historic tour of "In the footsteps of Garcia Moreno". We will visit Santo Domingo (where he heard his last Mass), Plaza Mayor (where he was assalted), the Cathedral (where he expired), and Monastery Santa Catalina (where his body was hidden for 100 years). We will with have our Mass inside in either Santo Domingo or Santa Catlina. We will have free time for lunch and our group dinner in the evening.
29 May Tuesday
After our Novena prayers and rosary in the main OLGS Church, we will have our day with La Dolorosa. We will visit the entire Jesuit complex with includes the magnificent La Compania church, the former Monastery, and the Chapel where the miracle originally occurred. After free time for lunch, we will proceed by bus to the San Gabriel school for our afternoon Mass in front of the original image. We will have our group dinner in the evening.
30 May Wednesday
After our Novena prayers and rosary in main OLGS Church, we will proceed by bus to the Basilica for morning Mass in the Chapel of the preserved hearts of Garcia Moreno and Archbishop Checa y Barba. We will then tour the Basilica and then tour Monastery Buen Pastor where the hearts were originally hidden. After our group lunch, we will visit a private collection of collectables on Garcia Moreno and end the day with a trip up the Panacillo for the monument to the Apocolyptic Virgen and the breathtaking view of Colonial Quito. Free time for dinner.
31 May Thursday
After our Novena prayers and rosary in the main OLGS Church we will visit the Monastery of San Francisco. We will return to the OLGS main church for our private group Mass on the main altar in front of the miraculous image. After Mass we will have free time for lunch and check out of our hotels at 3 and leave by bus for our trip North. We arrive at Hacienda Chorlavi (www.haciendachorlavi.com) to check in and for our group dinner.
1 June Friday
After our morning Mass at the Hacienda Chapel and breakfast, we board our bus to cross the boarder into Colombia for Our Lady of Las Lajas. After our visit there, we will have our group box lunch on the bus and return to Ecuador where we will visit Our Lady of La Paz. We will arrive back at the Hacienda by late afternoon. Free time at dinner.
2 June Saturday
After our morning Mass and breakfast, we will visit the artisan statue village of San Antonio. We will then visit the famous indigenous market at Otovalo where we will have free time for lunch as well. We will return to Quito after visiting Ecuadors most popular Marian shrine Our Lady of Quinche. We will have our group dinner in the evening after we check back into our hotel.
3 June Sunday
We will board our bus in mid morning for our 12:00 Mass in the village of Sangolqui at the private Church of the 17th Century Hacienda of Marquesa del Selva Alegre. The Mass will be open to the public. After Mass, we will have our group lunch at Hacienda La Cariona. We will return to Quito in late afternoon.
4 June Monday
Transfers back out to your return fights
Costs:
Price per person double occupancy $1,075.
Additional rate per person for private room $270
Price for airline ticket roundtrip Miami/Quito (optional) $583