On wednesday, August 27 Our Lady of Czestochowa in her pilgrim icon traveled to St. John of Damascus Orthodox Church in Poway in bright and sunny San Diego. Members of the parish arrived to greet Our Lady.
Ever since the From Ocean to Ocean Campaign in Defense of Life began in the Summer of 2012 in Vladivostok, Russia, the pilgrimage has encouraged the faithful to seek the intercession of Our Blessed Mother and has implored prayers from members of the Church, especially consecrated religious.
On the feast day of Our Lady of Czestochowa, August 26, we brought her to the Missionaries of Charity Contemplative Sisters in Los Angeles. Our evening destination was St. Rose of Lima Church in Simi Valley, a popular tourist destination because of the adjacent Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library.
Some might consider it just a series of coincidences; however, others believe it to be Divine Providence.
When Father Peter West, Vice President of Human Life International, traveled to Sharonville, Ohio this past May, he didn’t travel alone.
The Black Madonna had arrived at the Church of Our Lady of the Bright Mount in Los Angeles, CA in the evening of August 22nd, 2014. The pastor, Father Rafał Dyguła, SChr, is with the Society of Christ, a worldwide apostolate with an emphasis to care for the spiritual needs of Polish immigrants.
- The Black Madonna’s Peregrination Continues Through Southern California
- The Pilgrim Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa never stops
- Our Lady in the John Paul II Polish Center in Yorba Linda
- Celebrating the Feast of the Assumption
- Visiting one of the first churches established in Los Angeles
- Returning to the Los Angeles area
- Visiting Hispanic and Filipino community
- Journey of the Pilgrim Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa into Southern California
- One of our highlights in Southern California
- Gifts of Faith - Mary Mother of God Mission Society