Itinerary

From May 19–May 27, 2020

**Daily mass every day

Travel is full of surprises and there are a number of things beyond our control. Due to this fact, the schedule and itinerary are subject to change.

• Day 1 – Flight to Italy

  • International flight to Milan
• Day 2 – Shroud Museum & Cathedral

  • Arrive in Milan, take bus to Turin
  • Visit the Shroud Museum
  • Visit Turin’s Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (where the Shroud is kept, but it won’t be on display in May)
  • Dinner
• Day 3 – St John Bosco Sites in Turin

  • Visit Valdocco (Turin) – where St John Bosco opened his first school for young boys and where he commissioned the Basilica Maria Ausiliatrice.
  • See the Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza or “Cottolengo” (Turin) – where St John Bosco and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati made trips to visit with the sick and the poor.
  • Dinner
• Day 4 – Colle Don Bosco

  • Visit the Colle Don Bosco (Becchi) – where St John Bosco’s childhood home is, as well as a Basilica and Museum dedicated to Bosco.
  • Lunch
  • Visit the Church of Saint Andrea (Castelnuovo) – where St John Bosco was baptized and received first communion.
  • Visit the Chapel of Saint Joseph of Cafasso (Castelnuovo) – the birthplace of another local saint who worked extensively with prisoners condemned to death.
• Day 5 – Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati Sites in Turin

  • Visit the church of la Crocetta (Santa Maria delle Grazie) (Turin) – where Frassati was baptized and his home parish.
  • Visit the Church di Santa Maria di Piazza (Turin) – where Frassati would frequently go for nocturnal Adoration.
  • Visit Palazzo Barolo (Turin) – the residence of a wealthy family who opened their home to the poor. Frassati often volunteered there.
  • Visit the Santuario della Consolata (Turin) – where Frassati would meet other members of the “St. Vincent de Paul society,” a group of Catholic laypeople dedicated to helping those in misery.
  • Visit the gothic church of San Domenico (Turin) – where Frassati dedicated his life to following the Rule of the Lay Fraternities of Saint Dominic.
  • Dinner
• Day 6 – Sacra di San Michele & Procession

  • Visit the Sacra di San Michele – an abbey dating from at least the 10^th century, just outside of Turin.
  • Sunday mass at noon in the abbey
  • Lunch
  • Visit the Basilica Corpus Domini (Turin) – where Frassati made his first confession and site of a Eucharistic miracle from the 15^th century.
  • Evening city-wide Procession of Our Lady Help of Christians through the streets of Turin – St John Bosco often asked for her intercession.
• Day 7 – Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati Sites in Pollone

  • Private bus to Pollone
  • See Villa Frassati (Pollone) – Frassati’s family home.
  • Visit Pier Giorgio’s original tomb (Pollone)
  • Visit the Church of Pollone – Frassati attended mass here when at the family home.
  • (Optional) Hike from Pollone to Oropa – a hike that Frassati would have taken.
  • Dinner
  • Stay the night in Biella
• Day 8 – Sacred Mount of Oropa

  • Visit the Sacred Mount of Oropa – a UNESCO world heritage site. It consists of a Basilica, church, museum, and a devotional path composed of twelve chapels. Frassati visited it often.
  • Private bus back to Turin
  • Afternoon free
  • Dinner
• Day 9 – Flight Back Home

  • Bus to Milan
  • Flight to USA