It was over 400 kilometres to Orchard Lake, Michigan, and it was necessary to cross the Canadian/American border again. It was a night drive and it wasn’t easy. Heavy snowfall caused close to white out conditions. At times like these both Fr. Peter West and Chris Morales realized the power of the prayers of the faithful and the Black Madonna. It seems She wanted to visit the “Polish” SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary in Lake Orchard, Michigan, particularly on the feast of Anunciation and the Day of the Holiness of Life, because there was no trouble during the journey although everybody was tired.
It wasn’t until after midnight that we arrived at the seminary which was founded in 1875 to prepare Polish seminarians to care for Polish immigrants to the USA and Canada.
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After visiting Mary Wagner in prison at the Vanier Centre for Women, Our Lady traveled to St. Francis Xavier Church in Tottenham, a small town in a remote area of Ontario with a population of 6,000. For 20 years, St. Francis Xavier Parish has offered Eucharistic adoration 24/7.
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Upon leaving Corpus Christi Church in Buffalo, NY, we crossed the border and visited Niagara Falls on the Canadian side. After enjoying a wonderful Polish dinner with Adam and Dorota Karcewski in Mississauga, we brought the icon into their home and prayed the rosary, alternating the decades in English and Polish.
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March 21, on the road again but this time to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Syracuse, New York. We made good time going towards the check point for the Canadian-US border. Preparing to answer the usual questions at the border checkpoint Fr. West and Chris practiced responses.
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Seeing the ominous weather predictions, we wondered if we would be able to drive to Madonna House in Combermere, Ontario. Our new friends here in Ottawa said the road to Madonna House can get snowed over.
- This time St. Joseph was with his wife in front of the government capitol
- The "From Ocean to Ocean" Icon of Czestochowa in Canada.
- The Cathedral of Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary in Toledo, Ohio
- Snowbound with Our Lady in Charleston, South Carolina
- "From Ocean to Ocean" Czestochowa Icon Visits Washington DC
- Our Lady of Czestochowa on EWTN - "Mother Angelica Television"
- Voice from American Czestochowa
- The Black Madonna Comforts the Sorrowful on All Souls Day
- Orthodox Christians and Byzantine Catholics Pray Together to the Theotokos for Victory Over the Culture of Death
- Our Lady’s Journeys Through West Central Pennsylvania