LOCAL TRIPS

St. Pius X Over 50 Club:

Toa best of Maine and New Hampshire tour, July 30-Aug. 3. Cost of $759 per person, double occupancy, includes a

from Portland’s harbor including the Calendar Islands, coastal forts, seals, Boothbay Harbor Tour, Castle in the Clouds, Golden Pond Cruise, Lakes Region, tour of Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad with dinner,

accommodations, eight meals (one Maine lobster dinner), roundtrip deluxe motorcoach, all gratuities. Requires $200 deposit due at sign up. For information, contact Marilyn at 610-5434818 or mardifi@aol.com St. Kevin Parish: To Hunterdon Hills for “Land We Love,” July 27. Cost of $98 includes a performance of this patriotic musical; to Bucks County Playhouse for “Guys & Dolls,” Aug. 10. Cost of $97 includes sit down lunch at Vallagio Cucina; to Ocean City, N.J. for Mass and Blessing of the Water for the Feast of the Assumption, Aug. 15. Cost of $63 includes $25 slot play for a visit to Resorts Casino after Mass; To Tomasello Winery and Caesars Casino, Aug. 24. Cost of $97 includes lunch and $30 slot play. For information, call Louise at 610-461-6260.

Cruise nights’ Briarcliff Seniors: Lighthouse

To Resorts casino, A.C. with cruise on ocean, June 20. Cost of $53 includes $25 slot play and $20 food voucher; to Resorts Casino, Nov. 13. Cost of $48 includes $25 slot play, $20 food voucher and admission to “Last Impressions” with impressionist Karen Grainger. For information, call 215-715-5004.

To Resorts Casino, July 17, Aug. 21 and Sept. 18. Cost of $23 includes $25slot play. Bus departs 10a.m. For information, call Bob Hodgson at 610-449-2956; to the National Centre for Padre Pio, Sept. 16. Cost of $45 (box lunch available for additional $13) includes tour of the church, chapel and museum. Guests may bring their own lunch (mark name on bag); there is also a small cafe at the center. Bus leaves at 9 a.m. and returns around 5:30 p.m. To order lunch, make check payable to Nina D’Amico. For information, call Maria Santone at 610-544-7664 or cell 610-745-0820.

St. Francis Over 50 Club: Traditions at Ridley Creek Travel Club, Brookhaven: four

Toa “haunted” tour of New England, Sept. 16-20. Cost of $680 per person, double occupancy, includes visits to Mystic, Salem, Boston and Portsmouth, all breakfasts, dinners, one night in Mystic, Conn., three nights in Boston area, admission to Witch Dungeon Museum in Salem and a live performance of a 1692 witch trial, Boston harbor cruise, guided tour of historic Fort Warren, haunted waterfront and lighthouse tour of Portsmouth, N.H., gambling at the Mohegan Sun Casino and many other activities. Pick-up is in Brookhaven. For information, call 610-876-2113.

Norwood Senior Social Club: To

Miraculous Medal Shrine and the Third Apparition, July 13. Cost of $60 includes VIP bus; to a 100th anniversary pilgrimage to Fatima, Lourdes and Medjugorje, Oct. 7-18. Call for pricing. The Marian journey includes celebration of the Our Lady of Fatima feast day at the apparition site with a plenary indulgence, Mass in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at St. James Church with visits to surrounding shrines, climb Mt. Krizevac and visit Apparition Hill with time for devotional prayer and participate in International Ceremonies, two days in Fatima and then an overnight in Borgos, Spain, concluding in Lourdes, France, with visits to the healing baths, apparition site the Cave of Massabielle, and the Basilica of St. Pius X for daily Mass. Accommodations, air, breakfasts and dinners are included. A “Meet and Greet” with prospective pilgrims is held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays May 10 (documentary of an eyewitness at the Miracle of the Sun) and June 7 (the story of Bernadette in Lourdes) at the Saint Gabriel Rectory, 233 Mohawk Ave., Norwood,; to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families with Fr. David Fernandes, June 2018. Call for details. For pricing and information, contact Helen Holroyd at helenshorizons@ gmail.com or 610-213-4141.

To NYC for a day on own, Sept. 10. Cost is $45; to Vermont and New Hampshire, Sept. 24-30. Cost of $999per person, double occupancy, includes three night in Killington Lodge, Vt. and three ight sin Indian Head Resort, N.H., all tours, meals and entertainment, and one lunch at Von Trapp Family Resort; to American Music Theater’s Christmas Show, Dec. 10. Cost of $105includes lunch at Fulton Steam Boat. For information, call 215-715-5004.

The Travel Club: Notre Dame Golden Age Club:

To Caesars Casino, Atlantic City, June 28. Cost of $56includes transportation, driver tip, $20slot play and a performance of “My Mother Is Italian, My Father is Jewish & I’m In Therapy.” Bus departs Ridley Township Home Depot (above Garden Center) at 9:15

a.m. and departs Caesars Casino at 5:30p.m.; to Delaware

Park Casino, July 10. Cost of $25 includes transportation, driver tip and $30 slot play. Horses will be running. Bus departs 11 a.m. from the Ridley Township Home Depot, departs Delaware Park at 5 p.m. For information, call Carol Potter at 610-566-2116.

Our Lady’s Senior Travel Club:

To Ocean City, Md., Sept. 11-14. Cost of $525 includes four days, three nights, Spinmaker Hotel stay just off the beach and boardwalk, three breakfasts, three dinners (one with entertainment), tour of Assateague Island, learn about wild horses, visit to Ocean Downs Casino and more. Optional trip insurance is available. For information, call Dolores at 610-544-5098.

Holy Family School, St. Joseph’s Church:

To Lancaster Christmas Show, Saturday, Dec. 9. Cost of $99 includes free parking and deluxe motor coach pickup in Aston, tour manager, shopping at Rockvale Outlet Stores, free coupon booklet and trolley service to stores, smorgasbord lunch at Shady Maple, American Music Theater Christmas Musical “Home for the Holidays.” For information call 610-566-1080.

O.L.P.H. 50and Over:

To Virginia Beach and Ocean City, Md., Sept. 4-8. Cost is $525 per person, double occupany. For information, call Bill Naimoli at 610-534-9963 or 484-832-3390.

To Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard, Sept. 27-30. Cost of $600 per person, double occupancy, includes Delco pickup and free parking, deluxe motorcoach, tour manager, first class hotel in downtown Hyannis, four meals, Martha’s Vineyard sightseeing tour and ferry ride, Cape Cod National Seashore, Provincetown Dune Tour, JFK Memorial and Olde Mistic Village; to Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, S.C., Sept. 11-16. Cost of $999 per person, double occupancy, includes local Delco pickup, free parking on private property, tour escort, deluxe motorcoach, five hotel nights, seven meals, Savannah Trolley Tour, Charleston Sightseeing Tour, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston Harbor Dinner Cruise, Massie Heritage Center, Beaufort, S.C. sightseeing, Parris Island U.S. Marine Base, Savannah Theatre performance and more. For information, call 610-566-9767.

G.E. Retirees: St. James Alumni Association:

To Branson, Missouri plus St. Louis, Sept. 16-23. Cost $1,300 per person, double occupancy, includes free parking and Delco pickup in deluxe motorcoach, escorted tour, nine meals, eight days and seven hotel nights, three in Branson, two in St. Louis, two in Ohio, five great shows, Shoji Tabuchi, Hughes Brothers, Brett Family morning show, the Haygoods & All Hands on Deck, plus Anheuser Busch Brewery, St. Louis Gateway Arch photo stop, Branson sightseeing tour, Hollywood Casino and Flight 93 Memorial Visitors Complex; to Delaware and Maryland Maritime Magic, Oct. 2-4. Cost of $500 per person, double occupancy, includes free parking and Delco pickup, deluxe motorcoach, escorted tour, three days and two nights accommodations in Ocean City, Md., four meals, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Md., Assateague Island Sightseeing Tour with Eco boat cruise, Ocean City life saving station museum, Magic show at the Dickens Parlour Theatre, Discover Sea Shipwreck Museum, Fenwick lighthouse, Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, Tanger Outlets, Rehoboth and Casino at Ocean Downs. For more information, call 610-5661080.

Upper Chichester Senior Citizens Club:

To Flight 93 Memorial and Johnstown Flood Memorial, June 21. Call for details; to Niagara Falls, Canada, Sept. 11-15. Cost of $719 per person, double occupancy, includes a guided tour of the Niagara Area, Niagara on the Lake wine tasting, Niagara Hornblower Cruise up close to the falls (weather Permitting), visit to Niagara Fallsview Casino, admission to Niagara Falls Imax Theater. guided tour of Hamilton, Ontario, admission to Hamilton’s Botanical Gardens. tour of Dundurn Castle, Chocolate Fx Tour and visit to Rossi Glass Works, roundtrip motorcoach, four nights accommodations at the Clifton Victoria Hotel, Niagara Falls, Canada, four breakfasts and four dinners. Bus departs from Upper Chichester Municipal Complex. For information, call Dot at 610-485-6284.

Middletown Township Parks and Recreation:

To Ocean Grove Choir Festival, July 9. Cost of $49 includes time for dinner on own at Mastoris’ Restaurant, time to browse the quaint town of Ocean Grove, and the Choir Festival at the Great Auditorium, featuring over 1,000singers, guest conductors, grand brass ensemble and fabulous Hope-Jones Organ; to tours of Philadelphia landmarks, July 13. Cost of $78includes visits to Boat House Row, Reading Terminal and the Masonic Temple, with tours of two boat club houses led by a real college crew coach, time for lunch on own at Reading Terminal Market plus a tour with dessert tasting, and a tour of Masonic Temple; to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse for “The Land We Love,” July 18. Cost of $109includes a performance of this musical celebrating the U.S. of A.; to New York City for Ground Zero Memorial and Museum, July 22. Cost of $79 includes time for lunch on own in area near museum, and admission to museum for self-guided tour; Tues., Aug 8- to American Music Theatre in Lancaster for “Vegas Legends,” Aug. 8. Cost of $92includes lunch at Fulton Steamboat-Huckleberry’s and a performance of the musical that captures the excitement energy of Las Vegas with the music of Elvis, Wayne Newton, Paul Anka, Tom Jones, Celine Dion, Donnie & Marie and more. For information, call 610-565-2700, ext. 241. Checks made payable and sent to Middletown Township, PO Box 157, Lima, PA 19037.

Resurrection Alumni, Family, and Friends:

To Hawaii, land and cruise, Oct. 20-29. Costs from $2,670 per person, double occupancy, includes air, hotel and cruise taxes, roundtrip air between Philadelphia International Airport and Honolulu, transfer to Marriott Hotel, visits to Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head, transfer to the Norwegian Cruise Line Ship “Pride of America” for eight days and seven nights, Hawaii Island Cruise visits Honolulu, Maui, Hilo, Kona and Kauai, transfer from Cruise Pier to Airport for flight back to Philadelphia. Travel Insurance Protection is also included. For information, call 610-892-1166.

To a River Lady Paddlewheel Historic Lunch Cruise, July 18. Cost of $90includes choice of Chicken Franchaise, Chicken Marsala, Chicken Parmesan, Filet of Salmon or Penne Vodka during a cruise of Toms River and Barnegat Bay, N.J., followed by a stop at Seaside Heights Boardwalk. Bus leaves at 8:30a.m., returns at 6p.m.; to Rainbow Dinner Theater, Lancaster County, for “Sex, Please, We’re Sixty,” Oct. 3. Cost of $92 includes full buffet, show, all taxes and gratuities, and a performance of this mad cap comedy farce with door slamming zaniness. Bus leaves at 9:30a.m., returns at 6p.m. The center is located at 600Swarthmore Ave., Folsom. For information, call 610-237-8100or visit the center.

To Harrington Casino & Raceway, last Wednesday of every month. Cost is $25; to the National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., June 23. Cost is $65; to Green Dragon Flea Market in Lancaster. Cost of $40for members, $50for nonmembers, includes motorcoach transportation and driver tip, lunch on own at Golden Corral, and many indoor and outdoor vendors at the market featuring jewelry, clothing, shoes, house wares, books, antiques, cosmetics, Amish Market and more. Bus departs the center at 8a.m.; to a Wildwood Family Fun Day, Aug. 7. Cost is $32for adults, $22for children 12and under. Buses depart from the center. For information and registration, call 610-497-3550or visit www. scs-delco.org. The center is located at 721Hayes St., Chester.

Schoolhouse Center: Chester Senior Center: St. Madeline Travel Club:

To Southeast Coast and Bahamas cruise with Royal Caribbean on the Grandeur of the Seas; Feb. 1-10, 2018. Passport is required. Costs from $891per person, double occupancy (final payment due Oct. 3) include 10days/ nine nights, pre-cruise get-together, round trip transportation to Baltimore Pier, tips, port charges, taxes and fees, ports of call at Charleston, S.C.; Orlando (Port Canaveral) and Miami, Fla.; Nassau and CocoCay, Bahamas; two full days of cruising, all meals, activities and onboard entertainment. For information, contact Carole and Paul at 610-461-0443or st.mads.travel.club@gmail.com

Friendship Circle Senior Center: To

a luncheon cruise on the Spirit of Baltimore, Sept. 15. Cost of $100 includes roundtrip motorcoach transportation to Baltimore, lunch aboard the ship, free time for shopping around Inner Harbor, taxes and tips. $50nonrefundable deposit due by July 15; balance due by Aug. 15. The center is located at 1515Lansdowne Ave., in St. Bernard’s Hall on the Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital campus. Ave. For information and registration, contact Program Coordinator Donna Schumacher at 484-534-2033or dschumacher@scs-delco.org

St. John’s on the Hill Senior Organization:

To Newport, R.I., Sept. 11-13. Cost of $440includes visits to the Rosecliff, Breakers and Marble House mansions, a narrated sightseeing cruise on the scenic Newport Harbor, a guided tour of Newport’s 10Mile Ocean Drive, two breakfasts, one dinner, one lunch, time for shopping at Newports’s Brick Marketplace and more. For information, call Barbara at 484-645-4533.

To Cooperstown, N.Y., for National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, Aug. 6-7. Cost of $330per person, double occupancy, includes two-day admission, Delco pickup with free parking, tour guide on board motorcoach, overnight hotel accommodations, one meal, and a membership package for each passenger including complimentary admission to the Hall of Fame for 1 full year & 10% discount and free shipping on purchases from the Museum Store, catalog and website; to Quebec City and Montreal, Canada, Sept. 10-15. Cost of $980per person, double occupancy, includes Delco pickup with free parking, tour director on board deluxe motorcoach. Tour includes Quebec City sightseeing and Montreal sightseeing tour, Notre Dame Basilica, Sainte Anne de Beaupre, Montmorency Falls, Casino de Montreal and New York State Capitol and more. Passport required for this tour; to Memphis and Nashville, Oct. 27-Nov. 2. Cost of $1,299per person, double occupancy, Delco pickup with free parking, tour guide on board motorcoach, eight meals, Memphis sightseeing tour, Grand Ole Opry performance, Elvis tour at Graceland, Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, Sun Studio, Opryland Hotel and Delta Riverboat ride, Nashville Nightlife Theatre, Country Music Hall of Fame and more. For information, call

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