Including: Altoetting – Salzburg – Oberammergau – Munich – Regensburg

Dear Friends of Salt + Light Television:

Let me introduce you to Salt + Light Television’s newest project. True to our mission of Evangelization, we will be offering you a series of learning and spiritual growth travel opportunities, that we are calling “Blessed Journeys.” If you are looking for a faith-filled adventure, accompanied by Church leaders, this pilgrimage is for you. Connaissance Travel and Tours and
Salt + Light Television have come together to create this new program that is designed to inspire.

The first in our series takes us to the home town of Pope Benedict XVI in Bavaria. See the place of his birth and baptism and the surroundings that inspired him in his youth.

We include the once-in-ten-years opportunity to see the Passion Play put on by the inhabitants of Oberammergau, Germany. The Oberammergau Passion Play was first performed in 1634 and is the result of a vow made by the inhabitants of the village that if God spared them from the effects of the Bubonic plague sweeping the region, they would perform a passion play every ten years. The play involves more than 2,000 actors, singers, instrumentalists and technicians - all residents of the village.

As a special feature, we will begin the trip in Salzburg, Austria, the home of the von Trapp family of “Sound of Music” fame. The city is also home to Mozart’s residence and birthplace and boasts fortresses, abbeys and castles for lovers of magnificent architecture. Pope Benedict XVI said that Mozart “thoroughly penetrated” his soul in his early years.

This trip will be a blessed journey that will allow you to continue your learning and spiritual growth. Join me on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as we immerse ourselves in the faith, culture, sights, sounds and food of this wonderful part of the world.

Sincerely,

Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB
CEO, Salt + Light Television

Package Includes:

• Roundtrip airfare in economy class from Toronto
• 8 days escorted tyour via air-conditioned motor coach
• 6 nights hotel accommodation (3 or 4 star hotels)
• 2 nights accommodation in inns and private guesthouses at Graswang village next to Oberammergau (bed & breakfast)
• 8 buffet breakfasts
• 6 dinners at hotel or local restaurant (including 1 dinner with Bavarian Evening at Munich Hofbrauhaus)
• 1 dinner at Oberammergau during the interval of the Passion Play
• 1 lunch at Oberammergau on the day of the Passion Play
• Tickets to Passion Play Oberammergau, Category 2
• Guided walking tour of Altoetting
• Entrance fee for Pope Benedict XVI’s birthplace in Marktl
• Guided walking tour of Salzburg
• Guided “Sound of Music Tour” by motor coach
• Guided city tour of Munich in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI
• Guided city tour of Episcopal Town of Freising in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI
• Danube River Cruise through the Danube Gorge at Weltenburg
• Guided walking tour of Regensburg in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI
• Benefit of a Salt + Light Television escort
• Father Thomas Rosica, CSB will be joining the group for part of the tour,
  providing insight, and educational and spiritual input along the way