2015 Saint Mary Magdalene Novena Pilgrimage

July 19-29, 2016

Get to know Saint Mary Magdalene in a very personal way….

Come join us on the 2016 Saint Mary Magdalene Novena Pilgrimage. This year the Novena Pilgrimage is scheduled for July 19-29, over the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene (July 22).

Pricing: $2,750—Double Occupancy. The Novena Pilgrimage begins at the Marseille Airport in the South of France on July 19, 2016. Round-trip airfare from the United States or elsewhere is not included.

Includes: 10 nights at Hostellerie-de-la-Sainte-Baume, all transportation, admission fees, two tour guides, and all meals (except one lunch in Aix-en-Provence).

Deposit: A $500 non-refundable deposit is required to RESERVE YOUR SPOT.

Balance due: June 1, 2016

The Novena Pilgrimage will focus on the life of Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection and on her companions who sailed from Palestine to Gaul (now France) in 47 AD and ended up converting all of what is now Provence. During the 10-Day Novena Pilgrimage you will see many relics of first century Saints and others:

Saint Mary Magdalene at the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene in Saint Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume

Saint Mary Magdalene’s at the Cave of La Sainte-Baume near Plan d’Aups

Saint Martha – (her sister) in Tarascon

Saint Lazarus – (her brother) who was imprisoned and beheaded in Marseille

Saint Maximin – one of the seventy-two disciples of Christ (St. Peter entrusted the care of Mary Magdalene to Maximin) in Saint Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume

Saint Cedonius the man born blind that Jesus healed in Saint Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume

Saint Marcelle – the friend and maid of Sainte Martha in Saint Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume

Saint Mary Jacobe and Saint Mary Salome – the two Marys with Mary Magdalene at the Empty Tomb in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Saint Sarah in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

OTHER RELICS OF SAINTS YOU WILL SEE:

Saint Dominic – a Spanish priest and founder of the Dominican Order – the Order of Preachers in Saint Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume

Saint Victor – Christian martyr, a Roman army officer in Marseille who publicly denounced the worship of idols in Marseille 

Saint John Cassienfounder of the Cassianites in the 4th century in Marseille

Saint Trophimus – the first bishop of Arles in Arles

Saint Eugène de Mazenod – founder of the Missionaries of Provence (name changed to Oblates of Mary Immaculate) and bishop of Marseille in Marseille

Throughout the Novena Pilgrimage we will pray our Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene.


Need More Info?

View our past Novena Tour Pilgrimages and read the reviews: