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Catholic Pilgrimage to Poland

Warsaw, Niepokolanow, Plock, Czestochowa, Glogowiec, Krakow, Wadowice

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Pope John Paul II will be on our focus when going on pilgrimage to Poland when we visit his Wadowice

Ioannes Paulus PP. II
Karol Wojtyla
16. x 1978 - 2. IV 2005

JULY 7TH - 14TH, 2009
Departures from New York Minneapolis

AUGUST 4TH - 11TH, 2009
Departures from New York - Minneapolis

SEPTEMBER 2ND - 9TH, 2009

Departures from New York -Minneapolis


Day 1 - Departure

Transatlantic flight for Poland and capital Warsaw.


Day 2 - Arrival Warsaw

Arrival in Warsaw and meeting with the guide. Day continues with visit to the house of the Congregation of the Divine Mother of Mercy on Zytnia Street. Opening Holy Mass. Next sightseeing tour of Warsaw including the picturesque Old Town, the Cathedral, and the Royal Route. Dinner served at your hotel.



Black Madona from Czestochowa, over 600 years history of the Sanctuary of Jasna Gora and  Black Madona
Black Madona from Czestochowa
Poland pilgrimage

Day 3 - Warsaw

After breakfast city tour of Warsaw, Old Town, Cathedral and the Ghetto. sanme morning depart for Niepokolanow, home to St. Maximillian Kolbe who was brutally murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp. We will visit the Franciscan monastery where he lived and worked. We then continue to Plock, to visit the cathedral church from 12th century, the Benedictine Abbey dated to 10th century, and the house of the Congregation in Plock. It is here where St. Faustina Kowalska worked and where she received the first message of “Divine Mercy” in 1931. Return to Warsaw for dinner and overnight.

Day 4 - Warsaw - Czestochowa

After breakfast departure for Czestochowa, en route visit to places connected with life of
Sister Faustina Kowalska: Glogowiec - her birthplace and to Swinice Warckie where she
was baptized. Arrival in Czestochowa, dinner served at your hotel.
Optional: evening walk to the Monastery.

Day 5 - Czestochowa - Auswitz - Krakow

Czestochowa is the most important pilgrimage centre in Poland and it receives thousands of pilgrims every year. In the morning sightseeing of the majestic complex of the Basilica, Treasure House and the Chapel of the Black Madonna with the famous Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the way to Krakow group will stop for a visit to former Nazi concentration camp. Dinner served at your hotel and overnight in Krakow.

Pilgrimage to the  Divine Mercy Congregation, holy mass by the tomb of St. Faustina
Divine Mercy
"Jesus I trust in You"
Day 6 - Krakow - Divine Mercy

In the morning visit of Krakow, sightseeing tour including the Main Market Square with the Cloth Hall, St. Mary’s Church and Wawel Cathedral with Royal tombs. After lunch break you will drive to the Congregation of Sisters of the Divine Mother of Mercy in Lagiewniki, (part of Krakow) where there is the tomb of Sister Faustina, she worked and died here. Return to your hotel in Krakow, where group will have some free time before dinner and overnight.

Day 7 - Krakow - Wadowice

Full day excursion will start with the visit to the famous Salt Mine in Wieliczka, one of the oldest salt mines listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Monument. Unique and spectacular construction in salt!
Next we will continue to Wadowice - the birthplace of the Pope John Paul II, visit to the Pope’s house, which is now a museum. Then continue to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska where there is a Bernadine Monastery, place where in the 1658 the picture of the Mother of God with an Infant was recognized as “famous for miracles”. South of the monastery there is the famous Calvary that imitates the topography of Jerusalem, number of chapels, shrines and bridges, altogether over 40 structures built along the paths. Return to Krakow for dinner and overnight.

Day 8 - Poland - USA

Today we say “until next time” Poland!
Flight back home!
Wadowice, birthplace of Karol Wojtila - church where Karol was baptized
BIRTHPLACE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

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INCLUDES:

  • ROUND TRIP AIRFARES USA - WARSAW, KRAKOW - USA
  • FIRST CLASS 4* OR SUPERIOR TOURIS 3* HOTELS
  • HIGH CLASS TOURIST COACH
  • ESCORT GUIDE IN POLAND
  • LOCAL GUIDES
  • DINNER AND BREAKFAST DAILY
  • PORTERAGE OF LUGGAGE IN/OUT HOTEL
  • ENTRANCE FEES ACCORDING THE ITINERARY
  • DAILY HOLY MASS


NOT INCLUDED:

  • AIRPORT TAX OF ABOUT $ 190.00 - 220.00 - SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
  • THIRD MEAL, DRINKS AND PERSONAL EXPENSES
  • GRATUITEIS FOR DRIVER AND GUIDES
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