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Rome, Italy, Dec 6, 2012 \/ 04:07 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Vatican is introducing a set of short trips to holy sites aimed at introducing young people to the concept of pilgrimage and teaching them about the Catholic faith.<\/p>\n

\t\"This is a way to reach a different public like younger people, who wouldn\u2019t normally contact Rome\u2019s pilgrim office,\" said Rosamaria Mancini, manager of the Vatican\u2019s Jospers community, an organization for pilgrims created by the Rome's pilgrim office.<\/p>\n

\tThe trips, called \"Scrinium,\" are sold in gift boxes that include a two to three day trip for two people to a holy place, as well as accommodations at a bed and breakfast.<\/p>\n

\tThe destinations include Jerusalem, Lourdes, Fatima, Santiago de Compostela and Rome, but could soon include other holy sites in Italy.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt\u2019s aimed at people who don\u2019t know what a pilgrimage is so that they can have a taste of it,\u201d Mancini explained.<\/p>\n

\tThe trips currently being offered are financially supported by the Vatican's pilgrim office and the Italian publishing company Mondadori. They have a value ranging between \u20ac59 to \u20ac299 euros each, about $77 to $390 U.S. dollars.<\/p>\n

\tTheir launch on Dec. 6 included a short trip for local journalists to a holy site in Rome, the Holy Stairs, so that people unfamiliar with pilgrimages could have an \"experience,\" according to Mancini.<\/p>\n

\tThe Holy Stairs are 28 steps that were transported to Rome from Jerusalem. They led up to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, the place where Jesus stood during his interrogation by Pilate.<\/p>\n

\tCNA took to the streets in Rome to ask Americans if they thought selling short trips would help in evangelizing young people and whether or not they would buy them.<\/p>\n

\t\"I have no idea if they will help evangelize young people, but I hope so,\" said Chris Pratka from Texas.<\/p>\n

\t\"Young people have so many issues with the world we live in, so it certainly couldn't hurt,\" said the 55-year-old, who is visiting Rome.<\/p>\n

\tEilishe Brown, a 24-year-old from Massachusetts, was not very optimistic about the idea.<\/p>\n

\t\"I would imagine that most people who would be willing to do that are already Catholic,\" Brown said.<\/p>\n

\t\"I'm not generally in the practice of evangelizing my friends, so I wouldn't really buy it for them,\" she added.<\/p>\n

\tBut Dorothy Cochran from Georgia believes that the initiative is \u201can excellent idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\"Any opportunity that would allow a young person to increase and enhance their faith should prove important in evangelizing and in offering them an opportunity to get to know more about why they believe and what they believe,\" the 62-year-old added.<\/p>\n

\t\"If I were Catholic I think I would definitely buy it for a friend or family,\" Cochran said.<\/p>\n

\tAnd Dave McCourt from New Jersey was also in favor of the idea.<\/p>\n

\t\"I think that it's a good thing that the Church can afford to do this and help people to send them to holy and important places.\"<\/p>\n

\t\"If it's reasonably priced and it gives the opportunity for people to see these places, I'm for it,\" said the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n

\t\"I don't know if I would buy it for a friend, but I would definitely buy it for myself,\" McCourt remarked.<\/p>\n

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