Dear Friends,

   An exciting journey to the Eternal City is being offered by Gesu.  We are offering an eight-day experience to the heart of Rome during the Holy Season of Christmas.

   We will depart for Rome on December 30, 2010, and return on January 6, 2011.  Our pilgrimage will include a New Year’s celebration at the Church of the Gesu on its Feast Day (the Mother Church of Gesu-Cleveland and the Jesuits).  We will experience the wonder of ancient Rome and visit the churches of Rome, St. Peter’s Basilica, St. Paul outside the Walls, St. Mary’s Major, and St. John Lateran.  We will also have an opportunity to visit the Vatican Museum, catacombs, and an audience with our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.  An added bonus is visiting the rooms of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, and the inspiration for the Spiritual Exercises.

   The experience will prove to be exciting, joyful, and uplifting to our spirits.  There will be plenty of opportunity to explore this ancient city and to celebrate the New Year in the company of parishioners, the citizens, and Jesuits of Rome.

Sincerely yours,

Fr. Lorn J. Snow, S.J., Pastor

Tour Features

$1,679 (per person) from Cleveland

* Round trip airfare from Cleveland

* Accommodations at a select hotel

* Most meals

* Services of a professional tour escort

* Comprehensive sightseeing throughout

* All service charges and local hotel taxes

* $100,000 Automatic Flight Insurance (subject to policy terms and limitations—see brochure for more details)

For a copy of the detailed brochure of the Pilgrimage to Rome, please visit the

Parish Office.  The brochure lists the daily itinerary and includes the Reservation Form.