An unforgettable pilgrimage awaits you!
St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal & Quebec City
with Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C., President
of Holy Cross Family Ministries
Pilgrimage to St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal & Quebec City
with Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C., President of Holy Cross Family Ministries
June 17-22, 2015 | 6 days & 5 nights
For reservations, complete all information below and send in with your deposit of $1,000 per person due by May 1, 2015.
Optional trip protection insurance is additional at $60 per person and due at time of deposit.
Make checks payable to: Holy Cross Family Ministries
Mail to: Ann Melanson, 518 Washington St. North Easton, MA 02356
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Father Willy Raymond invites
you to join him for a very special
experience. You will have the
opportunity for Mass and Rosary
daily when we will pray together
for all our family, friends and other
special intentions. We will have time
together as a travelling community
and you will have private time for
prayer or your own touring. We will
visit many places of historic and
religious significance.
June 17-22, 2015
A very special experience awaits you
at the St. Joseph Oratory of Mount
Royal. You will have time to visit the
entire Oratory and pray before a
reliquary of Saint André, known as
the “Miracle Man of Montréal” for healing thousands
of the faithful. Canonized as a saint in 2010, he was
known for countless miracles at the Oratory. More
than 1 million people paid their respects upon his
death in 1937 and 2 million visit his shrine each year.
Imagine: time before the reliquary
to pray for all those you know
that need healing of one kind or
another.
Join us and enhance your spiritual
life and experience culture with us
on this special Pilgrimage.
Trip includes all the following:
n 6 days & 5 nights – including 3
nights’ accommodations at The
Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal
& 2 nights’ accommodations at the
Hotel Classique in Quebec City
n 5 full breakfasts
n 5 dinners (Day 5 dinner includes
entertainment)
n All guided tours, admissions & fees (except where
noted)
n Baggage handling (Bloom Tours luggage tags
provided)
n Deluxe roundtrip transportation with driver escort
n Mass & Rosary daily
$1,395 pp double occupancy
$1,975 pp single occupancy
$1,195 pp triple occupancy
Deposit of $1,000 per person due by May 1!
For more information Contact: Ann Melanson, Holy
Cross Family Ministries, 518 Washington St., North
Easton, MA 02356 Tel: #800-299-7729 ext. 2023 Email:
amelanson@hcfm.org
**Itinerary subject to change based upon scheduling & availability. Prices based on 30+people traveling**
**Itinerary subject to change based upon scheduling
& availability. Prices based on 30+ people traveling**
Trip operated by Bloom Tours
Trip operated by Bloom Tours
Father Willy Raymond’s Itinerary
Day 1: Wednesday, June 17
Day 3: Friday, June 19
Late afternoon arrival/check in at Queen Elizabeth Hotel
– Rene Levesque Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec (514-8613511). Luggage handling is included here, as are the buffet
breakfasts at hotel restaurant each morning. Check in,
relax and freshen up for dinner.
7:30 a.m. American buffet breakfast at Le Montrealais
(hotel restaurant)
7 p.m. Dinner at The Vieux Port Restaurant (choice of soup/
salad, main course: choice of grilled NY cut steak served
w/baked potato or grilled chicken breast served w/French
fries & fresh vegetables or filet of Tilapia served w/wild rice
& fresh vegetables; dessert & coffee/tea). Return to hotel
for the evening following dinner.
Day 2: Thursday, June 18
7:30 a.m. American buffet breakfast at Le Montrealais
(hotel restaurant)
9 a.m. Three-hour Montreal City Tour – pickup at hotel.
Tour to include Notre-Dame Basilica, St Catherine Street,
St. Helen Island, Mont-Royal, The Old Fort, Place Jacques
Cartier and more. Drop off at Notre-Dame Basilica.
11:30 a.m. Visit of Notre-Dame Basilica. Guide will leave
group here for a visit and Mass. The church’s Gothic Revival
architecture is among the most dramatic in the world; its
interior is grand and colorful. It’s filled with hundreds of
intricate wooden carvings and several religious statues.
Unusual for a church, stained glass windows along the
walls or the sanctuary do not depict biblical scenes, but
rather scenes from the religious history of Montreal. It
also has a Casavant Freres pipe organ, dated 1891.
12:15 p.m. Mass at Notre-Dame Basilica. You will have
free time following Mass for lunch on your own.
2:30 p.m. Visit St. Joseph Oratory (on own)*
– St .Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal is a
Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine on Westmount Summit in
Montreal, Quebec. It is Canada’s largest
church. A reliquary in the church museum contains Brother Andre’s heart,
which he requested as a protection
for the basilica.
* This is “on own” because they
require only cash here on arrival.
Possibly time to return to hotel
here & freshen up for dinner.
6:30 p.m. Dinner buffet at
Restaurant Kim Foo – Chinese &
Canadian buffet. Return to hotel
for evening.
Day 5: Sunday, June 21
7:30 a.m. American buffet breakfast at Hotel Classique (includes orange juice, scrambled eggs, bacon, ham or sausage, home fried potatoes, toast, pancake/waffle, maple
syrup, butter & assorted fruit jams, coffee/tea/milk).
9 a.m. Five-hour St. Anne de Beaupre Tour – pickup at
Place Royale. Includes drive along Old King’s Road with
stops at Montmorency Falls, The Copper Shop, famous St.
Anne de Beaupre Shrine and much more.
9 a.m. Visit to the Olympic Tower & Botanical Gardens
– visit 2 of Montreal’s major tourist attractions. Enjoy a
breathtaking view of Montreal from the world’s tallest
inclined tower, then visit the Botanical Garden to celebrate
nature’s diversity at one of the world’s largest attractions
of its kind.
10:30 a.m. St. Anne Basilica – The Shrine of St. Anne de
Beaupre welcomes almost a million visitors annually. For
more than 350 years, people of all ages have been gathering at this Shrine. Through the beauty of numerous artistic
masterpieces, discover its extraordinary history.
12:10 p.m. French Mass at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral. Following Mass, you enjoy lunch on own and free
time – there’s much to see & do within walking distance of
your hotel.
11 a.m. French Mass at the St. Anne de Beaupre Basilica.
Following Mass, enjoy lunch on your own here.
6 p.m. Dinner at restaurant Pub St. Paul (soup of day,
choice of chicken brochette served w/rice, salad & French
fries, BBQ chicken w/rice, salad & FF or flank steak w/
mushroom sauce served w/salad & French fries, or Vegetarian trio of fettuccini alfredo, penne w/creamy rose
sauce and salad, dessert, soda/coffee/tea). Return to hotel
for the evening.
1 p.m. Visit the Copper Shop and then enjoy some free
time this afternoon to shop & browse in Old Quebec.
6:30 p.m. Dinner at Chemins du Roy – dinner & entertainment here (homemade pickles, homemade bread &
butter, French-Canadian pea soup, coleslaw, baked beans,
maple-smoked ham, traditional Quebecois meat pie,
meatballs, potatoes, pork rinds, pancakes w/maple syrup,
coffee/tea/milk, maple taffy on snow!). Dinner is followed
by traditional music and a chance to play the wooden
spoons. Restaurant located in the woods, just a few minutes from Quebec City. Return to hotel for the evening.
Day 4: Saturday, June 20
7 a.m. American buffet breakfast at Le Montrealais (hotel
restaurant)
8:30 a.m. Check out & depart for Quebec City. Enjoy
lunch on own in Quebec City.
12:30 p.m. Two-hour Quebec City Tour – pickup at Place
Royale. Tour will include The Plains of Abraham, Cape
Diamond, Joan of Arc Garden, Grande-Allee, Parliament, Placed’Armes, Old Quebec, Chateau Frontenac & Place Royale.
Day 6: Monday, June 22
Shrine of Saint Anne
7:30 a.m. Checkout and depart for 8 a.m. French Mass
at Notre-Dame Baslica – In the heart of Old Quebec, the
Basilica houses the tomb of St. Fancols de Lava! Depart for
home following Mass.
3 p.m. Visit & Mass at the Jesus-Marie
Convent, home of Blessed Dina Belanger
– Sister Celestine welcomes you
5:15 p.m. Arrival and Check in at
Hotel Classique – luggage handling
is included here, as are the buffet breakfasts at hotel restaurant
each morning. Check in, relax and
freshen up for dinner.
**Itinerary subject to change based upon scheduling &
availability. Prices based on 30+people traveling**
Trip operated by Bloom Tours
6:30 p.m. Dinner at Chez Greco
(soup of day, choice of salmon
filet, chicken kebab or rib
steak on the grill. dessert,
coffee/tea). Return to hotel
for the evening.
Marie Reine du Monde
6:30 a.m. American breakfast buffet at Hotel Classique (orange juice, scrambled eggs, bacon, ham or sausage, home
fried potatoes, toast, pancake/waffle, maple syrup, butter
& assort fruit jams, coffee/tea/milk).
Notre Dame Cathedral