DAY 1 - Wednesday, 27th May

Arrive Sicily


Afternoon flight from Dublin to Catania
Transfer to four-star Royal Palace Hotel Messina (www.royalpalacemessina.it)
Check into hotel, dinner and overnight


DAY 2 - Thursday, 28th May

Camino of St. Hanibal


Mass in the Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua
Visit to the crypt of the basilica and prayer before the remains of St. Hannibal Maria Di Francia
Visit to the museum of St. Hannibal
Afternoon visit to the Church of St. Mary of the Holy Spirit where St. Hannibal was ordained
Visit to the apartment of St. Hannibal (Convent of Daughters of the Divine Zeal)


DAY 3 - Friday, 29th May

Sanctuary of Madonna di Tindari & Our Lady of the Letter


Morning Mass in the Cathedral in Messina and see the icon of Our Lady of the Letter
Mass at the Sanctuary of the Madonna of Tindari, and statue of the Black Madonna


DAY 4 - Saturday, 30th May

Camino of St. Hanibal

Mass at the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Guardia, and where St. Hannibal died on 01 June 1927. See the museum and room where St. Hannibal died, church built by St. Hannibal and grotto to Our Blessed Mother


DAY 5 - Sunday, 31st May

Camino of St. Hanibal


Visit to Taormina and the first House of the Daughters of the Divine Zeal (FDZ) established in by St Hannibal
Evening flight from Catania to Bari
Drive to four-star Hotel Boston, check in and overnight (www.bostonbari.it)


DAY 6 - Monday, 1st June

Feast Day of St. Hannibal Daughter of the Divine Zeal, Oria


Visit to the Sanctuary of St. Anthony of Padua, Oria
Evening Mass celebrated by Bishop of Brindisi Visit Oria Museum & Gardens & Daughters of the Divine Zeal Convent in old city of Oria

DAY 7 - Tuesday, 2nd June

Daughters of the Divine Zeal, Altamura Tomb of Luisa Piccaretta, Corato


Visit to the Convent of the Daughters of the Divine Zeal, Oria
Afternoon Mass in the church next to Tomb of Melania Calvat, Co-Founder of the Daughters of the Divine Zeal whose cause for canonisation commenced on 31.10.2025.
Drive to Corato, visit to the Museum of Luisa Piccarreta and Tomb
Closing Mass of pilgrimage in the Church of Santa Maria Greca


DAY 8 - Wednesday, 3rd June

Return home


After breakfast, drive to Bari airport for return flight to Dublin.