Francia Sacra

We have drawn sixteen ways from the holy places of France. They last from five days with Saint Thérèse to thirteen days from Notre-Dame de Paris to Lourdes.

We also design pilgrimages on request for groups already formed: a parish, a prayer group, a school or a family, on one of the ways or on a road of its own.

Each way bears a Latin name and keeps the same rule: thirteen pilgrims at most (twelve on Via Conchae), a priest, a historian and a tour manager, Mass every day, private openings when they are granted, and a pilgrim’s book.

The priest

Travels with the group for the whole journey, celebrates Mass each day, hears confessions and leads the prayer of the way.

The historian

Explains the art and the history of each place.

The tour manager

Sees to transport, tables, rooms and schedules.

Each way is prepared place by place. We ask rectors, curators and communities for the Masses, the private openings and the welcome of the group, and we choose hotels close to the shrines. No visit is rushed, and some time is kept each day for silence. A way opens for booking once these are confirmed. Until then, its route and length are indicative.

Francia Sacra is run by Laurent Frémont, who designs the pilgrimages presented on this site and will organize them. Its registration with Atout France, the French register of travel operators, is in progress. Once it is granted, Francia Sacra will hold the financial guarantee and the professional liability insurance required by French law; your contract will then be with Francia Sacra, which will receive your payments.

Until then, the programs, dates, prices and terms on this site are provisional, and no reservation, deposit or payment is accepted.

Email contact@francia-sacra.com

Organizer

Francia Sacra, Laurent Frémont, [LEGAL FORM, SIRET, ADDRESS]

Registration

Registration with Atout France in progress. The registration number, the financial guarantor and the professional liability insurer will be given here once it is granted.

Publisher of this site

Laurent Frémont, [ADDRESS], contact@francia-sacra.com

Director of publication

Laurent Frémont

Host

IONOS SARL, 7 place de la Gare, 57200 Sarreguemines, France, [TELEPHONE]

Photographs

Rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris: Krzysztof Mizera, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Other photographs: [AUTHORS AND LICENCES]

Provisional offer. Until Francia Sacra is registered with Atout France, the programs, dates, prices and terms shown on this site are given for information and may change. No reservation is accepted and no deposit or payment is taken before registration; requests sent through this site are answered without commitment.

Private openings, Masses and nights in monastic houses are requested from rectors, curators and communities, and remain subject to their consent.

This site sets no cookies and uses no analytics or advertising tools. Its fonts and images are served from the site itself.

The inquiry form sends nothing by itself: it prepares a message that you send from your own email. While you write, the draft is kept in your browser so that it is not lost, as are your choices in the list of the ways and in Find your pilgrimage. Nothing of it reaches us until you send the message; clearing your browser’s data for this site erases it.

When you write to us, Francia Sacra (Laurent Frémont) uses your name, your email address and your message to answer you and, if you travel with us, to prepare your pilgrimage, on the basis of your request. They are never sold. They are passed on only to the hotels, carriers and shrines needed for a pilgrimage you have booked. Messages that lead to no booking are deleted three years after the last exchange.

You may ask to see, correct or erase your data, or object to its use, by writing to contact@francia-sacra.com. You may also complain to the CNIL, the French data protection authority.