On Thursday, May 8th, we drove through the beautiful bluegrass country of Kentucky into rural Southern Ohio listening to the timeless music that was born in the area. The two states, separated by the Ohio River, share much of the same rural culture, including its rich, traditional Christian values.
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The Black Madonna continued her journey through the Kentucky Bluegrass region from Louisville to Lexington - Kentucky’s second largest city. Kentucky means “meadow lands” in several Indian languages. In the early 19th century farmers noticed that horses raised in this area were more hardy due to the high content of calcium in the soil. Lexington has since become known as the “Horse Capital of the World”.
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On our way South from Vandalia, Illinois, we drove through beautiful rural farmland to bring the pilgrim Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa to St. Aloysius Catholic Community in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Jadwiga Andres and her husband Walter Mendoza prepared a delicious Polish dinner for us and a few guests upon our arrival.
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Our Sorrowful Mother’s Ministry is a retreat center in Vandalia, Illinois within the Diocese of Springfield founded as a Private Diocesan Association of the Christian Faithful under Bishop Thomas John Paprocki. Debbie Pryor and Vanessa Keck founded Our Sorrowful Mother’s Ministry as a way to bring others closer to their Catholic faith. Over the years it has turned into a ministry of healing and reconciliation.
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Situated in the larger Chicago metropolitan area, the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Merrillville, Indiana is a spiritual home for the second largest Polish population in America, after New York City. As we see all over the country, the Polish have a great devotion to the Queen of Poland, the Black Madonna.
- East Meets West in Indianapolis
- Easter at St. Francis Borgia in Chicago
- Holy Week – a visit at the Polish Mission in Brampton, Canada
- Benedictine College welcomes Our Lady
- The Black Madonna at Carhart’s Infamous Abortuary
- After the Flood, a Renewal
- A Time of Special Grace: the Black Madonna Visits Rock Island
- The Black Madonna Met with Enthusiasm at Holy Family Catholic Church.
- German Catholic Immigration to Northeast Iowa and the Magnificent Basilica in Dyersville
- The Black Madonna Visits a University Town for Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church Liturgy to Support a Culture of Life