Welcome, this private day trip with expert driver and car or minivan. The driver will meet you at the address you indicated, Apartments, Hotels, Bed & Breakfast in Rome.
You will make you discover some of the most important and most famous Italian worship places in the world. Saint Rita of Cascia lived for forty years in humility and charity, in prayer and penance. In the last fifteen years of his life, he brought to the forehead the sign of his profound union with the crucified Jesus. Her body is venerated in the sanctuary of Cascia, a destination for continuous pilgrimages. Beatified by Urban VIII in 1627, she was canonized on 24 May 1900 by Leo XIII. It is invoked as a saint of forgiveness and a peacemaker of Christ. The sanctuary of Santa Rita is situated in the highest part of the city of Cascia, about 200 km from Rome.
Day excursion from Rome to Saint Rita of Cascia: 8 Hours.
You can visit the complex of the sanctuary of the Basilica, the monastery and the Apostolic Penitentiary.
Tour Itinerary:
- 7:00 Departure from Rome
- 10:00 Arrival at Cascia, visit sanctuary of the Basilica:
Built with the offerings of benefactors, even the smallest, the Basilica of Saint Rita is a project that Blessed Mother Fasce wants strongly in order to accommodate devotees of the Saint of impossible cases in the town. She knows just how beloved this Saint can be, and pilgrims flock in their millions..Behind the large wrought iron lattice you can see the chapel of Saint Rita, in neo-Byzantine style. The urn of 1930 containing the body of Saint Rita was placed here on 18 May 1947.
The cloistered Monastery
The cloistered Monastery is the historical place where Saint Rita lived for 40 years as an Augustinian nun and where she died in 1457, at the age of 76. Today, the Monastery is alive more than ever, where the Augustinian monastic community comprising about 40 nuns.
Penitentiary
Here, pilgrims can always find priests to receive the Sacrament of Confession in the most common languages. Unique in its originality, the Penitentiary is indicated by theological and pastoral experts as a successful model of renewal of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
- 12:30 Leave Cascia to Rome
- 15:00 Arrival in Rome
Max 8 persons
Included: Round Trip transfer – Available driver – Gasoline – Anything in not mentioned but necessary
Not inluded: Entrance tickets – Gratuity – Official Tourist Guide – Restaurant
Lunch is optional and not included in the price.
Times are approximate.
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Day Excursion Saint Rita of Cascia also available for the disabled with wheelchair-accessible minivans – Contact Us
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