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Catholic Pilgrimage to Poland |
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Warsaw, Niepokolanow, Plock, Czestochowa, Glogowiec, Krakow, Wadowice HAVE YOUR OWN GROUP AND YOUR OWN DATE CALL US - 1 877 453 7426 OR E-MAIL US POLAND PILGRIMAGE TOUR REQUEST |
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![]() Ioannes Paulus PP. II Karol Wojtyla 16. x 1978 - 2. IV 2005 |
JULY 7TH - 14TH, 2009 Day 1 - Departure |
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| Day 2 - Arrival Warsaw |
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![]() 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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![]() 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. |
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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. |
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| Day 8 - Poland - USA Today we say “until next time” Poland! Flight back home! |
![]() BIRTHPLACE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II |
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RATES APRIL - departure from JFK, EWR - ........ US$, RATES JULY - departure from Minneapolis - ........ US$, RATES SEPTEMBER - departure from Minneapolis - ........ US$, INCLUDES:
CALL OR E-MAIL US FOR RATE FOR YOUR GROUP toll free number 1 - 877 - 453 - 7426 |
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