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 of 40 chapels. Group lunch in Wadowice and Pope JP II’s favorite cream cake

Mass at the the new JP II Center in the presence of the Pope’s relics.