CREATE A PILGRIMAGE
FOR YOUR PARISH OR GROUP

Transform and Renew your Faith through Pilgrimage

REQUEST A CUSTOM ITINERARY

The Pilgrimage Planning Process

At Tekton Ministries, we do everything possible to make every pilgrimage safe, easy, and fulfilling. We take care of the practical details so that you can have a memorable experience. From transportation and accommodations to meals and daily Mass, we help you plan a pilgrimage experience that’s rich and rewarding while leaving room for rest and prayer.
Pray

1. PRAY

After you’ve prayerfully considered what destination and season are best suited to the spiritual goals of your parish, we begin discussing the length and dates of travel.
Plan Your Pilgrimage

2. PLAN

We custom-design your itinerary around the needs of your pilgrims. We secure hotels, transportation, meals, Christian guides, and permissions and entry to the holy sites.
Promote Your Pilgrimage Together

3. PROMOTE

Your custom-made toolkit helps you promote your pilgrimage from the pulpit, website, and bulletin. Online registration requires no extra effort from your busy staff.

Let Us Create a Custom Itinerary for You

Where are you interested in going?
Select all that apply:
 
 

Discover The Power of Pilgrimage

Hear one priest’s story of how pilgrimage converts hearts and makes Scripture come to life as parishioners walk in the footsteps of Christ, the Apostles, and our Blessed Mother.

Life-changing Destinations and Experiences

The holy sites and shrines of the Catholic Church are gifts of our Faith waiting to be received. They are gifts from God to help us find more of Heaven’s great graces through understanding and prayer. Your itinerary — the schedule of sites you visit and the activities you will do there — is custom tailored to the spiritual goals and needs of your individual group.
Image

The Holy Land

Here pilgrims walk in the footsteps of Jesus and pray in the places where events in scripture actually occurred. Sacred sites include the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem; His childhood home in Nazareth; His baptismal site at the Jordan River; the locations of His early ministry around the Sea of Galilee; and places He spent His final days in and around Jerusalem.
Image

Rome & the Vatican

Many pilgrims choose to visit the foundations of the Catholic church in Rome and Italy. There are four major pilgrimage churches in the Eternal City: St. Peter’s Basilica, St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran, and St. Paul’s Outside the Walls. A papal audience and a visit to the Vatican Museums, especially the Sistine Chapel, offer memorable experiences.
Image

Marian Shrines

Devotion to Mary is an important reason for pilgrimage. Visiting her shrines offers a chance to honor, reflect and rejoice on the inspiration and intercession we receive from Our Blessed Mother. The foremost Marian shrines are at Lourdes, France; Fatima, Portugal; Guadalupe, Mexico; Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Czestochowa, Poland, and Knock, Ireland.
“Tekton is unique in their pilgrimage ministry in that they get it. They really understand what a Catholic pilgrimage is all about.”
-Msgr. Bill Stumpf
 

Why Choose Tekton?

Tekton Ministries has been leading Catholic pilgrimages for more than 20 years. We work and listen closely to our priests and pilgrimage leaders to create thoughtfully planned itineraries. We help make the Catholic faith more tangible to your daily life by taking you where the seeds of Catholicism were first planted to be spread across the world. Daily Mass and time for prayerful reflection are important parts of each day’s experience.
25+ Years in Ministry
True pilgrimage – not religious tours
Custom-crafted itineraries
Authentic Catholic experiences
Inclusive, competitive pricing
Properly paced itineraries include daily Mass and time for reflection
Only Catholic/Christian guides
Prayerful pre-pilgrimage preparation
Custom guidebooks, name and luggage tags
Local offices and support worldwide
Free pilgrimage promotion materials
Easy online registration means no extra effort for your busy staff
“A pilgrimage is experiencing our faith in a very tangible way with other people on the same journey. I think that’s what Christ meant for us…to grow our faith not in a solitary way, but in a communal way. Our pilgrims were all strangers to each other, and now they are bonded. They have connected in a way they wouldn’t have experienced just going to church together.”
-Fr. Pat Baikauskas, Diocese of Lafayette

The Tekton Difference

Tekton offers Authentic Catholic Pilgrimages. Each pilgrimage includes daily Mass in sacred sites, prayer, reflection, Christian guides, and adherence to USCCB pilgrimage guidelines.