Travel aboard Amtrak’s “Pennsylvanian” train  for an exciting and spiritual journey to Loretto.  Travel into the heart of the  Alleghenies and around world famous Horseshoe Curve, an engineering masterpiece  completed in 1854 which revolutionized rail travel.  Visit the peaceful town of  Loretto where in 1799 Father Demetrius Gallitzin established the only Catholic  church at the time between Lancaster and St. Louis.  Celebrate Mass in the  lovely Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel and visit Prince Gallitzin’s Chapel  House which was the residence and private chapel of Father Gallitzin.  Stroll  through beautiful Mount Assisi Sunken Gardens, located on the grounds of the  former summer estate of Bethlehem Steel magnate, Charles Schwab.  Visit Saint  Francis University, the oldest Franciscan college in the United States and one of the first Catholic colleges established in this country. 

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