Public Trip Itinerary
Do you want to know where the pilgrims are? Please check below to find our trip itinerary. Please remember that France and Spain are 6 hours ahead of Eastern Standard time. The times listed will be our time in Europe with Eastern Standard Time in parenthesis.
Friday August 12 
travel day)
- Depart RDU for London
Saturday August 13: (travel day/ Lourdes, France)
- Arrive in London for our layover to Toulouse France.
- Mass in Heathrow Airport
- Depart for Toulouse
- Travel to Lourdes by Bus
- Arrive in Lourdes
Sunday August 14:(Lourdes, France)
- Stations of the Cross
- 10:00 Am (5:00am) Mass with Bishop Burbidge at the Grotto (click to access live streaming)
- Explore the city of Lourdes
- 9:00pm (3:00pm) Adoration and Candlelight procession to the Grotto (click to access live streaming)
Monday August 15: ( Travel Day)
- Depart for Madrid by bus
- Stop in Zargoza, Spain for lunch and a tour of the Cathedral
- Arrive in Madrid and settle into our hotel
Tuesday August 16: (WYD day 1)
- Optional Trip to Avila, Spain
- 8:00pm (2:00pm) Opening Mass
Wednesday August 17: (WYD day 2)
- WYD activities
Thursday August 18: (WYD day 3)
- WYD activities
- 12:00pm (6:00am) The Pope arrives in Madrid
- 7:30pm (1:30pm)Papal welcome to the Pilgrims
Friday August 19: (WYD day 4)
- WYD activities
- 7:30pm (1:30pm) Via Crusis with Pope Benedict XVI
Saturday August 20: (WYD day 5)
- WYD activities
- Travel to Cuatro Vientos for final mass
- 8:30pm (2:30pm) Adoration and Benediction with Pope Benedict XVI
Sunday August 21: (WYD day 6)
- 9:00am (3:00am) Mass with Pope Benedict XVI
- Back to Madrid
Monday August 22: (travel day)
- Depart Madrid for Raleigh
- Arrive in Raleigh
