COMMUNITY TRIPS

St. John’s on the Hill Senior Organization: To Sight and Sound Theatre, May 3. Cost of $108 includes a performance of the spectacular “Jesus” show, transportation and lunch at Shady Maple restaurant. For information, call Barbara at 484-6454533. Knights of Columbus: To Italy and Amalfi Coast, May 27-June 8. Costs from $4,749 per person, double occupancy, include taxes, roundtrip air from Philadelphia International Airport to Venice and return from Naples to Philadelphia, two Italy transfers from and to airports, deluxe motor coach, first class hotels, 19 meals, English speaking tour guide for entire tour, baggage handling. Sightseeing while visiting Venice, Padua, Modena, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Magione, Assisi, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi, Ravello & Isle of Capri. Sample sightseeing includes Venice Doge’s Palace, tasting in Modena,Basilica in Padua, tour Florence, excursion to Siena, wine tasting at Magione Castle, St. Francis Basilica on Assisi tour, tour Rome and visit the Colosseum, the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel, tour Naples and visit Pompeii, Amalfi Coast excursion including cruise to Capri and visit Garden of Caesar Augustus and more; to a Heart of Ireland Tour, Oct. 13-20. Costs from $1,765 per person, double occupancy for air and land package, includes taxes and round trip transfers in Ireland from Dublin Airport to Galway, first class hotel and from Castle Hotel to Dublin Airport for return flight to Philadelphia, roundtrip non stop air between Philadelphia International and Dublin airports on Aer Lingus, 10 meals including four dinners and six Irish breakfasts, visits to Dublin, Galway, Connemara, Cliffs of Moher, Killarney, Dingle and Cashel, deluxe coach with professional driver escort throughout, visits to Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College, Connemara Marble and Celtic Crystal Factory and more. For information call 610892-1133. Norwood Social Club: To Ireland, Sept. 5-15, with Fr. David Fernandes (formally of St. Gabriel Parish in Norwood). Cost of $3,845 includes visits dinner in a Medieval castle, kissing the Blarney Stone, tasting Irish whiskey at the Jameson distillery, visits to Belfast in the North, the Cliffs of Moher, the Knock Shrine, the Country of St. Patrick (Downpatrick) and his tomb, St. Bridget’s Well, the Rock of Cashel, Guinness Center, Kylemore Abbey, Wooden Mills, Celtic Crystal Factory and more, different cities daily including Galway, Knock, Adare, Dublin, Glendalough, Kilkenny, Cork, Killarney, Ennis, Connemara, Burren, Cashel and the Dingle Peninsula, costs for all tours, roundtrip airfare from Philadelphia to Dublin or Newark to Dublin (with bus transportation), airline surcharges and airport taxes, accommodations in centrally located, first class (4-star hotels), daily breakfast, six hotel dinners, a Medieval banquet and an Irish evening with dinner and a show. Meetings commence soon. For information, contact Helen Holroyd at 610-213-4141 or Helenshorizons@gmail.com St. Francis Over 50 Club: To Resorts Casino, April 16, May 21, June 18, July 16, Aug. 20. Cost of $23 includes $25 slot play. Bus departs 10 a.m. For information, call Bob Hodgson at 610-449-2956; to Ace in the Hole for “At The Hop,: June 5. Cost of $85 includes a performance of this musical revue of the “Fabulous ‘50s” starring the Joey Arminio Band, singers, dancers, and comedian Frankie Pace, family style sit down luncheon with two complimentary drinks and soda. Bus leaves at 9 a.m., arrive by 8:45. For information, call Maria Santone at 610544-7664 or 610-745-0820; to National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa and Polish American Family Festival and Country Fair in Doylestown, Sept. 8. Cost of $45 for adults and $35 for children and teens up to 18 (includes bus, admission to fair ground) includes a Mass, visitation to Shrine and Chapels, entertainment, music, dancing, midway rides and games, Polish and American food, the Polish Village with vendors and crafters, and a festival sweepstake. Bus leaves from St. Francis of Assisi Church at 10 a.m. with boarding at 9:45 a.m. For information, call Maria Santone. Middletown Township Parks and Recreation: To Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster for “Jesus,” April 18. Cost of $115 includes buffet lunch at Bird in Hand Restaurant and a performance of the show following the life of Jesus on a 300-foot panoramic stage with live animals and amazing set designs. Must book now; to Washington D.C. for the Smithsonian on own, April 28. Cost is $55; to Washington, D.C., for an “Inaugural Tour,” May 15. Cost of $83 includes a private guide to tour the building where Inaugural Balls are held and hear surprising stories about U.S. presidents, and time for lunch on own at the National Gallery of Art; to American Music Theatre, “Songs of the Silver Screen,” May 23. Cost of $91 includes a performance of an original AMT production paying tribute to the biggest hits from movies past and present, spanning decades of filmmaking with songs made famous by Elvis, Julie Andrews, Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Streisand and more, with a buffet and shopping at Shady Maple. Overnight trips include Branson via air, April 18-25, NYC for two days/one night, April 22-23, Ohio Arc Encounter, April 23-27, Norfolk, Va., April 25-27, Cape May, N.J., May 1-3, Finger Lakes, N.Y., May 26-28, Costal Maine, June 17-21, Mackinac Island, Mich., June 18-24. For information, call 610-565-2700. Checks made payable and sent to Middletown Township, PO Box 157, Lima, PA 19037.