We lovingly call our Walk for Peace “The Assisi Adventure”. It starts with flying into Rome two days before the actual walk then board a bus to arrive in La Verna.October 14 in La Verna! This is one of the most sacred towns in Italy, where Saint Francis received the Stigmata. The first day will be a time to meet one another and prepare for the journey, as well as see the holy sites.
October 15, Day One of the walk: Walk from La Verna to Pieve Santo Stefano on foot. (18km) This very sweet town is the famous site where the Virgin Mary appeared to a shepherd in 1400.
October 16, Day Two: Walk from Pieve Santo Stefano to the village of Via Maggio. (14 km) At the end of this day’s walk, we’ll be bussed back to Pieve Santo Stefano for the night
October 17, Day Three: Walk from Via Maggio to Sansepolcro. (24 km) This town is so beautiful that it was once described in an essay by Aldous Huxley, which so impressed a British Captain that he refused to bomb the town during WWII. Sleep in Sansepolcro two nights.
October 18, Day Four: Walk from Sansepolcro to Le Burgne. (14 km) Again we will be bussed, this time back to Sansepolcro, the previous town.
October 19, Day Five: Walk from Le Burgne to Città di Castello where we will sleep for the night. (13 km)
October 20, Day Six: Walk from Città di Castello to Pietralunga (Candeleto). (27 km) Sleep in Candeleto.
October 21, Day Seven: Walk from Pietralunga to Gubbio. (28 km) This is the town famous for one of the most beloved stories of Francis where he tames a wolf that had been terrorizing the town. We stay at the Convent of San Secondo for two nights.
October 22, Day Eight: Walk from Gubbio to Biscina. (21 km) Then we’ll be bussed back to the Convent of San Secondo.
October 23, Day Nine: Walk from Biscina to Valfabrica. (15 km) We will spend one night in this village. Half of the people will stay in a nice hostel and half in a small hotel, but dine together.
October 24, Day Ten: (13 km) Walk from Valfabrica to finally arrive in Assisi at lunch time. We will spend four nights here at the Hotel La Posta. We will have at least one, perhaps two days to visit the town, including the tomb of St. Francis at the Basilica, and San Damiano, the first chapel Francis rebuilt and where St. Clare lived most of her life.
Add all of those kilometers up and you have a grand total of 187 km! Since the towns are not evenly spaced we travel any where from 13 to 28 km per day. It’s not hard but you do have to keep going no matter what your feet are telling you.
October 25 – 27: We will participate as much as possible in the gathering of world leaders, at the World Peace Conference, as well as the Concert for Peace with James Twyman, our fearless leader and the most peaceful man I know.
October 28, Last Day: Return to Rome. Getting from Assisi to
Rome is very easy by train I’m told so that’s probably what I will do.This trip is such a joy and a blessing for me in which to take part. One of the greatest joys will be to carry your prayer the entire way. I will be thinking of you every day and walking your prayer into the earth for you. BUT you do have to send me your prayer so I’ll have it.
I also encourage you to donate to the cause by sending your check to me, Phran Gacher, 842 Oakwater Drive, Garner NC 27529 or via Pay Pal (on this site) if you wish to use your credit card. Include your address and I will send you the blue wrist band that declares: May peace prevail in my heart.
Ciao!
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