Częstochowa Wadowice
Travel to Częstochowa.
The city has a church and monastery on Jasna Góra with the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa. Joint prayer before the icon. The monastery belongs to the Pauline monastic order. The Jasna Góra Monastery is known as the place where the Częstochowa Icon of the Mother of God is kept, which Catholics venerate as a great relic. In times of difficult trials that befell Poland, the Częstochowa Icon of the Mother of God was a shrine that united all Poles, inspired and lifted them to struggle. So we will also ask for her maternal intercession to unite the efforts of the Ukrainian people to expel the enemy from our lands. Participation in joint prayer before the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa on Jasna Góra. At the end of the 14th century, the icon was taken from Galicia, where it had come from Constantinople. In the “West” it is known as the “Black Madonna” and is venerated by both Catholics and Orthodox. Free time.
Arrival in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.
Divine Liturgy. Among cozy picturesque hills is one of the most popular pilgrimage centers in Poland – Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. It’s a monastic complex that embodies the Way of the Cross of Jesus Christ with its structures. The uniqueness of each individual building, the grandeur of the Basilica of the Virgin Mary, the Baroque castle. The Basilica of the Virgin Mary is the central building of this ensemble. It houses a miraculous icon called the “Kalwaria Madonna”. Nearby is a Cistercian monastery, and directly adjacent to it is the later added castle of the Czartoryski family. At the entrance to the basilica stands a monument to John Paul II, who visited the complex when he became pope. During Holy Week in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, they contemplate the Passion of Christ in a special way. This devotion has been bringing pilgrims here since the mid-17th century.
Travel to Wadowice – the family home of John Paul II.
This city is the family home of Saint John Paul II. Karol Wojtyła spent his childhood and youth in Wadowice. Now the family house is a museum, where exhibits tell about the life of the future pope from childhood to his departure for the conclave in Rome in 1978. Hotel check-in and overnight stay.
