Wadowice is the place where everything began — as Bl. John Paul II had stated. Here, he was born, baptized, went to school, and served as an altar server. He lived with his family in a flat, right nearby his parish church. The flat has been turned into a museum. His mother and older brother had died here.
After the departure from Krakow (Cracow), the Life Mobile carrying Our Lady in the Icon of Czestochowa, had stopped in the area of the largest, oldest, and most renowned - Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, a town in southern Poland.
The visit to the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki in Krakow (Cracow) during the peregrination of the Icon of Czestochowa fell on August 25th, in the early morning hours. At first, no one paid attention to the significance of this date. As it turns out, on this particular day, St. Faustina Kowalska, the great apostle of Divine Mercy, was born in 1905. This was the 107th anniversary of her birth. Obviously, Our Lady had planned her visit to this Shrine on St. Faustina's birthday.
In Krakow (Cracow), next to the church at Skalka and the old monastery of the Pauline Fathers, is also an equally old convent of the Sisters of St. Augustine. This religious order exists in the Krakow area for over 400 years. The Augustine Sisters specialize particularly in caring for and educating children and youth.
Early afternoon, on Friday, August 24, the Icon of Czestochowa, peregrinating across the world in defense of life, had arrived in Krakow (also known as Cracow) at the Pauline Fathers shrine at Skalka on the bank of the largest Polish river - named Wisla.
- Piekary Slaskie – Care for Life
- Back home at Jasna Gora
- Crowds at the Cathedral of Lodz
- Please suport our work!
- On foot to Czestochowa
- The hometown of St. Maximilian Kolbe – Pabianice
- In the service of the family
- Warsaw did not disappoint
- The kiss of love – Our Blessed Mother visits Father Jerzy
- Two lungs of the Church – with Mary we are together in defense of life