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Poland 9: Final Blessings, Dinner and Farewells

by Steve Ray on May 2, 2025


Everyone had a great time on this trip and many of them were first-timers who now say they’re going to go with us again in the future. Almost half the people on the bus were talking about going on our Lourdes and Fatima trip in September 2026 along with Fr. Alfonso Aguilar again. Enjoy our […]

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Poland 8: Kolbe’s Niepokolanow, Warsaw Tour

by Steve Ray on May 1, 2025


St. Maximilian Kolbe’s Niepokolanow – the Immaculata city was our first stop. After the Molbe Museum we celebrated Mass in his wooden chapel. Prayers, singing, and talks on the bus there and back. Warsaw city tour of the most important sites of the capital city of Poland: St. John’s Cathy, Royal Castle Square, Jewish Quarter […]

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Poland 7: Czestochowa, Black Madonna, Warsaw

by Steve Ray on April 30, 2025


Visiting the lovely Czestochowa, the center of Poland’s religious life and home of the famous icon of the Black Madonna. Enjoyed a guided tour and Mass at Jasna Gora Monastery. We had an we had a good time on the bus praying the rosary, having our own “Catholic Answers Live Q&A“, and time for a […]

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Poland 6: Auschwitz, Kalwaria, JP II Center

by Steve Ray on April 29, 2025


Somber tour of Auschwitz, the largest World War II concentration camp in Europe. Last week was the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Visited “death cell” of St. Maximilian Kolbe. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, the only Calvary on the UNESCO list where the slope of the hill an architectural “Way of the Cross” is constructed out […]

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Poland 5: Krakow Walking Tour; Mass at Wawel Cathedral; Wieliczka Salt Mine

by Steve Ray on April 28, 2025


Walked to Mass at Wawel Cathedral and walking tour of Krakow; Visited Wawel Hill and Market Square, the biggest in Europe. Visited St. Mary’s Church, famous for its Wit Stwosz’s wooden altar and witnessed the famous St. Mary’s Bugle Call ever hour on the hour for 600 years! Guided tour of the World Famous Wieliczka […]

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Poland 5: Wadowice, Hometown of Pope JP II

by Steve Ray on April 27, 2025


Always a highlight of a Catholic pilgrimage to Poland, Wadowice the birthplace of St. John Paul II and his childhood home, which is now a museum with more pictures and memorabilia than anywhere else in the world. We celebrated Mass at his boyhood parish, the Basilica of the Virgin Mary. Lunch on our own in […]

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