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LOYOLA - XAVIER - PAMPLONA
We fly from the UK and arrive in Northern Spain a couple of hours later.
We then take our private bus to Loyola where we are ready for a good
night's sleep in this quiet setting.
We spend four days in Loyola, during which time we hope to visit:
The
Holy House of Loyola, the Santa Casa, the family house of Iñigo.
We shall arrange to celebrate Mass in the Chapel of the Conversion.
Loyola
is situated in a lovely valley on the river Urola. Weather
here in November is often cloudy and wet, so be prepared for
the glimpses of the magnificent scenery between the banks of
mist.
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We shall take a walking tour of Azpeitia and
take in the house of the blacksmith's wife, Maria de Garin,
where Ignatius spent the first few years of his life.
We shall also visit the Parish Church of St Sebastian
in the nearby town of Azpeitia. This is the church where Ignatius
was baptised. We see the original font.
We also visit the Hospital where Ignatius stayed
on his return to Loyola after his time in Manresa.
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We hope to celebrate Mass in the Hermitage of
Olatz where Ignatius prayed. This is within easy walking distance
of our hotel and is a very special quiet place.
Weather permitting, we shall offer a walk along
the River Urola to the town of Azcoitia where Ignatius' mother
came from to see her house.
We visit the walls of Pamplona on our trip across the North
of Spain to Manresa.
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We
shall take a day trip to Javier the castle home of St Francis
Xavier, where Ignatius visited.
The famous smiling Christ on the cross a 13th Century carving
in the chapel painted with the dance of death is unique and
would have been familar to Francis Xavier and seen by Ignatius.
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