Pilgrimage and Retreat for Priests in Assisi, Italy
Wed Oct 8, 2025 12:00 AM - Fri Oct 17, 2025 11:45 PM CEST
Assisi
Description
Join Dr. Anthony Lilles, Dr. Joseph Hollcraft, Dan Burke, and Fr. Francis Mary Roaldi, CFR, for the first of its kind retreat and pilgrimage in Assisi. Participants may chose to only register for the retreat or they may apply for the Spiritual Direction Program for Priests of which this retreat is a part of.
Package Includes:
- Lodging/Hotels
- Meals as per itinerary
- Sightseeing as per itinerary
- Tour bus
- Entrance tickets
- Local taxes
- Tips to tour guides & bus drivers
Price:
$1750 for the Spiritual Direction Program for Priests which includes the retreat and pilgrimage to Assisi (includes private room - Does not include travel to and from Italy)
$800 for the retreat and pilgrimage in Assisi ONLY (includes private room - Does not include travel to and from Italy - Does not include the modules for the Spiritual Direction Program for Priests)
Itinerary:
OCTOBER 8 (Wed.) – ARRIVAL AT FCO (Rome airport) by 2:00 p.m. • Transfer by tour bus to Siena. • Dinner & overnight.
OCTOBER 9 (Thu.) – Breakfast at Siena hotel then to Assisi. • Lunch (on your own). • Dinner & overnight at DOMUS PACIS HOTEL (few minute’s walk from
the BASILICA SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGELI with PORZIUNCULA inside the basilica).
OCTOBER 10-14 – 5-DAY PRIEST RETREAT with 3-meals daily, morning conferences on spiritual direction with opportunity for individual direction and confession in the afternoon.
OCTOBER 15 (Wed.) – Mass & breakfast. • Transfer to Loreto to visit the HOLY HOUSE OF NAZARETH. • Dinner & overnight.
OCTOBER 16 (Thu.) – Mass, breakfast, and group lunch on the way to Rome. • HOLY DOORS IN ROME. • Dinner (on your own) & overnight.
OCTOBER 17 (Fri.) – Mass, breakfast & depart (on your own) for FCO or stay around longer to enjoy Rome on your own.
Have Questions? Contact:
Agnes Lilles at 303-638-6301 or priestlyrenewal@myavila.com
Dr. Anthony Lilles at 805-212-2693
Thank you to our generous sponsors, an anonymous benefactor and the Initiative for Priestly Renewal, for subsidizing the costs for priests and seminarians to attend.