Ireland - New Ways Ministry

RESERVATION FORM
Ireland: Land of Rainbows & Wedding Bells
April 11-18, 2016
Departure: Monday evening, April 11, 2016
Cost: $2,599 (from Newark, NJ, to Shannon)
Land only: $2,086 (Meet group at Shannon airport)
Single rooms: $310 additional (limited availability)
To register, mail the following items to:
Sr. Jeannine Gramick, SL
4012—29th Street
Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Copy of Registration Form (below)
Copy of photo page of passport
Reservation Deposit—$500 (make check payable
to New Ways Ministry or call 301-277-5674 to
supply credit card info)
Terms and Conditions
Departure: Monday evening, April 11, 2016
Cost: $2,599 (from Newark, NJ, to Shannon)
Land only: $2,086 (Meet group in Shannon airport)
Single rooms: $310 additional (limited availability)
Deposit: $500 (fully refundable before Dec. 16, 2015)
Full payment due: January 26, 2016
Late fee: $100 after Dec. 16, 2015
$200 after Jan. 26, 2016
Cancellation fee for land tour:
 $100 after Dec. 16, 2015
 $200 after Jan. 26, 2016
 Non-refundable after February 6, 2016
Cancellation fee for airfare:
 Non-refundable after January 10, 2016
Ireland:
Land of St. Brigid & St. Patrick
Ireland:
Land of Rainbows & Wedding Bells
Passports: Must be valid until May 20, 2016
_____________________________________
Name (as it appears on your passport)
_____________________________________
Street Address
_____________________________________
City, State, ZIP
_____________________________________
Home Telephone
Work Telephone
_____________________________________
Mobile Telephone
_____________________________________
Email Address
My roommate is: ______________________
Please assign me a roommate.
I prefer a single room. ($310 additional—limited)
I will meet you at Shannon airport.
The pilgrimage cost includes:
 Round trip airfare between US and Ireland
 Daily breakfast and dinner
 Hotel accommodations (double occupancy)
 Daily Mass and spiritual activities
 Tour manager and guides
 Ground transportation via private motor coach
 Entrance fees to sites visited
 Airport-hotel transfers
 Baggage handling for one suitcase
The pilgrimage cost does not include:
 Airport taxes and fuel surcharges, announced by
airlines 30-90 days prior to departure (estimated
$349)
 Tips to tour manager, bus driver, guides, and hotel
staff (about $13 per day)
 Lunches, dinner beverages, one dinner
 Travel and/or medical insurance (e.g. see
www.travelguard.com)
 Price changes due to major currency fluctuations
between the dollar and the euro
 Personal items
An LGBT-friendly Catholic pilgrimage
with Sr. Jeannine Gramick, SL
April 11-18, 2016
For more information:
Sr. Jeannine Gramick, SL
4012—29th Street
Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Email: gramick@juno.com
Phone: 301-864-3604
Sr. Jeannine
invites you to
visit the Emerald Isle!
Ireland:
Monday, April 11th
This evening we depart Newark Airport (EWR) on our overnight flight to Shannon Airport in western Ireland. We will
be served complimentary beverages, in-flight movies,
dinner, and breakfast.
Tuesday, April 12th
KNOCK—This morning we arrive
at Shannon and board our
motorcoach for a ride through
County Clare. We stop at St.
Patrick's Monastery in Esker,
a monastic site since the
sixteenth century. After Mass at
the Redemptorist Monastery,
we leave County Galway and
travel north to County Mayo to
visit a major Marian Shrine in
Knock. We gather briefly at our
hotel before dinner for prayer
and introductions of old and
new friends. Overnight in
Knock.
Our Lady of Knock
Wednesday, April 13th
CLONMACNOISE—After a hearty Irish breakfast, we
depart Knock and travel through the rolling hills and rugged countryside of central Ireland to visit Clonmacnoise.
This monastic settlement founded by St. Ciarán in the
Land of Rainbows and Wedding Bells
mid-6th century became one of the greatest centers of medieval learning in Ireland.
The buildings that exist today date to the
10th century and include two Round Towers, two High Crosses and seven churches.
Set on the Eastern bank of the River
Shannon, it is the burial place of many high
kings of Tara. In the afternoon, we arrive in
Dublin where we celebrate Mass, and visit
Baggot Street where Mother Catherine
McAuley opened the first convent of mercy.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Dublin.
Meet after dinner for reflection.
Newry and past the scenic Mourne
Mountains in County Down to Belfast in
Northern Ireland. After Mass, we have a
sightseeing tour around the city, including
the university area. In the city center we
see the Albert Memorial, ornate Victorian
buildings, and Donegall Square. We see
the murals that tell the story of the most
recent conflict in Irish history with the
infamous Falls and Shankill Roads, Peace
walls, barriers and gates, and memorial
gardens. We visit Titanic Belfast through
nine interactive galleries that take you
back to the construction and launch, her
famous maiden voyage, and tragic end.
We return to Dublin for dinner and
overnight at the hotel.
Thursday, April 14th
DUBLIN—After Mass, a local guide will
show us the prominent sites of Dublin.
We visit Oscar Wilde’s house and see his
statue in Stephens Square. We walk
through the cobbled stones of Trinity
College to the magnificent Old Library
building that houses the Book of Kells, a
9th-century illuminated manuscript of the
Gospels. At Christchurch Cathedral, we can
climb the Cathedral Belfry Tower for one of
the most spectacular views of the city. We
tour Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, famous for
its connections to the brilliant and eccentric Dean Jonathan Swift. Tradition says
that Ireland’s patron Saint Patrick baptized
converts here on his visit to Dublin. After
dinner we meet with members of the group
Saturday, April 16th
GLENDALOUGH & KILDARE—After Mass
we leave Dublin to see the delightful
scenery of the Wicklow Mountains on the
way to Glendalough, St. Kevin’s 6th
century monastic site. For thousands of
years people have been drawn to 'the
valley of the two lakes' for its spectacular
scenery, rich history, archaeology and
abundant wildlife. Glendalough will still
your mind, inspire your heart, and fill your
soul. We continue our journey into
Kildare, the birthplace of St. Brigid,
Ireland’s female patron saint who founded a unique double monastery – one part
for nuns and one part for monks. We visit
St. Brigid’s Cathedral. We return to Dublin
where we will have some free time to relax
or explore the city before dinner at the
hotel. Meet after dinner for reflection.
Gay Catholic Voice Ireland.
Friday, April 15th
BELFAST—After breakfast we leave Dublin
and travel North along the coast to Drogheda through the towns of Dundalk and
Clonmacnoise Monastery
Christchurch Cathedral
Sunday, April 17th
NEWGRANGE, HILL OF TARA,
& SLANE—Today we drive
through the rolling hills of
Meath to Brú na Bóinne
World Heritage Site. The
archaeological landscape is
dominated by large passage
tombs, built around 3200
BCE in the Neolithic or Late
Stone Age, making the
tombs older than Stonehenge in England and the
Pyramids of Giza in
Egypt. We visit Newgrange,
one of these tombs, whose
Book of Kells
passage has clear astronomical alignment with the Winter Solstice Sunrise. We
stop to visit the Hill of Tara, the political and religious
center of Celtic Ireland, and the Hill of Slane, where St.
Patrick is said to have celebrated an Easter liturgy. This
afternoon we celebrate Mass with the All Are Welcome
group at the Carmelite Priory in Dublin. We gather after
dinner at the hotel for some farewell remarks.
Monday, April 18th
USA—We leave Ireland with memories of rainbows and
rejoicing for the lesbian and gay couples in Ireland who
can now have their relationship legally recognized.
Glendalough