We've been wanting to do a trip like this . . .

April was once told by a fabulous psychic that she was an orphan in a past life raised by the Franciscan monks in Assisi! And that one of her spirit guides is one of those monks . . . he loved her so much that he couldn't leave her. So needless to say we have been wanting to make a trip to Assisi ever since.

I heard Wayne Dyer talking on Hayhouse radio today about an upcoming European trip he has planned. Here is some of the info from the website and link if you want to check it out.

Experience the trip of a lifetime to 3 of the most Sacred Sites in the World!
Assisi • Lourdes • Medjugorje
Our guided tour will feature lectures in each country from Dr. Wayne Dyer
JUNE 19-28, 2011

Assisi the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the religious order in1208 and St. Clare, the founder of the Poor Sisters which became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Saint Gabriel Of Our Lady of Sorrows of the 19th century was also born in Assisi. Churches include the Basilica of San Francesco of Assisi (pictured on the far left), Santa Maria Maggiore, The Cathedral of San Rufino, Basilica of Santa Chiara, Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Chiesa Nuova, Santo Stefano and Eremo delle Carceri a small monastery with church at a canyon. In Assisi we will hear Dr. Dyer speak in the Abby of St. Pietro – a Benedictine Monastery built in the 13th century and established in the heart of Assisi. From the Basilica we go to a masterpiece called the Porzuincola (pictured above) which is a structure built around the little church that became the home of St. Francis.

Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains. Famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes that are reported to have occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous. At that time, the most prominent feature of the town was the fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at it's center. Following the reports that Our Lady of Lourdes had appeared to Bernadette on a total of eighteen occasions, Lourdes has developed into a major place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage and of alleged miraculous healings.

Today Lourdes is the largest pilgrimage site in France. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes (pictured on left) is a place of mass pilgrimage from Europe and around the world. The spring water from the grotto (right) is believed to possess healing properties. The Roman Catholic Church has officially recognized 67 miraculous healings which were stringently examined for authenticity.

After a three hour scenic tour along the one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world we arrive at one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Europe. It was in the small village of Medjugorje that on June 24th 1981, six local teenagers claimed that the Holy Virgin appeared and spoke to them.

Since then, the village and its surroundings have become a booming attraction for visitors from all over the world hoping to glimpse the Virgin Mary on Apparition Hill (or Visionary Hill as sometimes called), where she supposedly was first seen.

Click the link below and go to upcoming events, then scroll down to the European Journey!