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Providing Superior Catholic Pilgrimages

DEPARTURE DATE

JULY 12, 2019from Nashville, TN (BNA)

$3,548.00

All Inclusive! (except lunches)

YOUR

INVITATION!Please join us as we walk

in the footsteps of the lives of St. John Paul II and

St. Faustina, experience the heroic virtues of St.

Maximilian Kolbe and St. Edith Stein at the infamous

Nazi German Auschwitz Concentration Camp, and take in the culture of Krakow, a city of

saints—and pierogies!

For more information, please contact: Robert Strobel

Catholic Diocese of Nashville2800 McGavock PikeNashville, TN 37214

Robert.Strobel@dioceseofnashville.com

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Deposit - $ 300 ( u p o n b o o k i n g )

2nd Payment Due: February 12, 2019

Full Payment Due:

April 28, 2019Each tour member must hold a passport that is valid until at least

January 31, 2020

Application forms are available at your local Passport Office. Any required visas will be processed for US citizens only. Non-US citizens are solely responsible for obtaining any required visas.

Rates based on double-occupancy, the airline tax and fuel surcharge ($600) and currency exchange rate (s) at the date of quotation to your host. Subject to change up to 30-days prior to departure.

Hosted By: Diocese of Nashville

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set on the surrounding hills. The most worshiped place is the chapel with Our Lady of Kalwaria’s miraculous picture, followed by the chapel of St. Anthony of Padua. We continue on to Krakow for dinner and overnight.

Day 5 - TUE JUL 16: KRAKOW i ŁAGIEWNIKI i AUSCHWITZ Today we visit Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp, now preserved as a national monument. Visit the cell where St. Maximilian Kolbe was starved after giving his life to save a fellow prisoner. This day you will never forget for the rest of your life. On our return to Kraków we stop for reflection, contemplation, and prayer at the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Łagiewniki. In this place of pilgrimage you can pay homage to the holy relics of St. Faustina Kowalska, the Apostle of Divine Mercy, who was canonized as the first saint of the Third Millennium by John Paul II. Upon arrival we visit the Convent of Sisters of Mercy in Łagiewniki, where Saint Faustina lived and died. We will enjoy the tour of the Convent guided by one of the sisters. Celebrate Mass at the Shrine. Visit the modern basilica consecrated by the Pope in 2002. Dinner and overnight.

Day 6 - WED JUL 17: KRAKOW OLD TOWN After breakfast, we will visit the Wawel Hill to tour the Cathedral and Castle, Coronation Chapel and the Royal Chambers where a superb collection of Arras tapestries are on view. We stop at the Archdiocesan Museum on Kanonicza Street, building number 19-21 where we see the apartment where Karol Wojtyła lived while working as a lecturer of theology. Then continue to the Archbishop’s Palace which is the Pope’s last residence before leaving for the Vatican in 1978. We visit the Old Town, where we see the ancient Market Square and Cloth Hall built before 1349, then altered in the 16th century—Europe’s largest medieval market square. Inside the Hall there are many shopping stalls. We visit St. Mary’s Church where we participate in the opening of the wooden altar by Wit Stwosz and we hear the silver trumpet of the bugler - Hejnal from St. Mary’s Tower. We will also visit the courtyards of

the Collegium’s Mauis. Continue with a visit to the Franciscans Church with its stunning stained glass windows.

Day 7 - THU JUL 18: KRAKÓW i Częstochowa i KRAKOW This morning we depart for Częstochowa. Upon arrival we visit the monastery and the chapel of the miraculous painting of the Black Madonna, a shrine of the Virgin Mary. Take a guided tour of the Shrine by one of the Paulinian brothers. Next we visit the Basilica, which is the main church of the monastery and celebrate Mass. On our return through Ojców you can admire the ruins of a medieval castle at Pieskowa Skała. Drive to Krakow for dinner and overnight.

Day 8 - FRI JUL 19: KRAKOW i WIELICZKA i KRAKOW KAZIMIERZ After breakfast, we depart for Wieliczka to visit Europe’s oldest salt mine which has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The mines are a unique place where many generations of Polish miners have created a world of underground chambers and decorated chapels carved out of salt including the famous Chapel of St. Kinga. Once back I Krakow we will walk through the Karzmierz Quarter and we will celebrate Mass at the Church of St. Stanislaw na Sklace “on the Rock” Poland’s important pilgrimage site. Dinner at a local restaurant to taste the local flavors. Overnight. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 9 SAT JUL 20: KRAKOW i USA After breakfast we transfer to the Krakow airport for our return flight to the USA. The end of a most memorable pilgrimage.

Day 1 - FRI JUL 12: USA i KRAKOW We depart to Poland.

Day 2 - SAT JUL 13: KRAKOW i ZAKOPANE Upon arrival in Krakow, we meet our tour escort who will accompany us throughout our pilgrimage. We drive to Zakopane to our hotel for check in. Later we celebrate Mass. Dinner and the evening are at our hotel.

Day 3 - SUN JUL 14: ZAKOPANE i KRAKOW This morning you will have an opportunity to enjoy a short walk on one of John Paul II’s favorite walking trails in Zakopane, Start your visit as you make our way to the Sanctuary of the Holy Virgin of Fatima, a chapel constructed in 1999 in gratitude for Pope John Paul II’s survival of an assassination attempt. Celebrate Mass at Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima. We continue our tour with a cable car ride to the heights of Mt. Gobalowka for a stunning view of the Tatra Mountains and the town of Zakopane. On your visit to Zakopane you will sense the love of nature that Pope John Paul II enjoyed here, and his passion for partaking in scenic hikes through the mountains. Free time for shopping at Krupowki Street in the local bazaar. Lunch on your own. Continue to Krakow for a dinner and overnight.

Day 4 - MON JUL 15: KRAKOW i WADOWICE i KALWARIA i KRAKOW – In the Footsteps of John Paul II Today we follow in the footsteps of the Pope Saint John Paul II. We drive to Wadowice, his hometown. We will see the places dearest to Karol Wojtyła including the parish church where he was baptized and the house where he was born. We then continue to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, which was a popular pilgrimage place for Pope Saint John Paul II when he was a young man and where in the 17th century the Palatine of Kraków founded a Franciscan Monastery. On the slope of the hill and the valley is an architectural ‘Way of the Cross’ made up of 40 chapels

THE TOUR Itinerary

JOURNEY FEATURES

Roundtrip Air Transportation from Nashville, TN (BNA)

4-Star Hotels

Land Transportation via deluxe, pr ivate motor coach

Taxes Fuel Surcharge($600) & Tip ($66) Included

Professional English-Speaking GuideEntrance fees to all sites on itinerary

Breakfast and Dinner Daily and Farewell dinner at local restaurant with folklore concert and polish vodka included

Daily Masses are included

Cable Care ride to the heights of Mr. Gobalowka included