US Pilgrimages

DOMESTIC COACH PILGRIMAGE TRIPS

All land Pilgrimage Trips are via coach and have departures in the St. Louis and metro Illinois areas.

Some trips have Wentzville, Mo., Southern Illinois, Springfield (Ill.), Festus, Cape Girardeau, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, and other Indiana locations, Louisville, Springfield (Mo.), Memphis departure points. Please ask our office for your possibility.

PELLA AT TULIP TIME. Tulips, along with windmills, wooden shoes and Dutch cooking are only a part of the beautiful community in central Iowa. This four day trip takes in some of the beauty of this quaint city where we visit the Dutch settlement of flowers, especially where tulips reign supreme. Included in the trip are the Vermeer Mill, a full scale working Dutch windmill, Scholte House and garden, Klokkenspel, and Red Rock Lake area. The boyhood home of Wyatt Earp and home of Mark Twain in Hannibal, Mo. are also featured in this trip.          May, 2012. Priced at $595.00

    

CHRISTMAS IN BRANSON. Four days by coach to Branson which is all decked out for Christmas! Trip includes reserved seating for four shows. Also includes Stone Hill Winery, Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery and time to finish your Christmas shopping in Branson and get ready for the holidays. 9 meals included.

Nov. 28 to Dec. 1, 2012. Priced at $598.00

    

MICHIGAN (UPPER PENINSULA). Seven-day trip by coach to the Great North Woods, on the shores of Lake Huron. Visit the Great Cross of the Woods, the largest crucifix in the world! Views of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, a day trip to Mackinac Island, and visit Tahquamenon Falls are included. The grave of Father Marquette and the Church of St. Ignace will be visited. Fee for the escorted trip includes three meals a day, except two lunches, transportation, ferry boat, motel with all new rooms with balcony overlooking Lake Huron.    August, 2012. Priced at $988.00.

    

STEPHEN FOSTER MUSICAL & BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY. Four day coach trip during the summer to the quaint Kentucky town which was the center of the western territories. Visit My Old Kentucky Home and St. Joseph Cathedral, first cathedral of the Midwest housing famous paintings bestowed by the King of France. Attend an evening presentation of the Stephen Foster drama, a musical theater under the stars. Additionally, see one of the largest Benedictine monasteries in the world, St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana and visit the Jim Beam Distillery.    July, 2012. Priced at $478.00

    

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Eight day trip by coach to the southern belle city of the South. Graced with huge live oak trees, festooned with Spanish moss and azaleas, this unique city of the old south on the shores of the Atlantic will be our home for five nights. Tybee Island lighthouses and forts are included. A live performance at the oldest theater in the U.S. and a dolphin watching excursion are also included. An excellent value trip-- includes hotels, dinner meals except one, all breakfasts, most lunches and admissions! October, 2012. Priced at $1,100.00

    

FLORIDA SUNCOAST. Eightdays by coach to the white sandy beaches of Florida’s Gulfcoast with overnight stop enroute and sixdays/fivenights on Treasure Island/St. PeteBeach front motel opens to the beautiful Gulf of Mexico beach. This beautiful island is connected to the mainland by causeways. Sunday Mass at St. John Church on St. Petersburg Beach. Visits to Sarasota, St. Nicholas Greek Cathedral in Tarpon Springs and the sponge docks. Spend a day on the Dark Continent,Busch Gardens in Tampa. Included is a dinner cruise.                                

    

WASHINGTON, D.C. Nine-day tour by bus to our nation’s capitol, with overnight stop en route. We will visit the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land. Our motel will be located in historic Arlington/Alexandria, Virginia. Included in the trip will be tours of U.S. Capitol, Smithsonian Institute, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, WWII and Lincoln Memorials, and the home of George Washington in Mt. Vernon. Price includes three meals daily except one lunch, transportation, motels, entrance fees and escort. October, 2012. Priced at $1,224.00

    

BOSTON AND UPPER NEW YORK STATE. An eleven day coach trip with two nights en route to Upper New York State where we visit the Shrine of St. Isaac Jogues near Albany and on to New England and Boston. We will spend six nights in the Boston area featuring day trips including Gloucester, Cape Ann, a whale watching cruise, Salem, Boston Freedom Trail, Lexington and Concord. Return trip via Hershey, Pennsylvania, Pocono and Allegheny Mountains.         September, 2012. Priced at $1,632.00

    

SAN ANTONIO. Eight days by coach to San Antonio, Texas. Trip includes San Fernando Cathedral, San Jose Mission, Buckhorn Museum, the Alamo, River Walk, LBJ Ranch, Pacific Way Museum, and Fredericksburg. Our downtown hotel is centrally located at the Spanish Market and just blocks from San Antonio Riverwalk, San Fernando Cathedral and Spanish Governor’s Palace.  

December 2012. Priced at $1,194

 

SOUTH DAKOTA BLACK HILLS & BADLANDS. A 7 day trip including Badlands; Black Hills; Mt. Rushmore; Bear Country; Keystone; Custer State Park, home of the world’s largest buffalo herd; Deadwood, a historic gold town of the 1890’s; and a cowboy chuckwagon dinner. Also included is evening lighting ceremony of Mt Rushmore, the Corn Palace and Wall Drug.                           July 26 to Aug. 1, 2012. Priced at $1,048

          

NEW ORLEANS,MEMPHIS AND VICKSBURG. Seven day trip by coach including Memphis, New Orleans, Historic Vieux Carréand Jackson Square,Mississippi River Steamboat cruise, National D-Day Museum, River Road Plantation Tour, St. Louis Cathedral, Garden District, Our Lady of Prompt Succor Shrine, St. Charles Avenue, and Vicksburg National Park.Hotels include thedowntown New Orleans Drury Inn on the historic St. Charles Avenue Streetcarline and just 4 blocks from the historic Vieux Carre!An excellent value this trip includes hotels, all breakfast and dinner meals, most lunchesand admissions!  

    

COLORADO: MANITOU & COLORADO SPRINGS. Nine-day trip with one hotel at the base of Pike’s Peak in Manitou Springs. From this vantage point, each day presents a new adventure. The Royal Gorge at Canon City alone is worth the trip. Visits include the Garden of the Gods, Air Force Academy, the old gold mining towns of Cripple Creek and Victor, the Shrine of St. Catherine Cabrini. One dinner includes the cowboys at the Flying W Ranch amid the western music of the old trail riders.    September, 2012. Priced at $1,184.00

    

YELLOWSTONE & THE GREAT NORTHWEST, OREGON. Sixteen-day coach trip through the beauty of America’s western mountain scenery. This tour follows the footsteps of the great pioneer missionary, Father Peter DeSmet. Trace the Oregon Trail from Nebraska to Washington state where we visit Mt. St Helens. Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are featured along with four additional national parks and monuments in this eight-state trip. Three days are spent at Yellowstone and Grand Tetons. Included are Thermopolis, Columbia River Gorge, Jackson Hole, Mount St. Helens, Portland and the Shrine of the Sorrowful Mother.

August, 2012. Priced at $2,395.00

    

EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. Three day trip through the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks. We overnight two nights at historic Eureka Springs. While there we will attend a production of the Great Passion Play, a portrayal of the last week of Christ’s life on earth, the Ascension, and Resurrection. Mass will be offered in St. Elizabeth Church, where we enter through the bell tower and walk down to enter the church. Additionally we visit Thorncrown Chapel, and Statue of Christ of the Ozarks.                                                                           July, 2012. Priced at $458.00

    

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND KENTUCKY. Three day coach trip to Kentucky and Southern Illinois. Accommodations at San Damiano on the bluffs overlooking the Ohio River. Visit Cave-In Rock, Illinois Garden of the Gods, the Quilt Museum, Metropolis, and Whitehaven Mansion in Paducah, KY.

April, 2012. Priced at $258.00

    

  

SWING INTO SPRING IN FLORIDA - How are you going to celebrate spring this year? Join Golden Frontier for nine fun filled days in West Palm Beach.  A lot is included — hotel in West Palm Beach, all breakfasts and dinners, most lunches (just 4 lunches are on your own), Basilica Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando, Sightseeing Cruise on the Intercostal Waterway, Sightseeing in the Palm Beaches, Flagler Museum, Historic St Anne Church in West Palm Beach, and reserved seating at 3 great Spring games with the St. Louis Cardinals!