Pilgrimage of the Czestochowa Icon in Brazil from March 21, 2025

ANNOUNCEMENT

As planned, on March 21, 2025, the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa "From Ocean to Ocean" arrived by plane in Rio de Janeiro, beginning its pilgrimage to protect the civilization of life and love in Brazil. She was accompanied by Polish missionary Fr. Leon Juchniewicz, who has been serving the Church in Ecuador for 38 years.

After the visit and interviews on the Cathedral Radio "Webtv Redentor i Rede Vida", on Friday evening, March 21, 2025, the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa visited the complex of the Archdiocesan Seminaries of St. Joseph in Rio de Janeiro: the Minor, Propaedeutic and Major Seminaries.

They set off at dawn. It was not yet so hot and a light mist covered the ocean and mountains surrounding Rio de Janeiro. Traveling through the world "From Ocean to Ocean" in defense of the civilization of life and love, the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa placed in a bus went to Corcovado - a mountain above Rio de Janeiro, on which a huge

On Monday, March 24, the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa visited the house of The Seeds of the Word Community  of St. Francis de Sales and the local parish of Father Bosco in Rio de Janeiro.

The veneration of holy icons unites the Catholic Church (of the West) and the Orthodox Churches (of the East). During Her journey through the world "From Ocean to Ocean", Our Lady of Czestochowa visited both Catholic churches and sanctuaries, as well as Orthodox churches. In Brazil, in Sao Paulo on March 30/31, 2025, she stopped at the

Thanks to this visit, Our Lady is creating a special prayer bridge between Poland and Brazil, which are currently on the front lines of the battle to protect life. On April 1 of this year, the Icon of Częstochowa, travelling around the world in defence of the civilization of life and love, arrived at the national Marian sanctuary of Nossa

Gracias a esta visita, Nuestra Señora está creando un puente de oración especial entre Polonia y Brasil, países que actualmente están en la primera línea de la batalla por la protección de la vida. El 1 de abril de este año, el Ícono de Czestochowa, que recorre el mundo en defensa de la civilización de la vida y el amor, llegó al santuario

As part of the worldwide pilgrimage “From Ocean to Ocean”, the Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa arrived on 3 April at the Archdiocesan Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Rio de Janeiro.

During this visit of the icon to our Seminary, we celebrated the Eucharist and carried out the consecration of the work of protecting the civilization of life and love in the hands of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The celebration was presided over by the Spiritual Director, Fr. Juan Salvador, and concelebrated by the Vice-Rector, Fr. Rafael

The Spiritual Adoption Movement in Brazil has definitely gone beyond the framework of private prayer for an unborn child threatened with extinction. They define themselves as Pilgrims of Hope and defenders of life. The founder and spiritual guardian of this dynamic movement is a Polish missionary - auxiliary bishop of Rio de Janeiro

Placed next to the figure of Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado Mountain, towering over Rio de Janeiro, the Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa, pilgrimaging through the world with the intention of defending the civilization of life and love, was venerated by the Spiritual Adoption Movement overnight from Friday to Saturday (April 11/12, 2025).

On Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, at 8:00 a.m., the solemn Easter Resurrection began in the parish of Our Lady of Fatima in the Pechincha district of Rio de Janeiro with the participation of the Częstochowa Icon traveling "From Ocran to Ocean."

On April 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., the Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa "From Ocean to Ocean" was welcomed with great joy and celebration in the chapel of the Rosário Pilgrimage Association, which defends life from conception to natural death.

At dawn on April 21, 2025, on the second day of Easter, Pope Francis, who was born in Argentina in Latin America, died. This information caused great commotion in Brazil as well. The Lord God decided that the further visit of the Częstochowa Icon in South America, Brazil and Argentina was connected with the mourning and funeral ceremonies of

The Icon arrived at the Major Seminary in Presidente Prudente on April 22 (the third day of the Easter octave). On this occasion, Bishop Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos celebrated a solemn Mass, during which the seminarians sang and praised Mary – the Black Madonna.

Father Marcos Paulo Cestare de Souza from the parish of Our Lady of Aparecida, episcopal vicar of the 4th pastoral region of the Presidente Prudente diocese, prepared with great care the solemn reception of Our Lady in the Częstochowa Icon in his city. During the ceremony, he delivered the following homily:

At the Christ the King College in Tutzing, the sisters of the Benedictine Missionary Sisters welcomed the Częstochowa Icon traveling “From Ocean to Ocean” with great joy. The Benedictine Sisters conduct evangelical missionary activities there, undertaking the apostolate of witness and caring for children and youth, especially orphans. Their

The Rosary Pilgrimage Association welcomed the Black Madonna during the monthly Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Jurandir Severino in the chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary for the disabled, employees, volunteers and managers of this program.