A JOURNEY TO IRELAND: WALKING IN THE PATH OF THE IRISH SAINTS - 13 DAYS: JULY 31 TO AUGUST 12, 2022
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A Journey to Ireland:
Walking in the Path of the Irish Saints
13 Days: July 31 to August 12, 2022
Under the Spiritual Leadership of Fr. Chris Ponnet
& Dennis Doyle - Celtic Harpist, Singer & Storyteller
Your Pilgrimage Leaders
Fr. Chris Ponnet is a Catholic priest of Los Angeles Archdiocese ordained in 1983. Fr. Chris is chaplain/pastor
of St. Camillus Center serving at LAC USC Medical Center. He spent most of his five months sabbatical in
Ireland, enjoying the beauty and music and researching family history (Breen, Ryan, McGrath, Collins) and
the Anamcara spiritual traditions.
Professor Dennis Doyle has taught English and Humanities at Glendale College for nearly 40 years. This will
be his eighth trip to Ireland and sixth trip leading a group overseas.
In addition to a career teaching about Irish history, literature, and culture, Dennis is an avid participant.
He works as a professional Irish musician (harp, mandolin, bodhran, piano), is an award-winning singer,
holds certification for fluency in the Irish language, and has created a discography of 12 recordings and two
published books on Irish music. He has performed throughout North America, Japan, and Ireland. Dennis
plays locally each year at the Los Angeles Archdiocesan Religious Education Congress. He also has helped
lead retreat programs on Celtic Spirituality at Redemptorist Renewal Centers in New Mexico and Wisconsin, at the Holy Spirit
Retreat in Encino, California, and at the Center for Spiritual Development in Orange, California.
Our Daily Itinerary
We have time for lunch on our own, and then we are on
to Clonmacnoise, one of Ireland’s most celebrated holy
Day 1, Sunday, July 31: Depart USA places. Here we see the 12th century round tower, ancient
High Crosses, as well as the many churches and temples at
this hollowed site.
We depart Los Angeles International Airport on our We continue on to our hotel, our home for the next
flight en route to Dublin, with complimentary meals and four nights. Later, we enjoy a dinner in town followed by a
beverages served on board. traditional music concert at St. Nicholas Church (pending
local schedule). (B, D)
Day 2, Monday, August 1: Failte (Welcome) to
Ireland Day 4, Wednesday, August 3: Galway: Excursion to
Connemara, Cong, Kylemore Abbey & Gardens plus
Aughnanure Castle
We arrive at Dublin airport and are met by our Catholic
Travel Centre representative, who accompanies us This morning after breakfast, we set out along the
throughout our journey. We board a motor coach and Connemara Loop, a breathtaking drive through one of
transfer to our hotel near the airport. Dinner is at our Ireland’s most beautiful areas. Along the loop, we stop in
hotel. (D) Cong, where the film, “The Quiet Man” was filmed.
We continue
to Kylemore
Day 3, Tuesday, August 2: Dublin / Kildare / Abbey and
Clonmacnoise / Galway Gardens, where
we visit the
This morning after breakfast and checkout, we board our convent of the
waiting motor coach for Kildare and St. Brigid’s Parish, Benedictine
where we celebrate Mass. Nuns of Ypres,
magnificently
set on Lake
Kylemore. Here
we celebrate
Mass and have
some time for lunch on our own. After some time for
reflection in this beautiful setting, we head south stopping
at Aughnanure Castle, home of the O’Flaherty family, who
ruled this section of Ireland for 300 years from this six-
story tower on the shores of Lake Corrib. We return to our
hotel in Galway for dinner and the evening. (B, D)
Fifteen people, young
Day 5, Thursday, August 4: Galway: Full Day and old, witnessed the
at Leisure apparition. We view a
brief presentation on
the history of Knock
followed by a private
Mass. After Mass, we
walk to the nearby
Knock Hotel for lunch.
Departing Knock,
we head on to Croagh
Patrick Holy Mountain,
revered as the holiest
mountain in Ireland,
where many pilgrims
come in honor of Saint Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint.
After breakfast, the day is at leisure to experience Galway
and its pubs, restaurants, bookstores, and music shops.
Some may wish to tour the Galway Cathedral, enjoy a
boat trip to Lake Corrib, or take a walk down around
the Spanish Arch. A short train ride to the castle town of
Athenry is available from the town train station. Dinner is
on our own this evening to explore the local restaurants
and pubs. (B)
Day 6, Friday, August 5: Galway: Excursion to
the Aran Islands
This morning
after breakfast, It was on the summit of the mountain that Saint Patrick
we enjoy an fasted for 40 days in 441 AD, and the custom has been
excursion to the faithfully handed down from generation to generation.
Aran Islands. The hike to the top is too long and steep for us today, but
The three for those hearty souls, there’s a point about 100 yards up
Aran Islands the path where you’ll find a statue of St. Patrick.
-- Inisheer, We also visit nearby Famine Monument. This
Inishmaan, magnificent piece of sculpture by John Behan was
and Inishmore unveiled by President Mary Robinson in 1997. It depicts
-- stand out a Coffin Ship with skeleton bodies and commemorates
in the Galway the anniversary of the Famine. Dennis will lead us in a
Bay, forming a mass of limestone. We visit Inishmore, the reflection on the An Gorta Mor – Ireland’s Great Hunger.
largest of the Aran Islands, made up of 14 tiny villages. We return to our hotel for dinner and the evening. (B, D)
For those able to make the climb, we visit the Iron Age
fortresses of Dun Aengus (Dun Aonghasa), one of the Day 8, Sunday, August 7: Galway / Poulnabrone
finest prehistoric monuments in Western Europe. Others Dolman and the Burren / Cliffs of Moher / Liscanor
not making the climb can mosey in the shops in the village. & St. Brigid’s Well / Ennis
We visit and take some time at Sli Aonghusa Retreat
Centre, where we pause for a reflection on “the spirituality After breakfast,
of place,” led by one of the local directors (arranged by we travel south to
Dennis Doyle). Lunch is included today. Dinner tonight is County Clare for
on our own to explore the local restaurants. (B, L) the Poulnabrone
Dolman, an
unusually large
Day 7, Saturday, August 6: Galway: Knock, Croagh portal tomb
Patrick Holy Mountain and the Famine Memorial located in the
Burren. Situated
This morning after breakfast, we set out for Knock, on one of the
dedicated to Our Lady of Knock. The shrine is visited each most desolate
year by more than 1.5 million pilgrims. Upon arriving and highest points
here as a pilgrim in the autumn of 1979, Pope John Paul of the region, it comprises three standing portal stones
II declared: “Now I am at the goal of my pilgrimage to supporting a heavy horizontal capstone, and dates to the
Ireland!” Neolithic period, probably between 4200 BC and 2900 BC.
The story of Knock began on the 21st of August 1879,
when Our Lady, St. Joseph, and St. John the Evangelist
appeared at the south gable of Knock Parish Church.
Day 10, Tuesday, August 9: Dublin: Book of Kells,
Trinity College, Epic Museum & Guiness Storehouse
We begin today with a visit
of Trinity College, where the
famous Book of Kells is kept.
Next, we visit EPIC - The Irish
Emigration Museum, located
in Dublin’s Docklands, which
covers the history of the Irish
diaspora and emigration to
other countries. In recent
years, it has been voted the
best museum in Europe.
We continue on for a visit to the Cliffs of Moher, sheer cliffs After some time for lunch
dropping 600 feet to the water below, one of the most on our own, we conclude
impressive stretches of shoreline on the west coast of our day at the Guiness
Ireland. We will have some time for our included pub lunch Storehouse, a spectacular
nearby. attraction, designed to woo
After lunch we visit Brigid’s Well in Liscanor, one of us with the wonders of the “dark stuff.” The star attraction
the oldest wells rumored to have healing powers, and is the top-floor Gravity Bar with 360-degree floor-to-ceiling
the running sound of the water is audible. It is housed in glass walls offering a nonpareil view out over the city while
an open grotto that serves as a gateway to the ancient we sip our free pint. Dinner tonight is on our own. (B)
cemetery on the hill above it. The graveyard is the final
resting place of several mythical kings and clan leaders
of Ireland. Here, Dennis leads us in a little ceremony and Day 11, Wednesday, August 10: Dublin:
presentation with song to share stories about St. Brigid.
We continue on to our accommodations in Ennis for
Glendalough & Avoca
dinner and the evening. (B, L, D)
Today, we visit Glendalough - the Glen between the Two
Day 9, Monday, August 8: Ennis / Rock of Cashel Lakes, one of Irelands’ most beloved early Monastic sites.
/ Dublin We travel through County Wicklow. In its gentle and
rounded hills are nestled Enniskerry and Avoca, both very
picturesque villages.
After breakfast and checkout, we travel to the Rock of
Cashel, possibly the most photographed site in Ireland According to legend, St. Kevin retired to Glendalough to
and one of Ireland’s leading tourist attractions. Here in 450 be alone, living as a hermit for years. When his followers
AD, St. Patrick baptized King Aengus. We tour the ruins, became too numerous, he was compelled to begin a
including Cashel Cathedral, still in very good condition monastic community to accommodate them, the ruins of
given its age. which we can still see here today. In time, this community
After our visit and some time for lunch on our own, became a great center of learning known as “Rome of the
we continue on to our hotel in Dublin for dinner and the West.”
evening. (B, D) Our visit includes the Interpretative Center for Celtic
Spirituality. We celebrate Mass at St. Kevin’s Church.
From here we make our way to Avoca for lunch at a local
restaurant, followed by an opportunity to peruse the
creations of the Avoca weavers. We return to Dublin for
some time at leisure. Dinner tonight is on our own. (B, L)
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Inauguration Mound on the Hill of Tara, which served as
Day 12, Thursday, August 11: Dublin: Newgrange, the coronation stone for the High Kings of Ireland. Dinner
Monasterboice & Tara tonight is at a pub in the city, featuring storytelling and
music. (B, L, D)
After breakfast, we travel to the historic Boyne Valley. Day 13, Friday, August 12: Slan Leat (Good Bye)
We begin with a visit of a Neolithic passage tomb
to Ireland
at Newgrange or Knowth (subject to confirmation).
Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, these tombs
are older than the Pyramids of Egypt, and housed the We check out of our hotel and transfer to the Dublin
remains of a Stone Age People for 5000 years. We then airport for our return flight to Los Angeles.
journey to the Monastery of Monasterboice, founded in
the late 5th century by St. Buith. Here we view the famous Please note you will clear U.S. Customs at the Dublin Airport, so when
Muiredach Cross, the most perfectly preserved of all you return to the USA, there will be no U.S. Customs procedure.
Ireland’s ancient high crosses.
Note: While no changes are anticipated, there may be unforeseen
After lunch at a local restaurant, our final stop of the occasions when certain alterations to this itinerary become
day is the Hill of Tara & The Lia Fáil, meaning Stone of necessary, either due to changes in airline schedules or for other
Destiny - or also “Speaking Stone.” It is a stone at the reasons.
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Traveler agrees Catholic Travel Centre is a registered Seller of Travel in the State of to and shall indemnify and hold harmless CTC, and each of our California: CST#: 2018667–40. “Registration as a Seller of Travel officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively “CTC”), from does not constitute approval by the State of California.” Section any expenses, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, 17550.24(f). CTC subscribes to the California Travel Consumer and costs (collectively, “damages”) involved with or incurred by Restitution Fund. Non-residents of California are not eligible to make CTC (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and claims to this fund. A claim must be submitted to the TCRF within the advancement of same) with respect to any claims, law suits, 12 months after the scheduled completion date of travel. For more arbitrations, or other causes of action, which result, directly or information, visit www.tcrcinfo.org. In accordance with California law, indirectly, from: (i) traveler’s breach or violation, or threatened breach CTC has a trust account to protect Traveler’s purchase money. or violation, of this Agreement and (ii) Any damage caused by FLORIDA SELLER OF TRAVEL: Fla. Seller of Travel Ref. No. traveler while participating in the trip. ST43075. UNUSED SERVICES: There is no right to a refund for any unused JURISDICTION/VENUE/CLASS ACTION WAIVER/LIMITATION services, including airline tickets. OF DAMAGES/NOTICE OF CLAIM. These Terms and Conditions LIABILITY DISCLAIMER: CTC hereby expressly disclaims any and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of all liability for any personal injury, property damage, loss of baggage, the State of California without regard to conflict of law principles. accident, delay or irregularity, any claim for special or consequential Any dispute arising from the contract shall be litigated in a court of damages, or any other loss that may be occasioned by the acts competent jurisdiction in the County of Los Angeles. You agree you and/or omissions, whether negligent, wrongful, or intentional of any will only bring claims against CTC in your individual capacity and air carrier, hotel/motel, or other lodging operator, railroad operator, not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action or bus operator, public transportation, sea carrier, local sightseeing representative proceeding. CTC shall not in any case be liable for company, tour operator, tour leader, or spiritual director, any other than compensatory damages, and your payment of a deposit employees thereof, or for any other entity or individual not under the on a trip means you agree to these conditions of sale and expressly direct supervision and control of CTC when engaged in conveying waive any right to punitive damages. You understand and agree no the passenger or in carrying out the arrangements of the tour, or claims will be considered and you will not bring suit against CTC otherwise in connection therewith. CTC further disclaims any liability unless you have first provided a typewritten notice of claim to CTC for any damages, losses, or expenses incurred, or inconvenience within 30 days after the trip or cancellation of the trip. caused, due to delay or changes in schedules, defaults, over- TERMS & CONDITIONS CHANGES: Changes in any of the Terms & booking of hotels or airlines, sickness, weather, strikes, quarantines, Conditions can be made only in writing signed by an officer of CTC. acts of terrorism, construction, war, pandemic, force majeure, or other such events that are beyond CTC’s control. CTC likewise disclaims any liability for statements, actions, or inactions of any intermediary agents, such as group administrators, spiritual directors, tour leaders, travel agents, or any other intermediary involved with the selling, promotion, or operation of CTC’s tours. Furthermore, to
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