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2022 pilgrimages are now open, and we’re offering $100 off as an EARLY BIRD SPECIAL to our future pilgrims!
Register by October 31, 2021, and get ready to see the world! JMJunited 2022 Pilgrimages |
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The official dates for World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 are August 1-6, 2023!
Join fellow young adult pilgrims from around the world as we UNITE with the young Church! Register today at JMJunited.com/ WYD |
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The experience of walking through great cities, not just as a tourist, but as a real pilgrim, is one you’ll never forget. Also, did you peep the church dome at the end of this narrow Spanish street?
It’s not too late to register for our SoCal United France + Spain pilgrimage! |
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The majestic basilicas of Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, and Sacre Coeur by day, and the brilliantly illuminated Eiffel Tower by night.
Just a preview of part one of our SoCal United pilgrimage - join us for so much more! |
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Did you know that the gold crown and cross atop Lourdes’ Rosary Basilica were a gift from the people of Ireland in 1924?
Join pilgrims from around the world to find healing and hope in Lourdes by joining our SoCal UNITED pilgrimage from October 9-17, 2021. Registration closes July 31, so join now: JMJunited.com/ SoCal-2021 |
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“You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him” (Mark 16:6).
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem stands to remind pilgrims of Christ’s suffering and death, but also ultimately his victory over sin that won our freedom. Alleluia! He is risen! Photo credit: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
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“Christ became obedient to the point of death,even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every other name” (Philippians 2:8-9).
. . . Today we are in silence, uniting our sorrows to Our Lord, as we wait for the day of our redemption. Photo credit: Guillaume Paumier, CC-BY. |
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“Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father” (John 13:1).
. . . On this Holy Thursday, follow Christ into the Upper Room, the place of his Last Supper, and contemplate the mysteries to come in this Easter Triduum. Photo credit: Heritage Conservation Jerusalem Pikiwiki Israel, CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons |
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Our third “not Friday introduction” is none other than Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR! 🔥
➡️ What has you most excited for this pilgrimage? ✝️ I am excited to embark this pilgrimage to follow the footsteps of some of our greatest saint's hometowns and shrines such as St. John Paul ll, St. Faustina and St. Maximillian Kolbe. But I am most excited about the journey to get there. Meeting all the people along the way, seeing how God is going to surprise us each day... it's like the journey to Heaven. It is not easy, but we are walking together. We are not alone. ➡️ What is one unusual / fun fact about you? ✝️ I love taking St. John Paul ll's complex teachings of the Theology of the Body and "Bronx translating" it—then making it easy for me and a kid on the streets to understand it. Fun fact, I was baptized as a teenager! Oh, & I love Jesus, the youth, and tacos!!!! Come share the excitement for Jesus, great saints with @oralecp and @jasonevert on our Pure Faith pilgrimage to Poland in August 2021! JMJunited.com/ JasonEvert |
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Today we’re introducing Fr. Tim Grumbach, joining us for SoCal United in October 2021. Here’s what he had to say ⬇️
✝️I am most excited for this pilgrimage to offer Masses in places I've never been. I can't wait for the experience of approaching the Eucharist in places with such rich history and heritage. It will be such a great reminder that the Mass ties us not just to every culture, but to every time and place and person that has ever come to the Altar. 🙏 ✝️ One fun fact about me is that I spent years before seminary pursuing a career in competitive surfing. 🏄♂️ God called me into a greater adventure in the priesthood. I still get to surf from time to time, when I'm not on the mountain bike in my free time. 🚴 So my heart is very much in Los Angeles, but it has also set my heart on travel and adventure. ✈️ Practice your Spanish and French and visit JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021 to find out more 🗺 |
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Introductions aren’t only for Friday! Meet Fr. Louis Merosne, our Holy Land pilgrimage chaplain. 💥
➡️ What has you most excited for this pilgrimage? ✝️ I am most excited about seeing young adults (re)discover Christ afresh in His footsteps in the Holy Land. ➡️ What is one unusual fact about you? ✝️ I beatbox 😎 Join @fatherlouismerosne and JMJUnited in the Holy Land - more info at JMJunited.com/Holy Land2021 |
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“Darkness can only be scattered by light. Hatred can only be conquered by love.” ⚜️
- Pope St. John Paul II - JMJunited.com/Holy Land2021 Photo credit: no machine-readable author provided. Alwynloh assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
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“If created things are so utterly lovely, how gloriously beautiful must be He who made them!”
- St. Anthony of Lisbon (also known as of Padua 😇) Check out JMJunited.com/ WYD to visit the homeland of the Patron of finding lost items. |
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“Remember that you are never alone, Christ is with you on your journey every day of your lives!”
- Pope St. John Paul II, WYD 1997 - To journey to JPIIs homeland with Jason Evert and Fr. Agustino Torres CFR, go to JMJunited.com/ JasonEvert |
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“If we open our hearts to give love, we are immediately transported into the joy and blessings of love.”
- St. Genevieve, patron of Paris - Discover the City of Lights through its saints on our fall JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021 pilgrimage. Photo credit: Dmitry Dzhus from London, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
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"When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him” (Mt. 5:1). 📖
Climb the Mount of the Beatitudes on your journey to the Holy Land in fall 2021 by registering at JMJunited.com/Holy Land2021. Photo credit: Kyle Taylor from London, 84 Countries, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
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“Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.”
- St. Anthony of Lisbon - Find out how you can journey to WYD 2023 Lisbon: JMJunited.com/ WYD |
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“Let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are.”
- Pope St. John Paul II at World Youth Day 2002 - Visit JMJunited.com/ JasonEvert to visit JPII’s homeland this summer! Photo credit: Targeman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons |
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“I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.”
- fifth Promise of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque - JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021 Photo credit: Preston Gibson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons |
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“The endurance of darkness is preparation for great Light”
- St. John of the Cross - JMJunited.com/Holy Land2021 Photo credit: Antoine Taveneaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
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Experience incredible beauty found in the details of gold and art in Portugal’s first Jesuit church.
We'll be there for WYD Lisbon 2023. You can be there with us! JMJunited.com/WYD |
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Incredible men and women gave their lives so that today’s pilgrims from around the world could be inspired to live in hope.
Learn more about the heroism and faith of St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. Edith Stein on our pilgrimage to Poland by going to JMJunited.com/ JasonEvert |
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While these may seem like simple candles, they carry the prayers and petitions of thousands of pilgrims as they visit one of the most incredible monasteries in the world.
Discover Montserrat on our SoCal United fall pilgrimage at JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021 Photo credit: karel291, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia |
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A small star under a candle-lit altar marks the place where our Salvation was born, where Mary and Joseph gazed in wonder, and where the first pilgrimage was attended by shepherds and kings alike.
We pray that every pilgrim has a blessed Christmas and experiences the joy of this special season! JMJunited.com/Holy Land2021 Photo credit: Dirk D., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
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As Christmas draws near, seek guidance from the saint who sought Christ in all things (and will help you seek that which is lost).
Check out JMJunited.com/WYD to visit St. Anthony’s birthplace on your pilgrimage to WYD Lisbon. |
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Ponder the words of Pope St. John Paul II who said, “Where, if not in Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope?” 🕯
Go to JMJunited.com/ JasonEvert to make your your journey of mercy and hope in summer 2021. |
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Let yourself gaze at wonders great and small in some of the most spectacular churches in the world. ✨
Discover Paris and more in October 2021: JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021 Photo credit: Didier B (Sam67fr), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons |
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Climb to the heights to experience your own transformation on this holy mountain. ⛰
Discover the Holy Land in 2021 by visiting JMJunited.com/Holy Land2021 Photo credit: No machine-readable author provided. Bantosh~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons |
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Blessed Feast of the Immaculate Conception! As we celebrate Our Blessed Mother today, we are called - through her - to love Christ more deeply. As Our Lady of Fatima assured Lúcia: “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge
and the way that will lead you to God.” Draw nearer to Mary and her Son on your pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2023 with Lisbon UNITED, which includes a day spent at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. JMJunited.com/WYD |
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Follow in the footsteps of the great saint who proclaimed, “Courage! Be not afraid!” 👣
Go to JMJunited.com/ JasonEvert to join Jason Evert and Fr. Agustino Torres CFR! |
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Find unexpected healing in the waters of what once was an unassuming town in the Pyrenees.🏞
JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021 |
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Discover THE reason for hope in a small cave in Nazareth. ✨ Register now to join the Holy Land pilgrimage in fall 2021 by visiting JMJunited.com/HolyLand2021. Photo credit: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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A trip to this charming Portuguese town includes some refreshingly crisp vinho with a bite of lunch before you head out to see some of the world's largest waves break across magnificent beaches. 🍷🥘 🌊
Have a glass for yourself on our WYD Lisbon UNITED pilgrimage: JMJunited.com/WYD |
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Enjoy a cold pint of “polskie piwo” as you and your friends share memories of your day with Sts. John Paul II, Maximilian Kolbe, Faustina, and many more incredible saints.
Join us in Poland by going to JMJunited.com/JasonEvert. |
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Have a café con leche to start your morning strong as you wander cities and small villages alike throughout Spain. You might want a second cup - they’re cheap, and oh, so delicious!
Grab your coffee with us at JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021 |
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A pilgrim isn’t perfect, and neither was St. Peter. This beautiful church commemorates the cock that crowed 🐓(Gallicantu in Latin) at his denial of Jesus, and also reminds all who struggle in their faith that the Lord is quick to forgive!
Join our Holy Land pilgrimage at JMJunited.com/ HolyLand2021 Photo credit: עמוס גל, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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There is no St. Anthony of Padua in Portugal. The Patron Saint of Lost Items 🔍- who was born and raised in their capital city - is most definitely St. Anthony of LISBON!
Visit his shrine and more during World Youth Day by registering at JMJunited.com/WYD |
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In charming Wadowice, Poland stands the beautiful Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Someone 😇 really important lived across the street from it, and was baptized there. ⛪
Join Jason Evert and Fr. Agostino Torres CFR by registering at JMJunited.com/JasonEvert. |
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While visiting Paris, be sure to listen for “Emmanuel”. 🎶 He’s not your average Parisian; he’s the city’s most famous bell which peals from the South Tower of Notre-Dame.
Come to Paris with our SoCal UNITED pilgrimage to France & Spain in 2021! JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021 |
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Did you know that many of the olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane are more than 2,000 years old? That means they’re the same trees under which Jesus prayed. 🙏
Join our Holy Land pilgrimage in fall 2021 ➡️🌳 at JMJunited.com/ HolyLand2021. Photo credit: WomEOS, CC BY-SA 2.0 |
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Did you know that construction of the great monastery of Batalha lasted for almost two centuries, spanned the reign of seven Portuguese kings, and that the monastery is known as one of the most incredible gothic churches in the world?
See it for yourself on a pilgrimage to World Youth Day with us! JMJunited.com/WYD |
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Have a sweet tooth and love JPII? Take a bite of "Pope Cake" in his hometown! Registration is open for our pilgrimage to Poland with Jason Evert and Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR next summer at JMJunited.com/JasonEvert.
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Creamy chocolate in a buttery, flakey pastry - Paris knows how to breakfast. 🥐☕
Grab a pastry and a café au lait with us on our SoCal UNITED pilgrimage to France and Spain. The group is forming now at JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021. |
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Do you want fries with your St. Peter’s Fish (freshly caught in the Sea of Galilee)? 🐟
Test your food daring with Holy Land UNITED next summer. Get started at JMJunited.com/HolyLand2021. |
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There’s nothing more iconically Portuguese than the blue and white tiles that line halls of palaces and churches alike. 🟦⬜️
Visit Portugal for World Youth Day 2023! We're registering pilgrims now at JMJunited.com/WYD. |
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You’ll feel wrapped in Our Lady’s blue mantle inside St. Mary’s Basilica in Krakow. ✨
Join Jason Evert and Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR in Poland! Details at JMJunited.com/JasonEvert. |
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Find the million-and-one secrets hidden in the hand-carved ceilings of Sagrada Familia. 🏵
Explore the wonders of Spain and France with SoCal UNITED. Register now at JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021. |
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Know where we are? Hint: This glorious sunrise is over a famous sea in Israel. 🌅
Travel to the Holy Land with us from August 28-September 6, 2021: JMJunited.com/HolyLand2021. |
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Guess what famous statue has a look-alike on the coast of Lisbon's Rio Tejo? 🤔
Discover Lisbon by registering for World Youth Day at JMJunited.com/WYD |
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Can you guess which saint loved to hike the mountains of Zakopane, Poland? 🇵🇱 🏔
Make your own saintly retreat into these peaks with Jason Evert and Fr. Agustino Torres CFR. Get going at JMJunited.com/Jason Evert |
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Climb to magnificent heights above Barcelona with SoCal UNITED departing October 2021.
Start your pilgrimage at JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021. |
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Sail the same seas as Jesus and His Disciples (but maybe don't try to walk on water). 🌊
Our Holy Land UNITED pilgrimage is registering now at JMJunited.com/HolyLand2021 |
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Hop aboard Lisbon’s most famous streetcar for an incredible view. 🚃
Pilgrimages are registering now. Get in on our Early Bird Special at JMJunited.com/WYD. |
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Wish you could hang out with Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR and Jason Evert? Here's your chance! 👇
JMJ UNITED and @jmjyouth are joining forces to bring teens and young adults to Poland with these two incredible men. Visit Shrines, climb mountains, and get your fill of Polish meats and beers. Our Early Bird Special of $100 OFF your trip ends in 5 days, so hurry to JMJunited.com/Jason Evert for details and to join the group! 📄 |
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Discover Lourdes beyond the healing water. ✨
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Come with us to Jerusalem and walk the original Stations of the Cross. Follow the Via Dolorosa throughout the city to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Our Lord was buried and rose again on Easter Sunday. Beyond the sorrow of Christ's Passion, experience the immense hope, gratitude, and amazement of the Resurrection in the very place it happened. ✝️
Register now at JMJunited.com/HolyLand2021 |
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The memories you make on pilgrimage are unforgettable. ✨
The Irish friends you met in the pub who had you laughing so hard you cried. That incredible meal in Rome that made you so full you thought you'd never eat again. Camping out on Copacabana Beach for the WYD Vigil with Pope Francis. These are all snapshots of amazing and life-changing experiences from pilgrimages abroad with JMJ UNITED. ⛰ Make your own unforgettable memories at JMJunited.com/upcoming-events. |
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Stop for a minute to reflect and pray. 🙏 Like life, a pilgrimage is about the small moments as much as the big ones.👇
On a JMJ UNITED pilgrimage, you go on big adventures and meet incredible new people. You also experience small, private moments when God's quiet voice reaches you in unexpected ways. You see massive basilicas full of impressive art, and you stop in tiny, 1000+ year old churches to quietly light a candle for yourself, for someone you love, or for the world in need of your prayers. 🕯 Discover powerful ways to live your faith on pilgrimage starting at JMJunited.com/upcoming-events. |
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See the world without any cookie cutter tours or boring guides who can't relate. 🚫
JMJ UNITED takes you to the world's great holy places with other Catholic young adults who get it, who get you. ✅ Your ticket to a new kind of travel is right here at JMJunited.com/upcoming-events. ✴️ |
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Meet up with Pope Francis and a few (million) new friends from all over the world. ➡️➡️
World Youth Day is heading to Lisbon, Portugal in August 2023. 📍🇵🇹 Spend a life-changing week with JMJ UNITED: explore Lisbon, hear from Cardinals and Bishops, go to concerts, see the Pope, and camp out at an all-night prayer vigil. That's just the start! Check out the full itinerary at JMJunited.com/WYD. |
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Adventure is calling, and the world is waiting! 🗣
JMJ United pilgrimages feature fast-paced itineraries with dedicated time for independent exploration, because the world out there is a pretty amazing place. 💥 Find your next adventure at JMJunited.com/upcoming-events |
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Here's your chance to travel with Jason Evert and Fr. Agustino Torres CFR! 👇
Get ready for an incredible journey to Poland 🇵🇱, the land of JPII, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and Divine Mercy. Follow the footsteps of the country's great saints, from the capital city of Warsaw to humble Czestochowa, onward to charming Krakow and the refreshing mountains of Zakopane. 🌃 🏞 Our $100 OFF Early Bird Special ends on September 30, so hurry to JMJunited.com/JasonEvert to register! 📄 |
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Start as acquaintances, end up an international family. 🌏
What begins with, “Hi, my name is...” turns into sharing adventures, deep experiences, and connections that last far beyond your first week together. 🛤 Find your pilgrim family on a JMJ UNITED pilgrimage. |
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Hey SoCal Catholics, we created a pilgrimage JUST FOR YOU! 🙌
SoCal UNITED is no ordinary pilgrimage. It's 9 days, 2 countries, and 3 cities of adventure, culture, and reflection. 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 From Paris to Lourdes to Barcelona, you’ll walk in the footsteps of saints and encounter miraculous wonders of the Church. Hike mountains, touch history, and seek inspiration together with other Catholic young adults from Southern California. Your adventure starts at JMJunited.com/SoCal-2021 |
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This isn't your grandma's pilgrimage. ✋
JMJ UNITED combines adventure, friendship, and authentic experiences of the Faith to create unforgettable international journeys. 🚞 Grab your friends, meet some new ones, and have the time of your lives. Departures starting August 2021. JMJunited.com/upcoming-events |
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The trip of a lifetime: 9 days in the Holy Land with Fr. Louis Merosne and a few dozen new friends. 👇🏼
From August 28-September 6, 2021, take off on a holy adventure to explore thousands of years of world history and Catholic tradition. Walk in the footsteps of Christ and His Apostles as the Scriptures come alive around you. Wonders await you at holy sites from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, and from the Sea of Galilee to the top of Mount Tabor. 🌅 Get details and get registered at JMJunited.com/HolyLand2021 |
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You're young and adventurous. Shouldn't your travel be the same? ✈️🧳
Forget old-fashioned, expensive travel groups. We're changing travel for Catholic young adults. No more boring tour guides. No more seeing new countries through a bus window. JMJ UNITED invites you to go see the world on holy adventures crafted for young adults by young adults. 🗺 🎒 Find out more and join our travel revolution by checking out our upcoming events. |