OUTREMER is a Purveyor of fine Catholic Pilgrimages & Overseas Travel since 2024, offering its clients faithful, authentic, & memorable Pilgrimage & Travel opportunities to destinations of significance all over the world. We work with best-in-class Tour Operators, Chauffeurs, Guides, etc. to ensure each & every itinerary offered to its Pilgrims is safe, accessible, comfortable, & spiritually edifying. Every itinerary is offered with a Catholic Priest accompanying as a Chaplin in order to make the Sacraments reverently available to Pilgrims. We are proudly 100% Catholic-owned & operated, based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
FEAST OF STS. FRANCISCO & JACINTA MARTO; THE CHILDREN OF FÁTIMA
20th of February, A.D. 2025 (02/20/2025)
PILGRIMAGE ITINERARIES AVAILABLE & UPCOMING INCLUDE:
ITALY & VATICAN - ROME, VATICAN, & ASSISI
Walk in the footsteps of countless generations of Pilgrims, Priests, & Prelates in the heart of the Universal Church. This 8-day itinerary will provide the fullness of what Rome, the Vatican, & Assisi have to offer its visitors. Pray in St. Peter’s Basilica; marvel at the Sistine Chapel; ponder the glorious traces of Rome’s past at the Pantheon, Colosseum, & Forum; then venture out to Assisi, home to St. Francis & Ste. Claire of Franciscan fame.
PORTUGAL - LISBON, SANTARÉM, FÁTIMA, COIMBRA, & OPORTO
Experience Faith, Food, & Fortified Wine like no other in warm & sunny Portugal. This 6-day itinerary will take you first to Lisbon, the venerable home of St. Anthony of Padua; then on to Fátima with a stop to explore the site of a Eucharistic miracle in old Santarém. A full day is devoted to Fátima, the fateful site of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s apparition in October of A.D. 1917; lastly, a day trip through Coimbra on the way to Oporto to sample the best of Portuguese fare.
MÉXICO - MÉXICO CITY & PUEBLA DE LOS ANGELES
Pay homage to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Empress of the Americas by visiting the sites of her famed apparitions to St. Juan Diego Cuāuhtlahtoātzin & his uncle in December of A.D. 1531. Over this 6-day itinerary, you will visit the shrine which Our Lady ordered to be built during her apparitions alongside the principal churches & shrines of México City, Puebla de los Ángeles, & Tulpetlac. Plus a visit to the tomb of Blessed Miguel Pro, SJ; the heroic priest martyred during the Cristero War.
SPAIN - MADRID, ÁVILA, SALAMANCA, BURGOS, & LOYOLA
See the Spanish heartland of Castile & León, from which came some of the greatest Saints of the Church, such as Ste. Theresa of Ávila, St. Ignatius of Loyola, & St. John of the Cross. Start your journey by exploring the bustling capital of Madrid, then venturing out to calmer Ávila. From there, move on to explore Salamanca, with a stop in Alba de Tormes. See the ancient capital of Castile, Burgos, before finally visiting the home of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits.
FRANCE - PARIS, VERSAILLES, CHARTRES, & ORLÉANS
Marvel at the legendary Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris; now fully restored to her former glory. Pay a visit to the Sainte-Chapelle, built by St. King Louis IX as a reliquary for the Our Lord’s Crown of Thorns. Then venture out from Paris on pilgrimage to Chartres along the famed route of the “Pèlerinage de Chartres”. Finally, visit Orléans, home to the famed “Maid of Orléans”; Ste. Joan of Arc. Pray in her home-parish, & even invoke her aid from her family’s home.
THE HOLY LAND - CARMEL, NAZARETH, BETHANY, BETHLEHEM, & JERUSALEM
We are working with the Church in the Holy Land, local guides, operators, & the civil authorities of Israel, Palestine, Jordan, & Lebanon to produce an itinerary which provides a complete experience of the life, work, death, & resurrection of Our Lord. Availability & precautions depend entirely upon the geopolitical situation normalizing in the region. Further information & initial dates to be announced when such information becomes available.
“To go on pilgrimage is not simply to visit a place to admire its treasures of nature, art or history. To go on pilgrimage really means to step out of ourselves in order to encounter God where he has revealed himself, where his grace has shone with particular splendour & produced rich fruits of conversion & holiness among those who believe. Above all, Christians go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, to the places associated with the Lord’s passion, death & resurrection. They go to Rome, the city of the martyrdom of Peter & Paul, & also to Compostela, which, associated with the memory of Saint James, has welcomed pilgrims from throughout the world who desire to strengthen their spirit with the Apostle’s witness of faith and love.”
“L’univers est une espèce de livre dont on n’a lu que la première page quand on n’a vu que son pays.
[The universe is like a book; you’ve only read the first page of it when you’ve only seen your own country.] ”
