University of Dallas Italy Jubilee – November 2025

Pilgrimage to Italy

Trip Date:
Nov 10, 2025
- Nov 19, 2025
Group Type
Open
Activity Level
Moderate
Price
From $3,995
Deposit $500
Hosted by
The University of Dallas - Neuhoff Institute

Trip Overview

Join Verso Ministries and the University of Dallas Neuhoff Institute on pilgrimage to Italy and be transformed by the beauty and universality of the Catholic Church during this historic Jubilee Year. This handcrafted journey invites you into a prayerful, authentic, and joyful encounter with the centuries-old practice of Jubilee pilgrimages, including the opportunity to walk through a Holy Door. From Assisi and Siena to Orvieto and Rome, encounter inspiring saints, enjoy the best of Italian cuisine and culture, and embrace the Holy Father’s call to be Pilgrims of Hope.

What’s Included?

  • Licensed, local tour guides
  • Transportation on private motocoach
  • Accommodations in double-occupancy rooms, including taxes - (single rooms available on a limited basis)
  • Meals as indicated on itinerary
  • Opportunity for daily Mass
  • All tickets for included activities listed on itinerary
  • Audio headsets
  • Verso pilgrimage booklets and pilgrim kits
  • Preparation and follow-up materials

Itinerary

November 10, 2025
  • Depart for Rome (group flight is an optional add-on)
November 11, 2025
  • Arrive in Rome and transfer to the hotel and check-in
  • Mass in a local church
  • Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant
  • Overnight in Rome

Accommodations: Hotel Atlante Garden or similar

Meals included: Dinner

November 12, 2025
  • Papal audience in the morning
  • Tour of St. Peter’s Basilica in which you’ll see Michelangelo’s Pieta and learn about the architecture and popes buried there (Scavi Tour if possible), followed by free time to explore the Vatican
  • Opportunity to enter the Holy Door
  • Mass in local church
  • Overnight in Rome

Accommodations: Hotel Atlante Garden or similar

Meals Included: Breakfast

November 13, 2025
  • Mass and tour of St. Mary Major, the oldest Marian shrine in the West
  • Opportunity to enter the Holy Door
  • Explore the piazzas and churches of Rome in a city center walking tour and lunch.
  • Free time in the afternoon
  • Overnight in Rome

Accommodations: Hotel Atlante Garden or similar

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

November 14, 2025
  • Pray with the Passion Relics at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Jerusalem
  • Mass and tour of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome
  • Opportunity to enter the Holy Door
  • Across the street, pray on the Holy Stairs that Christ climbed on the way to His trial
  • After lunch, a walk to the Coliseum and Roman Forum (exterior view only), with a visit to the Basilica of San Clemente
  • Free time in the evening to explore Rome on your own
  • Overnight in Rome

Accommodations: Hotel Atlante Garden or similar

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

November 15, 2025
  • Mass at Saint Paul Outside the Walls
  • Opportunity to enter the Holy Door
  • Continue outside the city along the Appian Way for a visit to the Basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls, where St Sebastian is buried, and a tour of the Catacombs of St Sebastian, beneath the Basilica
  • Transfer to Assisi
  • Visit to St. Mary of the Angels and the Porziuncola
  • Dinner at the hotel
  • Overnight in Assisi

Accommodations: Hotel San Pietro, BV Grand Hotel Assisi, or similar

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

November 16, 2025
  • Morning Mass at the Basilica of St. Francis, where he is buried
  • Guided tour of Assisi including the Basilica of St. Francis and Basilica of St. Clare
  • Free afternoon to explore Assisi
  • Dinner at the hotel
  • Overnight in Assisi

Accommodations: Hotel San Pietro, BV Grand Hotel Assisi, or similar

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

November 17, 2025
  • Day trip to Siena
  • Guided tour, with time to venerate the relics of St. Catherine at the Basilica of San Domenico
  • Mass at the Shrine of the House of St. Catherine
  • Time for lunch and to explore the Piazza del Campo, Siena’s bustling main square
  • Overnight in Assisi

Accommodations: Hotel San Pietro, BV Grand Hotel Assisi, or similar

Meals included: Breakfast

November 18, 2025
  • Transfer back to Rome, en-route visit to Orvieto
  • Tour of Orvieto, with Mass, and free time for lunch
  • Farewell dinner in a local restaurant
  • Overnight in Rome

Accommodations: Hotel Isola Sacra, Hotel Sheraton, or similar

Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner

November 19, 2025
  • Transfer to Rome airport and depart for the U.S.

Meals included: Breakfast

Accommodations

Standard Accommodations

  • Rome: Hotel Atlante Garden or similar
  • Assisi: Hotel San Pietro, BV Grand Hotel Assisi, or similar
  • Rome Fiumicino: Hotel Isola Sacra, Hotel Sheraton, or similar

Pricing

Package Cost
$3,995

Optional Add-ons

Travel Protection
Quote provided after registration*
Single Room Supplement
$1,309/person
Group Flight (optional)
$1,032.41/person

Pricing listed per person in double rooms and does not include airfare.

Quoted rates may fluctuate based on accommodation selection and availability. Final pricing may adjust based any significant changes in currency exchange rates. Pricing based on a minimum of 20 pilgrims.

Flights

There is an optional group flight available for this pilgrimage. Details are below. Pilgrims may also arrange their own airfare based on the designated arrival/departure times provided.

  • Arrive by: November 11, 2025
  • Arrival time: Arrive by 12:00 P.M.
  • Arrival airport: Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)
  • Arrival transfer: Transfer to the hotel via taxi or public transit
  • Depart on: November 19, 2025
  • Departure time: Depart any time on November 19
  • Departure airport: Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)
  • Departure transfer: Transfer to the airport via taxi or public transit.

Arrival Flight - November 10, 2025

  • Air France Flight #159
    • Departing Dallas (DFW) at 4:00 p.m.
    • Arriving Paris (CDG) at 8:00 a.m. (next day, November 11)
  • Air France Flight #1104
    • Departing Paris (CDG) at 9:40 a.m. (next day, November 11)
    • Arriving Rome (FCO) at 11:45 a.m. (next day, November 11)

Departure Flight - November 19, 2025

  • Air France Flight #1005
    • Departing Rome (FCO) at 6:00 a.m.
    • Arriving Paris (CDG) at 8:14 a.m.
  • Air France Flight #158
    • Departing Paris (CDG) at 10:25 a.m.
    • Arriving Dallas (DFW) at 1:50 p.m.

More Details

  • Verso Pilgrimage Director
  • Passport, visa, or luggage fees
  • Roundtrip airfare (optional add-on)
  • Airport transfers in Rome
  • Any personal purchases
  • Gratuities for pilgrimage director, guide(s), driver(s), hotel staff, and meals
  • Any meals not indicated on itinerary, as well as beverages at meals
  • Any required COVID tests or vaccinations
  • Recommended travel protection with Cancel for Any Reason coverage
  • Anything else not explicitly mentioned as included

Payment Schedule

Verso Ministries will administer registration and payment collection from individual pilgrims. Registration can be done directly on the Verso Ministries website whereby pilgrims can make their initial $500 deposit using a debit/credit card. All following payments would be accepted via check, money order, or debit/credit card. Customizable payment plans can be discussed depending on the needs of your group.

  • Deposit Upon registration: $500 per person
  • 120 days prior to departure: Final balance

 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation fees apply to organizing groups if the original number of pilgrims is reduced below the contracted amount at the rate of the group deposit multiplied by the number of pilgrims reduced. Verso will assess this fee at the 120 day payment deadline. If the group chooses to cancel its pilgrimage in its entirety, Verso Ministries retains the group deposit and will refund individuals amounts paid, depending on when cancellation by the group occurs. If an individual pilgrim chooses to cancel from the pilgrimage, the refund amount will depend on when the pilgrim cancels and is subject to the cancellation schedule below.

All cancellations of individual pilgrims must be made in writing (email or letter) to Verso Ministries. Cancellations are possible at any time, but refunds are subject to cancellation fees at the rates listed here. Cancellation fees are for individual pilgrims. Any cancellation charges incurred from other suppliers or vendors (flight, lodging, ground transportation, tickets, etc.) may come in addition to the administrative fees listed here. All group flight airline tickets, optional excursions, trip options, pre/post extensions, private transfers, and additional hotel nights are non-refundable 100 days or less prior to departure unless otherwise noted. We highly recommend the purchase of individual travel insurance.

  • Within 2 weeks of deposit: Free cancellation*
  • 14 days after deposit & 91 days or more from departure: Deposit is retained
  • 90-61 days prior to departure: 25% of trip cost is non-refundable
  • 60-31 days prior to departure: 50% of trip cost is non-refundable
  • 30 days or less prior to departure: 100% of trip cost is non-refundable

*To qualify for free cancellation within 2 weeks of deposit, deposit must be made 180 days or more prior to departure.

*Final package pricing may adjust based on confirmed accommodations and/or any significant changes in currency exchange rates.

Arriving early or staying late? Pre-stay and post-stay options

 

Want to arrive or depart outside of the designated times? 

  • Please note: If you arrive/depart outside of the designated times, private transfers (fee applies) can be arranged on your behalf. Airport transfers outside of the designated arrival/departure times are not included in the package pricing.
  • Need to book a private transfer? Contact us at hello@versoministries.com or call us at (574) 383-9396.

 

Want help arranging your flights?

Frequently Asked Questions

Who would I be traveling with on pilgrimage?

If a pilgrimage is open to all, registration is open to any pilgrim wishing to participate. As such, our groups welcome a diverse range of pilgrims, from families and married couples to single travellers and retired adults, giving you the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends.
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What risks are involved with pilgrimage?

As with any travel, particularly international, it is important to be aware of your surroundings. We monitor travel conditions for the countries our groups visit, and our on-location partners keep us informed of potentially disruptive events, situations, and conditions that might affect travel. If travel to the country is not recommended by the U.S. and/or local authorities, we handle the particulars on a case-by-case basis and update our pilgrims accordingly. To mitigate risk, we encourage all of our pilgrims to purchase travel protection to minimize losses from unforeseen causes, such as travel delays or cancellations and lost baggage.
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What is the Jubilee Year? Why is it important?

Click here to learn more about the Jubilee Year and why Jubilee pilgrimages are important in the life of the Church. Additionally, check out our Pilgrim Support Center for answers to more frequently asked questions!
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Why should I travel with Verso Ministries?

At Verso, we believe in crafting pilgrimages that offer you a view of God’s world and his work in it that you can’t get anywhere else.    We believe that everything – from the holy sites, to the meals, to daily Mass, to your fellow pilgrims – shape the ways God can speak to you, which means we’re intentional about it all.  We believe a pilgrimage isn’t just the days you travel, but it’s how you prepare – from the moment you sign up, to the days and weeks after you arrive home. We shepherd you through the entire process so you can achieve the most transformative experience possible.  We’re not just travel experts; we’re experts in Catholic pilgrimage.
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Resources

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A picture of the cieling of St. Peter's Basilica.

Finding the Saints in Rome

Rain drops falling into water.

God Bless

In Via: Journey Through Rome’s Station Churches

What Our Pilgrims Have to Say

Father Kuhn

Jocelyn

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