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Catholic Pilgrimage · 5 Days · Mexico

Pilgrimage to Mexico City with Katie McGrady and Fr. Patrick Briscoe O.P.

Join Katie McGrady and Fr. Patrick Briscoe O.P. on a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Blessed Miguel Pro, Sagrada Familia,and more!

Dates
February 28 – March 4, 2025
Departs Dallas/Fort Worth
Duration
5 Days
Trip code 25RS02MXKM
From
$2,095
The Pilgrimage

Walk in the Footsteps of Faith

Come visit Mexico with Katie Prejean McGrady and Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe. You will visit the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, and more!

Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P.
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Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P.

Dominican friar, priest, author, communicator, and General Promoter for Social Communication

Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P., is a Dominican friar, priest, author, and communicator. In September 2025, the Order of Preachers appointed him General Promoter for Social Communication, supporting the worldwide Dominican family’s work in media and evangelization. He is also a host of the Godsplaining podcast and a frequent preacher, writer, speaker, and pilgrimage chaplain. His ministry brings Dominican theology, prayer, culture, and contemporary questions into accessible conversation for Catholic audiences.

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What's included

✓ Included

  • ✓Roundtrip airfare from DFW to Mexico City
  • ✓Airport taxes and fuel surcharges
  • ✓First-class hotels for 5 nights
  • ✓Service charges and hotel taxes
  • ✓Buffet breakfast daily
  • ✓2 lunches in a restaurant with wine
  • ✓1 hotel dinner (standard 3-course menu, beverages available at an additional cost)
  • ✓Welcome dinner at the hotel
  • ✓Farewell dinner in a restaurant with wine or beer
  • ✓Tequila Tasting
  • ✓Boat ride in the floating gardens
  • ✓All transfers with a private A/C motor coach as per itinerary
  • ✓Professional English-speaking tour director throughout
  • ✓Sightseeing tours as per itinerary
  • ✓Entrance fees are included to sites specifically listed (outside view means no entrance is included)
  • ✓Luggage handling at hotels (one piece per person in/out)
  • ✓Select International Tours Travel Portfolio
  • ✓Confirmation of daily Mass

× Not included

  • ×Travel protection -we recommend you consider purchasing CFAR Travel Protection
  • ×Personal expenses
  • ×Medical Insurance
  • ×Any items not explicitly mentioned in the listed inclusions
  • ×Beverages at meals unless otherwise noted
  • ×Gratuities for the guide(s), driver, and wait staff (please refer to the suggestions we will make available to you).
  • ×Church donations
  • ×Any airline baggage charges – $30.00 for 1st checked bag in each direction
  • ×Baggage handling at train stations, and airports. *Check with your airline for baggage fees and restrictions
  • ×Any charges incurred due to excessive luggage including the cost of an additional baggage vehicle or porterage charges

See the official trip information for gratuities, shipping and handling, payment fees, and any optional-extension charges.

Day by Day

Your pilgrimage, mapped out

Tap any day to explore. Meals: B breakfast · L lunch · D dinner.
Day 1February 28, 2025
DEPART USA – ARRIVAL IN MEXICO CITY
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We gather at Dallas International Airport for a group flight to Mexico City. Add-on rates are available from most major cities upon request. Upon arrival, we are greeted by our tour escort and transferred to our hotel. We enjoy a welcome drink during our group orientation, followed by dinner. Overnight in Mexico City.

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Day 2March 1, 2025
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE – PYRAMIDS OF THE SUN AND THE MOON
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This morning, we enjoy breakfast at the hotel, followed by a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our first stop of the day is the Church of Santiago Tlatelolco, where St. Juan Diego was baptized. Upon arrival at the Shrine, we visit the beautiful basilica, have time to kneel in front of the Tilma, where Our Lady’s image was miraculously imprinted. We celebrate Mass and have time to explore the gardens on our own. In the afternoon, we depart for San Juan Teotihuacan, where we have lunch and a guacamole-making class followed by a guided tour of the archaeological site of the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon. Enjoy shopping and a tequila tasting. Before we return to our hotel, we stop to see the Church of the Fifth Apparition. We have a live taping of the Katie McGrady Show at the hotel tonight. Dinner and overnight in Mexico City.

BLD
Day 3March 2, 2025
PUEBLA
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After a buffet breakfast, we depart for Puebla – City of the Angels and Churches, the fourth largest city in México and a great example of Spanish colonial architecture. The Puebla region is famous for its beautiful churches, its cuisine, and the hand-painted “Talavera” tiles. We visit the unforgettable Chapel of the Rosary to celebrate Mass and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (TBC). Then enjoy visits to the Cathedral, Santo Domingo Church, the Santa Monica religious museum, and the Church of St. Francis to see the incorrupt body of St. Sebastian. Traditionally, the delicious Mole Poblano and Chiles en Nogada have their origins here in Puebla. Tradition tells us that a nun at the Santa Rosa Convent in Puebla

Day 4March 3, 2025
BLESSED MIGUEL PRO – BLESSED CONCHITA CABRERA – HOLY HOUR AT THE BASILICA OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
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Our day starts with breakfast at the hotel. We visit the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Church of Sagrada Familia (the Holy Family) for Mass and see the tomb of Fr. Miguel Agustin Pro, the Jesuit Martyr. We explore the small museum dedicated to Blessed Miguel Pro. Continue to the Church of San José del Altillo to see the crypt where Blessed Conchita Cabrera is buried. Blessed Conchita was beatified at the Guadalupe Basilica, and she is the first Mexican laywoman to receive beatification. We are met by a local priest who gives us a short presentation about Blessed Conchita’s life. In the afternoon, we have a holy hour and watch the sunset at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Tonight’s farewell dinner is at Villa Maria Restaurant accompanied by a festive time with a Mariachi band. Overnight in Mexico City. (B. Special dinner)

BD
Day 5March 4, 2025
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE – RETURN TO THE USA
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Following breakfast, we check out of the hotel and visit Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine for morning Mass before we are transferred to the airport for our flights home.

Pricing

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$2,495per person

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$2,095per person

Land Only. Main trip package.

Single Room Supplement
$695additional

Single Room Supplement. Additional supplement.

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A deposit of $500.00 per person by check should accompany the enrollment form and a copy of your passport picture page by November 16, 2024.
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