Catholic Shrines of Western Europe: A Pilgrim's Travel Guide (Paperback)

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Product Description

Invites the reader on a pilgrimage to more than 70 of Western Europe's most celebrated shrines and sanctuaries. In these pages you will visit Lourdes, Fatima, Knock, the Vatican, and other holy sites and learn all about Europe's Marian and angelic apparitions, eucharistic miracles, relics, miraculous statues, and more.

About the Author

Kevin J. Wright is one of the world's most recognized religious travel authorities and Founder/President of the World Religious Travel Association. As the leading global network for the faith tourism industry, WRTA exists to shape, enrich, and expand the $18 billion and 300 million traveler religious tourism and hospitality market. An award-winning author of four faith-based travel guidebooks, Wright recently debuted his newest book The Christian Traveler Planner, which serves as the most comprehensive guidebook ever written on faith vacation opportunities. In his near fifteen-year career, he has traveled to almost 30 countries, visited more than 300 major places of pilgrimage, embarked on faith-based cruise charters, escorted group tours, and writes for national publications. Wright has been interviewed by CBS The Early Show, TIME Magazine, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, National Geographic, Forbes Traveler, London Times, and dozens of other media around the world. In 2004, Wright launched the very successful and high profile Religious Travel Division at Globus, one of the world's largest escorted travel companies. Today, he also serves as President of the Religious Marketing Consulting Group, a team of independent professionals who assist companies in marketing, selling, and developing products and services for the global religious market. Wright has spoken at major tourism events throughout North America and around the world including The New York Times Travel Show, Jordan Travel Mart, U.S.-Africa Tourism & Sports Seminar, Home Based Travel Agency Show, and The Caribbean Media Exchange.

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: Liguori Publications; 1st edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764801023
• ISBN-13: 978-0764801020
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #574,952 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is an excellent guide to a pilgrimage!, April 16, 1999

By A Customer

I strongly recommend this book to anyone who plans on going for a pilgrimage to Western Europe. It contains a wealth of information to the well-known shrines and even to the ones you've not even heard of before. The prayers included in this book will greatly help one's pilgrimage be a grace and faith-filled one. This book likewise will be very helpful even to pilgrims who can not make the actual trip. I was at the different shrines in Europe not too long ago and I wish I had this book at at that time. Now that I have the book and opportunity is offering itself again, I am sure it will be very helpful. Kudos to you Kevin. Please write some more books similar to this, particularly on your pilgrimages to North America. It will surely be as helpful as THE CATHOLIC SHRINES IN WESTERN EUROPE.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT GUIDE TO THE SHRINES OF EUROPE!!!!!!!, April 21, 1999

By A Customer

THIS BOOK GIVES AN EXCELLENT LISTING OF THE MAJOR AND MINOR SHRINES OF EUROPE.THE AUTHOR INCLUDES DETAILED INFO ON HOW TO ARRIVE TO THE VARIOUS SHRINES AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.YOU CANNOT FIND THIS INFO IN REGULAR TRAVEL GUIDES.HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II SAYS WE SHOULD ALL MAKE A PILGRIMAGE IN THE HOLY YEAR.THIS IS A MUST HAVE BOOK TO DO SO.I TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY THROUGH EUROPE USING WRIGHT GUIDE.A+++++++,HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book for a Semester in Europe, November 19, 2004

By	MB (Springfield, MA) - See all my reviews

I spent two semesters in Europe and this book was immensely helpful in deciding which pilgrimage sights to go to and then finding them! I love the little maps that are shown for the various shrines. At Franciscan University's campus in Austria, this book in particular is very popular, because it tells about the history of the place and how to find it. If you know a Catholic who is going to Europe and wants to visit shrines, then I highly recommend this book.