World Youth Day event schedule is preliminary and subject to change per developments from WYD Council.

Day 2 Fri, Aug 12:  TOULOUSE - LOURDES. Upon arrival at Toulouse Airport, we are met and board our motor coach and continue to Lourdes. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

Day 3 Sat, Aug 13:  LOURDES. This morning, we begin with a private Mass at the Grotto. The morning is free for personal devotions to Our Lady of Lourdes including, and for those who wish, the legendary healing waters of the miraculous Lourdes spring. This afternoon, our walking tour takes us to Boly Mill, the birthplace of St. Bernadette, the Cachot - the former jail where she lived during the apparitions - and the local parish church. Tonight, following dinner, we have the option of participating in the Torch light Procession.

Day 4 Sun, Aug 14:  LOURDES - ZARAGOZA. This morning, we drive to Zaragoza, was founded by the Romans. Its luxuriant vegetation with its many cascades and grottos make it a miniature Switzerland in the middle of arid upper Aragon. This city was also the birthplace of Goya, whose works grace many of the sites we will visit. The #1 Marian shrine of Spain - the Pilar Basilica - commemorates apparitions of Our Lady the Pillar to St. James in 40 AD, and here we will celebrate Mass. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

Day 5 Mon, Aug 15:  MADRID. After breakfast we depart for Madrid. Upon arrival we will have a panoramic city tour on our way to our WYD accommodations. Dinner is on our own tonight.

Day 6 Tue, Aug 16: WYD. Today, we have time at leisure. About 5:30 pm, we celebrate Mass in Madrid's Cibeles Square, presided over by the archbishop of Madrid and concelebrated by the bishops and priests participating in WYD. About 9:00 pm, we have the first activities of the Youth Festival—WYD Cultural Program begins, which include concerts, exhibitions, displays, guided visits to Museums, plays, etc. (details to be determined.)

Day 7 Wed, Aug 17: WYD. Today, we have catechesis session, organized by linguistic groups, with bishops from all over the world. These sessions take place in churches, schools, auditoriums and sports centers of Madrid. This evening, we participate in the Youth Festival—WYD Cultural Program.

Day 8 Thu, Aug 18: WYD. Catechesis session during the day. About 5:00 pm, we receive and welcome the Holy Father in Cibeles Square. WYD Cultural Program in the evening around 9:00 pm.

Day 9 Fri, Aug 19: WYD. Catechesis session during the day. Youth Festival—WYD Cultural Program at 5:00 pm. At about 9:00 pm, we participate in WYD Via Crucis. Fourteen "pasos" of the Spanish Holy Week, from different points of the peninsula, go out in procession through the streets of Madrid around Cibeles Square.

Day 10 Sat, Aug 20: WYD. Preparatory ceremony at Cuatro Vientos (Four Winds) aerodrome 4:00 pm: Pilgrims arrive, little by little, and take their places. Meanwhile, different activities take place on the stage (testimonies of young people, musical interpretations, prayers to the Virgin, etc.) to prepare for the Vigil. At about 8:00 pm, the Pope arrives and Eucharistic adoration begins. Planned is an address by the Holy Father. We then spend the night at Cuatro Vientos aerodrome. For those who so wish, there will be several tents where we can adore the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Day 11 Sun, Aug 21: WYD. This morning, the Pope celebrates Mass with thousands of bishops and priests and he will address young people, and those who are not so young, to send them out to the world to witness to their faith as the Lord did with his Apostles. At the end of the concluding Mass, the Holy Father will announce where World Youth Day 2014 will be held. The remainder of the day is at leisure for pursuits on our own.

Day 12 Mon, Aug 22: MADRID - USA. Transfer to the airport for our flight home—the end of our Pilgrimage to Spain and World Youth Day 2011.