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Objective Organize Pilgrimage & Tour to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City so that we

can understand how she is the Model of Enculturated Evangelization. A better understanding of how Our Lady of Guadalupe used Native heritage to bring people to Christ will help us understand how she wants us to use our experience of Ukrainian and other heritage and cultures to evangelize one another.

1. Visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and other Churches 2. Tour sites that will give a historical overview of the Aztecs & other native

cultures. This gives a better understanding of their religious practices and the interaction of the Spanish Conquistadors and the Catholic Church.

3. Learn about the Catholic Church’s role in the history of Latin America 4. Tour other prominent sites in Mexico City and Puebla areas. 5. **Our Hotel is a few blocks from the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe,

therefore there will be opportunities to visit the Shrine in the evenings. ***Pilgrims must be capable of vigorous walking and up to 10km or more

per day, including inclines.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Pilgrimage & Tour 2018

Spiritual Trek with Bishop Bryan Bayda, CSsR February 15-24, 2018

Tour Guides: Bishop Bryan Bayda, CSsR Jose Luis Fragoso Paniagua (aka Luis) Accommodations: Hotel Villa Quijotes www.hotelvillaquijotes.com Tour Organizers: Bishop Bryan Bayda, CSsR Marlene Bodnar Teresa Bodnar-Hiebert Information contact: Marlene 306-262-1647 bandmbodnar@shaw.ca

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Tentative Itinerary Thursday, February 15, 2018 Meet at the Saskatoon Airport at 8:30am. Air Canada AC1122 departure from Saskatoon

Airport at 11:30 am; arrive at Toronto Airport at 3:43pm. Air Canada AC1982 departure from Toronto Airport at 4:55pm; arrive in Mexico City at 9:05pm. Luis will pick us up from the airport and take us to the Hotel Villa Quijotes.

Friday, February 16, 2018 Late breakfast at the Hotel. Attend Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica. Basilica & grounds guided tour by Bishop

Bryan. Lunch TBD-Pilgrim’s expense Free time. Supper at the Hotel between 6-8pm Saturday, February 17, 2018 7am breakfast at the Hotel. 8am Luis to pick us up at the Hotel Visit the Three Cultures Square (Plaza de las Tres Culturas) Browse/shop at an outdoor market National Museum of Anthropology (Pilgrim’s admission cost is approx $75 pesos) - Lunch at

the Museum Restaurant (Pilgrims’s cost) - Guided tour by Bishop Bryan Supper at the Hotel between 6-7:30pm 8pm Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe OR Divine Liturgy in the Mirador Room at

the Hotel Sunday, February 18, 2018 8am Process to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe 9am Attend Mass at the Basilica (Bishop Bryan will concelebrate) Return to Hotel for late breakfast/brunch Free time Optional * visit to the Missionaries of Charity and Stations of the Cross at the Basilica grounds Supper at the Hotel between 6-8pm Monday, February 19, 2018 Breakfast at the Hotel between 7:30-8:20am 8:30am Luis picks us up at the Hotel Teotihuacan Pyramids (Pilgrim’s admission cost is approx $75 pesos) Pyramid of the Sun and

Pyramid of the Moon (wear hikers or runners) Lunch at the Restaurant near the Cactus Plant (Pilgrim’s Cost) Cactus Plant Tour Tulpetlac Basilica - 5th Apparition Site - Divine Liturgy with Bishop Bryan Supper at the Hotel between 6:30-8pm

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Breakfast at the Hotel between 7:30-8:20am 8:30am Luis picks us up at the Hotel Metropolitan Cathedral Zocalo - visit underground tunnels & Bishop Zumarraga’s Crypt Mass at Metropolitan Cathedral Zocalo Lunch at the Rooftop Restaurant, or other venue of Pilgrim’s choice (Pilgrim’s Cost) Free time Optional * Tour of the Metropolitan Cathedral Rooftop Bells (Pilgrim’s cost approx $85 pesos

and approx 35 minutes) Walk by Talavera tiles and Statue of the Eagle on a Cactus Supper at the Hotel between 6-8pm Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Divine Liturgy 8am at the Mirador Room at the Hotel 9-9:50am Breakfast at the Hotel 10am Luis picks us up at the Hotel Murals of the National University - Guided by Luis Floating Gardens of Xochimilco Lunch TBD (Picnic Lunch from Hotel or Restaurant to be enjoyed while on the boat - Lunch is

Pilgrim’s cost) Fun & Fellowship on the boat (trajinera) Supper at the Hotel between 6-8pm Thursday, February 22, 2018 7am Breakfast at the Hotel 7:30am Luis picks us up at the Hotel Travel to Cholula - Church built on the Pyramid (bring hikers, running shoes) Visit the Temple of San Francisco Acatepec Church (all Talavera tiles) Lunch in Puebla at the Colonial Restaurant Enjoy Puebla - Cathedral, Zocalo, San Juan de Letran Church, Capilla del Rosario (Chapel of

the Rosary) Late supper at the Hotel between 8-9pm Friday, February 23, 2018 Free day Breakfast at the Hotel at your leisure Many options for the day: Self-guided retreat time at Guadalupe Shrine & Tepeyac Hill; take a

City tour on the Turibus (approx cost of the bus $140 pesos-tour length about 4 hours and gives a brief overview of Mexico City on a double-decker), and so on…

Supper at the Hotel 6pm; Blessing of Religious Articles **Approx 9:30pm Luis picks us up to go to the airport

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Saturday, February 24, 2018 Air Canada Flight AC1983 departure from Mexico City Airport at 12:20am; arrive in Toronto

Airport at 5:45am. Air Canada Flight AC1121 departure from Toronto Airport at 8:05am; arrive in Saskatoon

10:55am.

***This itinerary is subject to change***

We look forward to our Spiritual Trek with you! *Cholula photo from Google Images