On Tuesday, January 29, the Częstochowa Icon was carried in a procession through the streets of Benalup-Casas Viejas, from the chapel of El Tajo to the church of Nuestra Señora del Socorro (the Most Holy Virgin Mary of Constant Help). The procession was led by the pastor, father Jesus Heredia Reyes. At 5.PM he welcomed the Mother of God at the church and then he continued the procession which was attended also by the local authorities.
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On Sunday, January 27, Our Lady In Her Częstochowa Icon went to San Fernando y Chiclana de la Frontera, 10 kms away. She had been awaited there since 5 PM. During the welcoming ceremony a woman gave her testimony of her pilgrimage to Częstochowa 21 years ago for the World Youth Day. She said how her life had changed after that meeting.
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On the 26th of January the Black Madonna reached the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Cadiz. During this pilgrimage it was not for the first time that She came to the ocean coast, although it was not the last leg of the first stage of the pilgrimage. Cadiz is the oldest city on the Atlantic coast, and its history goes back 3 thousand years.
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On Friday, January 25, the Mother of God visited the Spanish city of Malaga on Costa del Sol (the Sun Coast). It was a very sunny, warm day. A group of pro-lifers went with the Icon along the main streets of the town. During the official welcoming ceremony at 6.30 PM two traditions, Polish and Andalusian got beautifully joined. At the main entrance to the Church of St. James a cloud of flower petals was dropped like rain on the Black Madonna.
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Late in the evening on the 24th of January at 7.00 PM the Black Madonna arrived in Grenada in the next autonomous community of Spain - Andalusia. The city is famous due to the fact that in 1492 it was taken over by the Catholic rulers of Castilia as the last stronghold of the Moors. Till today the city is dominated over by an imposing castle of the Moorish kings, which was very difficult to capture.
- Lorca - a town affected by an earthquake
- At the relics of the Holy Cross in Caravaca de la Cruz
- The visit in Albacete
- Quintanar del Rey – on the way from Cuenca to Abacete
- Two Black Madonnas in Cuenca
- VILLANUEVA DE LA JARA - Faithful to Chrust and His Mother
- With Bells Ringing in Novelda
- Orihuela-Alicante
- DENIA: AT the school of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, our Lord.
- By Ship to Ibiza – The Black Madonna continues Her visit in the Balearic Islands