Youngstown is located in northeast Ohio in the Mahoning Valley and is Ohio’s ninth largest city. Youngstown is part of what has become known in some quarters as the “Rust Belt” – a region in the Northeast and Central States in which many cities were prosperous, but have declined demographically and economically due to the loss of industry.
On October 16, I brought the pilgrim icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa to my home parish of St. Thomas More in Fairfield, New Jersey. Fr. James Manos, the Pastor, was raised in the Greek Orthodox faith before entering the Catholic Church as an adult, so he has a great understanding and appreciation of icons. He also speaks out consistently in defense of life, and has been very supportive of me and the work of Human Life International.
On Friday October 15, the Feast of St. Theresa of Avila, the pilgrim icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa visited Avila on the Hudson - the Motherhouse of the Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm.
The pilgrim icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa visited St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart Churches in Newburgh, New York on October 14-15.
Newburgh is located 60 miles north of New York City, and was General George Washington’s headquarters during the American Revolution. It was here that George Washington vigorously rejected a proposal that he become something like an American monarch.
I’ve had lots of memorable experiences during the peregrination of the pilgrim icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, but one of the most unusual was the motorcycle escort we received from St. Joseph’s Church in Middletown, New York to an abortion facility in Hackensack, New Jersey by the Husaria Polish Motorcycle Club. Husaria is named after the Polish Hussars who fought to relieve the City of Vienna from attack by the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Vienna on September 12, 1683.
- Act of consecration of the Church and the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by Pope Francis
- Our Lady Visits the Seventh Orange County Rosary Congress in Middletown, NY
- Salesians Defend Life, welcome the Blessed Mother
- A Family Reunion at Holy Apostles Eastern Orthodox Church in Saddle Brook, New Jersey
- Archbishop Wenski of Miami Venerates the Pilgrim Icon of Our Lady in Linden, New Jersey
- Pulaski Day Parade
- Our Lady of Czestochowa Visits Young Adults on the Upper East Side of Manhattan
- Our Lady in the Heart of New York
- Devotees of the Traditional Mass Honor Our Lady and Pray for the Defense of Life
- Three Churches in One Day