Pilgrimage to Fatima, Lourdes & Spain
April 28 - May 8, 2026

Deacon Michael and Krystyna Ward are pleased to announce that they will be leading a pilgrimage to Fatima in Portugal, Lourdes in France and notable sites in Spain along the way from April 28-May 8, 2026.

Arriving in Lisbon from New York and after a brief stop in Lisbon we will be moving on to our first major spiritual pilgrimage site visit at Fatima. From there we will stop in the Spanish cities of Salamanca, Valladolid and Burgos on our way to our second major pilgrimage site at Lourdes in southern France. At Lourdes we will visit the apparition site and related points of interest. Leaving Lourdes we will return to Spain visiting the mountaintop monastery at Montserrat before concluding our pilgrimage in Barcelona, visiting the famous Gaudi-designed Holy Family Church and other points, with some free time for exploring this beautiful city, before heading home!

We are pleased that our dear friend Fr. Michael Coveyou, well-known to those who traveled with us to the Holy Land, Rome and Assisi, will once again travel with us…ensuring we will have our own Masses at the major pilgrimage sites and other important sites in between!

We hope you can join us!

There is a link HERE to the web-page at EO Travel of Lakeland FL, our pilgrimage partner making the arrangements.  There is a link on their web-page to download the full brochure, which provides all of the important details and pricing. 

We will be having an informational meeting on Wednesday April 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM at the St. James Parish Center (behind the church!) 767 Elm Street in Rocky Hill.

If you are at all thinking of going, or are just curious, please contact Deacon Michael at saintjmdeacon@gmail.com or call him at 860-836-8218.