Day 9—Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene—July 27, 2014

Sunday— Saint Mary Magdalene—Feast Day Mass After breakfast at the hostellerie we’ll drive to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume to take part in the welcoming for the feast and the procession into the Basilique for the 10:30 am Feast Day Mass. After Mass we will celebrate with the people of the town in front of the Basilique, then […]

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Day 8—Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene—July 26, 2014

Saturday— Feast Day of Saint Ann Today is a day of contemplation, prayer and solitude—nothing in particular is planned. We will have breakfast at the hostellerie restaurant and attend the 11:45 am Mass in the Chapel of the hostellerie. Then we’ll have lunch at Brasserie “La Terrasse,” next door. You may want to spend the […]

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Day 7—Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene—July 25, 2014

Friday Breakfast at the hostellerie restaurant and afterwards we will spend a little time in the hostellerie gift shop. Drive to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, the place where the boat carrying Mary Magdalene and her companions landed in 47 AD. We’ll have a tour of the parish church where St. Mary Salome and St. […]

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Day 6—Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene—July 24, 2014

Thursday After breakfast we’ll drive to the fabulous market in Aix-en-Provence, first stopping by Librairie le Blason to visit Rita in her lovely book store. Then we’ll visit Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, which was built in the twelfth century on the site of an ancient temple dedicated to the sun god, Apollo. Saint Maximin and Saint Mary Magdalene […]

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Day 5—Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene—July 23, 2014

Wednesday Breakfast at the hostellerie restaurant and then drive to the Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine at St.-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume for 11 am Mass presided by Fr. Florian Racine. the pastor and also founder of Missionaries of the Most Holy Eucharist. We’ll have lunch with those attending Adoratio2014 and then return to the basilique at 3 pm for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. After the […]

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Day 4—Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene—July 22, 2014

Tuesday—Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene We will climb the mountain through the forest to La Sainte-Baume, the Cave of Saint Mary Magdalene, with several hundred pilgrims in a special Feast Day Procession led by the Dominican brothers who will carry the relics (her tibia & hair) with them. In 1295 Pope Boniface […]

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Day 3—Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene—July 21, 2014

Monday Breakfast at the hostellerie restaurant and then drive to Marseille where we will have a panoramic view of the city and the port from Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde. Visit Abbaye de Saint-Victor where St. Lazarus preached and heard confessions and stop at Four des Navettes—for 200 years they have been making the specialty “Navette,” a hard biscuit […]

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Day 2—Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene—July 20, 2014

Sunday After breakfast at the apartment we will attend the 10:30 am Solemn Mass for the elevation of the relics of St. Cedonius, whom according to tradition is the man born blind and healed in Chapter 9 of the Gospel of John. Bishop Dominique Rey will preside and preach the Mass. After […]

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Day 1—Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene—July 19, 2014

Saturday The pilgrims joining the Novena Tour of PROVENCE to Saint Mary Magdalene will arrive at Marseille Airport in the morning, flying from California, USA and Canada. We’ll drive to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume and check into our Provençal apartment and then walk over to the Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine for the Opening of the Congress “Adoratio2014,“ whose […]

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9-Day Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene to begin on July 19, 2014

Please join us in a 9-Day Novena of Prayers to Saint Mary Magdalene beginning July 19th. The Gospel meditations and daily prayers will come to your email each day of the Novena (July 19 – July 27, 2014). The “Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene” prayer book includes all the Gospels which mention […]

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