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PREVIOUS PILGRIMAGES (24 HOLY JOURNEYS BY THE END OF 2025)
1 - 2003 - PILGRIMAGE TO THE STEPS OF SAINT PAUL: TURKEY, GREECE AND ROME. As participant of the Class pilgrimage of the MA Divinity Program of Mundelein Seminary.
2 - 2006: MARY AND THE SAINTS: Lisbon, Santarem, Fatima, Coimbra, Braga, Oporto, Santiago de Compostela, Salamanca, Avila, Segovia, Madrid, Toledo, Zaragoza, Lourdes. Collaboration with Fr. Raymond Flores.
3 - 2009: HOLY LAND: BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Caesarea, Carmel, Haifa, Megiddo, Galilee, Nazareth, Cana, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea,
Qumran Valley, Masada, Jericho, Bethany
4 - 2010: INTO THE NUCLEUS OF THE CHURCH: Venice, Padova, Siena, Florence, Assisi, Orvietto, Rome, Vatican with Papal Audience
5 - 2011: MARY AND THE SAINTS: Lisbon, Santarem, Fatima, Coimbra, Braga, Porto, Santiago de Compostela, Salamanca, Avila, Alba de Tormes, Madrid, Toledo, Zaragoza, Lourdes
6 - 2012: EASTERN EUROPE PILGRIMAGE: Warsaw, Czestochowa, Wadowice, Auschwitz, Krakow, Budapest, Viena, Prague
7 - 2013: HOLY LAND: BACK TO WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Caesarea, Carmel, Haifa, Megiddo, Galilee, Nazareth, Cana, Mount Tabor, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Qumran Valley, Qsar al Yahud, Bethany, Jericho
8 - 2013: THE SHRINES OF FRANCE: Nevers, Bourges, Tours, Loire Valley, Chenonceau, Amboise, Normandie, Le Mont Saint Michel, Chartres, Caen, Lisieux, Paris
9 - 2014: THE FOOTSTEPS OF PAUL AND JOHN: Istanbul, Canakkale, Heraklion, Troy, Asklepion, Izmir, Ephesus, Kusadasi, Patmos, Rhodes, Santorini, Crete, Piraeus, Corinth, Athens
10 - 2015: MARIAN PILGRIMAGE: Lisbon, Santarem, Fatima, Salamanca, Avila, Segovia, Madrid, Toledo, Zaragoza, Lourdes, Barcelona, Montserrat.
11 - 2015: HOLY LAND: Caesarea, Carmel, Haifa, Megiddo, Galilee, Nazareth, Cana, Mount Tabor, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Qumran Valley, Qsar-al-Yahud, Bethany, Jericho, Valley of Darkness/St. George Monastery, Ein Karem. Collaboration with Fr. Scott Huggins.
Fr. Sunny has been conducting pilgrimages to various Catholic Shrines since 2006. These pilgrimages are very steep in spiritual input, but the total pilgrimage experience also engages the special cultural elements of the sites and countries that are visited. Fr. Sunny has led a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the Marian Shrines of Portugal, Spain and France (Fatima to Lourdes), the holy shrines of Poland, Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic (Warsaw to Prague), Italy (Venice to Rome, Amalfi Coast), Mexico, France (Lourdes to Paris) and the Footsteps of Paul and John in Turkey and Greece (Istanbul to the Greek Isles to Athens), and also the Catholic Shrines of Bohol and Cebu, Philippines. These pilgrimages are practical and less expensive ways of doing a safe and organized spiritual journey that is meant to build our relationship with God, with our loved ones and fellow pilgrims.
THE JOURNEY
The journey opens your mind
to the richness of the earth,
the multifaceted beauty
of humanity and his culture.
The journey forces you
to look beyond the things themselves
and see the author of it all,
the one who summoned you to Himself
through the goodness and truth
of everything that He created.
The journey is a pilgrimage of life
hand in hand with God.
PiLGRiMAGES
SEA OF GALILEE, 2009
WARSAW, 2012
LOURDES, 2018
THE SHRINES OF FRANCE 2026
Lourdes to Paris
with Fr. Brendan Lupton
July 20-31, 2026
visiting Lourdes, Nevers, Normandy, Caen, Bayeaux, Loire Valley, Tours, Chartres, Le Mont St. Michel, Lisieux, Paris. Highlights include visit Saint Bernadette, torchlight procession in Lourdes, masses and visits to iconic gothic churches in Chartres and Paris, visit the home and convent of St. Therese of Lisieux, chateaus in the Loire Valley, and the culture of France.
Package Price: $5,139
VENICE, SLOVENIA, CROATIA & MEDJURGORJE
Venice to Medjugorje 2026
November 9-20, 2026
visiting Venice, Slovenia, Croatia, and Medjurgorge, this pilgrimage highlights a prayerful experience at Medjugorje, being surrounded by natural beauty in Bled, exloring Dubrovnik, Ljubljana, and celebrating nature at Plitvice Lake and Waterfalls, all of that being book-ended by the epic Italian flair that Venice has to offer.
Package Price: $4,799
Registration is going on now.
Registration is going on now
12 - 2016: YEAR OF MERCY BALTIC CRUISE RETREAT. Copenhagen (Denmark), Warnemunde (Germany), Tallinn (Estonia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Helsinki (Finland), and
Malmo (Sweden).
13 - 2016: JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY - ITALY: Florence, San Gimigniano, Assisi, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Pompeii, Monte Cassino, Rome, Vatican with Papal Audience
14 - 2017: GUADALUPE AND MEXICO SHRINES: Mexico City, Tlatelolco, Guadalupe, Teotihuacan, Xochimilco, San Miguel de Milagro, Tlaxcala, Ocotlan, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Taxco
15 - 2018: MARIAN: Lisbon, Santarem, Fatima, Coimbra, Braga, Santiago de Compostela, Salamanca, Avila, Segovia, Madrid, Toledo, Zaragoza, Lourdes
16 - 2018: HOLY LAND: Caesarea, Carmel, Haifa, Megiddo, Galilee, Nazareth, Cana, Mount Tabor, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Qumran Valley, Qsar-al-Yahud, Bethany,
Jericho, Valley of Darkness/St. George Monastery, Ein Karem
17 - 2019: POLAND TO PRAGUE. Krakow, Wadowice, Jasna Gora (Czesztochowa) , Auschwitz, Krakow, Lagiewniki (Divine Mercy), Budapest, Viena, Bratislava, Prague.
18 - 2019: GUADALUPE AND MEXICO SHRINES: Mexico City, Tlatelolco, Guadalupe, Teotihuacan, Xochimilco, San Miguel de Milagro, Tlaxcala, Ocotlan, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Taxco
19 - 2022: TURKEY AND GREECE: Istanbul, Izmir, Ephesus, Canakkale, Pergamum, Sardis, Laodicea, Hierapolis, Troy, Kavala, Philippi, Thessaloniki, Virea,
Delphi, Meteora, Corinth, Athens
20 - 2022: HOLY LAND AND JORDAN: Caesarea, Carmel, Haifa, Megiddo, Galilee, Tiberias (Moun tof Beatitudes, Tabgha, Mensa Christi, Cafarnaum, Sea of Galilee), Nazareth,
Cana, Mount Tabor, Magdala, Jerash, Amman, Petra, Mount Nebo, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Qsar-al-Yahud, Jericho, Qumran Valley, Dead Sea, Mount Zion, Bethany
23 - 2024: The SHRINES OF THE PHILIPPINES: Tagbilaran, BOHOL: (Tagbilaran, Baclayon, Albuquerque, Loboc River, Bilar, Batuan Church, Loon, Dauis, Chocolate Hills, Tarsier
Sanctuary), CEBU: St. Pedro Calungsod Shrine, Holy Relics Chapel, Carcar, Naga, Sibonga, Simala Shrine, CORON: Busuanga, Kayangan Lake, Barracuda Lake.
A Joint Pilgrimage with Fr. Mario Quejadas and Fr. Dindo Billote, and a first to the Philippines.
24 - 2024: MARIAN PILGRIMAGE: Lisbon, Fatima, Salamanca, Avila, Madrid, Zaragoza, Lourdes, Barcelona, Montserrat
25 - 2025: JUBILEE YEAR OF HOPE: Italy Pilgrimage: Venice, Florence, Assisi, San Giovani Rotondo, Pompei, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Rome, The Vatican with Papal Audience.
A Joint Pilgrimage with Fr. Mario Quejadas and Fr. Dindo Billote.
26 - 2025: JUBILEE YEAR OF HOPE: Lourdes to Rome Pilgrimage: Lourdes, Carcassone, Avignon, Nice, Genoa, Florence, Assisi, Rome, Vatican with Papal Audience.
27 - 2026: MEXICO: Guadalajara to Guadalupe: Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, San Juan de los Lagos, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Xochimilco, Coyoacan,
Teotihuacan, Mexico City, Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
28 - 2026: SHRINES OF FRANCE: with Fr. Brendan Lupton. Lourdes to Paris: Lourdes, Nevers, Normandy, Amboise, Loire Valley, Bayeux, Caen, Tours, Mont St. Michel, Lisieux, Paris
29 - 2026: SLOVENIA, CROATIA & MEDJUGORJE: Venice, Trieste, Zagreb, Opatija, Split, Dubrovnik, Medjugorje, Plitvice Lakes, Bled, Ljubljana
30 - 2027: IRELAND:
31 - 2027: HOLY LAND:
32 - 2028: ECUADOR, PERU AND COLOMBIA:
33 - 2028: HOLY LAND:
34 - 2029:
ISTANBUL 2014
EPHESUS 2014
GUADALUPE, 2017
SALAMANCA 2024
AVILA 2024
PATMOS 2014
Lourdes, 2018
Tiberias, 2009
