Seawind Tours & Travel, Inc. is proud to be the official Hawaii tour coordinator selected for the Canonization of Father Damien at Saint Peter's Square in Rome.

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At this time, we have closed registration. If you are interested in joining the tour or need to update your reservation information, please email or call our office.

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We are offering three tours for this event:

A.) Bishop Larry Silva's Pilgrimage - SOLD-OUT!
B.) Rome Only Full Package - SOLD-OUT!
C.) Rome Only Land Package - SOLD-OUT!

Bishop Larry Silva's Pilgrimage, from October 1 - 14, 2009, is promised to be a once in a lifetime event. We will start with explorations in Belgium before heading to Italy.

Tour highlights include:

• A visit to Father Damien's hometown of Tremelo
  
  
• Mass at Father Damien's tomb in Louvain
  
  
• City tours of Brussels and Bruges

On October 6, 2009, the tour moves to Rome where the Rome Only Tours will merge with Bishop Larry Silva's Pilgrimage.

Special highlights include:

• Visit to the Coliseum Forum, Catacombs, Saint Peter's Basilica, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, and Pantheon
  

• Mass at St. Peter's Basilica with Bishop Silva
  
  
• "No wait" tickets to the Vatican Museum
  
  
• Full-day Tour to Assisi
  
  
• Vatican City, including the Sistine Chapel and a possible Papal Audience in Saint Peter's Square
  

Tour A & B prices include round-trip air accomodations from Honolulu, HI to Rome, Italy, hotel accommodations, group meals (as stated on itinerary) and all admittance costs associated with tours listed above.

Please take a moment to explore our website for all the great tour options and information.

Please don't hesitate to contact us at damien@seawindtours.com or (808) 949-4144 if you should have any questions.

"His cassock was worn and faded, his hair tumbled like a school-boy’s, his hands stained and hardened by toil; but the glow of health was in his face, the buoyancy of youth in his manner; while his ringing laugh, his ready sympathy, and his inspiring magnetism told of one who in any sphere might do a noble work, and who in that which he has chosen is doing the noblest of all works. This was Father Damien."

- Charles Warren Stoddard, who visited Kalawao in 1884

Click here to find out more about Father Damien