DAY ONE — Friday, January 18, 2008 |
5-5:30 p.m. | Check-in at McMahon Hall on the campus of St. Peter Church |
5:45 p.m. | Blessing of pilgrims |
6 p.m. | Leave St. Peter Church
— Dinner (sack meals provided on bus) |
Midnight | Sleep (quiet in the bus) |
DAY TWO — Saturday, January 19, 2008 |
7 a.m. | Breakfast
— Provided at a rest area (fruit cups or fruit, yogurt, donuts, muffins, juice) |
8-9 a.m. | Homework time (quiet in the bus) |
Noon | Lunch
— Not provided; we will stop at assorted fast food restaurants |
5 p.m. | Emmitsburg, MD — Mt. St. Mary's Seminary
— Pizza dinner (provided)
— Recreation |
8 p.m. | Mass and Praise & Worship Holy Hour at the Immaculate Conception Basilica |
10 p.m. | Comfort Inn, Gettysburg, PA |
10:30 p.m. | Curfew — all youths report to their hotel rooms |
Midnight | Lights out |
DAY THREE — Sunday, January 20, 2008 |
6 a.m. | Wakeup call |
6:30-7:30 a.m. | Breakfast
— Provided in the hotel lobby |
7:30 a.m. | Packing the bus |
8 a.m. | Leave hotel |
8:30-10:30 a.m. | Gettysburg Bus Tours |
10:30-11:30 a.m. | Gettysburg National Park Visitor's Center |
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | Lunch
— Not provided; youth will dine in groups in Gettysburg restaurants |
1 p.m. | Leave Gettysburg |
1:30-2:45 p.m. | The Shrine of Elizabeth Ann Seton |
3 p.m. | Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes |
4 p.m. | Mass — Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes |
5 p.m. | Dinner
— Provided at a local restaurant in Emmitsburg or Frederick, MD |
8:30 p.m. | Comfort Inn, Alexandria, VA |
10:30 p.m. | Curfew — all youths report to their hotel rooms |
Midnight | Lights out |
DAY FOUR — Monday, January 21, 2008 — National Holiday |
| Breakfast
— Provided in the hotel lobby |
7:45 a.m. | Leave for the Basilica |
9-10 a.m. | Mass in the Miraculous Medal Chapel of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception |
10-11:30 a.m. | Basilica tour / Basilica gift shop |
Noon-1 p.m. | Lunch at the Union Station Food Court
— Not provided; youth will dine in groups in the food court |
1:30-3 p.m. | National Monuments: Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Washington Monument, etc. |
3-5 p.m. | Holocaust Museum (special exhibit tickets) |
6-9 p.m. | Dinner and shopping
— Dinner not provided; youths will eat at the shopping mall's food court
— Youths will travel in groups to shop |
9 p.m. | Head back to hotel |
10:30 p.m. | Curfew — all youths report to their hotel rooms |
Midnight | Lights out |
DAY FIVE — Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
5 a.m. | Wake up and pack |
6 a.m. | Pack bus
— Breakfast provided in the hotel |
6:30 a.m. | Depart for youth rally |
8:45-11:30 a.m. | Rally for Life / Youth Mass and Confessions (Verizon Center)
— Rally followed by Mass at 10 a.m. with Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl as main celebrant. Open to both youths and adults.
— The rally features recording artists Steve Angrisano, Matt Maher and ValLimar Jansen |
11:30 a.m. | Walk to the March for Life |
Noon-3 p.m. | March for Life
— Rally on the Mall followed by a march to Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court
— Sack lunches provided |
4 p.m. | Bus departs for Omaha (bus located in front of Union Station) |
6:30 p.m. | Dinner
— Not provided; we will stop at assorted fast food restaurants |
Midnight | Sleep (quiet in the bus) |
DAY SIX — Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
7 a.m. | Breakfast
— Provided at a rest area (fruit cups or fruit, yogurt, donuts, muffins, juice) |
8-9 a.m. | Homework time (quiet in the bus) |
Noon | Lunch
— Not provided; we will stop at assorted fast food restaurants |
4 p.m. | Arrive at St. Peter Church, Omaha |
