Pilgrimage to Barcelona and Catalonia,
2-6 September 2019

Day One: La Rambla

The Basilica of Santa Maria del Pi (Our Lady of the Pine)

First Night Dinner: 'La Boqueria', off La Rambla

Day Two: La Sagrada Familia

The Nativity Facade

The Inner Courtyard and the Crypt Chapel

“[Gaudí] is an example of life and work who took mercy into account, with a face to recognise, contemplate and serve; who throughout his life lived with intensity the signs of the presence and the closeness of God.” (Jose Manuel Almuzara, Association for the Beatification of Antoni Gaudí)

The interior of the Sagrada Familia

The Passion Facade

“[Gaudí] shows us that God is the true measure of man; that the secret of authentic originality consists, as he himself said, in returning to one’s origin which is God. Gaudí, by opening his spirit to God, was capable of creating in this city a space of beauty, faith and hope which leads man to an encounter with him who is truth and beauty itself.” (Pope Benedict XVI)

Hospital Sant Pau, and the Parc Güell

Gaudí's Casa Milà (La Pedrera) and Casa Batlló

Museo Nacional d'Arte de Catalunya

Day Three: Manresa and Montserrat

Manresa

Church of the Santa Cova (Holy Cave) of St. Ignatius of Loyola, at Manresa

Benedictine Monastery of Montserrat

Day Four: Poblet and Tarragona

Cistercian Monastery of Poblet

Tarragona

Day Five: Barcelona Cathedral, and Santa Maria del Mar

Barcelona Cathedral

Church of Santa Maria del Mar

"For I have no doubt that I owe more to Barcelona than to any other city in the world." (Ignatius of Loyola: Letter of 12 February 1536 from Venice to James Cazador, Archdeacon of the Cathedral of Barcelona).

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