Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:

Day 1, Mon, Sep 19, Departure
Depart for your overnight flight(s) to Warsaw. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.

Day 2, Tue, Sep 20, Arrive Poland
Upon arrival in Warsaw you will find your luggage and exit the baggage claim where your tour escort will greet you. After a warm welcome to Poland, you will be transferred to your hotel. Lunch on your own. Check in hotel. We begin our pilgrimage with Mass at St. James Church, where St. Faustina went when she arrived in Warsaw. This evening enjoy a show and a delicious welcome dinner at a local restaurant. Following dinner you may explore or relax before retiring for the evening. Overnight at the hotel in Warsaw.
*Itinerary of the day subject to confirmation upon flight details.

Day 3, Wed, Sep 21, Warsaw
After breakfast, we visit all the landmarks of Warsaw: Old Town, Market Square, the Barbican, the Warsaw Ghetto monument, Lazienki Park, the Chopin statue, and the magnificently restored Royal Castle. We will visit and celebrate Mass at 39 Zytnia Street where Faustina entered the convent. Lunch on your own. Following a day of sightseeing we return to our hotel Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Warsaw.

Day 4, Thu, Sep 22, Warsaw, Swinice Warckie – Niepokalanow - Kurzelow – Czestochowa
After breakfast, we travel to Niepokalanów and see the Franciscan Monastery founded by St. Maximillian Kolbe. Lunch on your own. We continue to Swinice Warckie to visit the parish Church St. Casmir where St. Faustina was baptized as Helen Kowalska. Transfer to Kurzelów, Fr Rafal’s hometown, Here we’ll celebrate Mass at Assumption Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary where he was baptized. Later enjoy dinner with local parishioners and friends of Father Rafal. In his youth, Father was in a band. With some prayers his band will reassemble to perform for us while we dine. It’s been ten years since he’s played an instrument but he’s promised to sing a song or two for us. Continue on to Czestochowa, the home of the greatest pilgrimage Shrine in Poland - Our Lady of Czestochowa. Overnight at the hotel in Częstochowa.

Day 5, Fri, Sep 23, Czestochowa – Wadowice – Krakow
Breakfast at your hotel. We begin our day with Mass at Jasna Gora Monastery where the picture of the Black Madonna is located (subject to confirmation). We will have time to explore the most important places of religious worship. The monastery has a pilgrimage tradition that goes back to the 14th-century. St. John Paul II was known to make frequent visits to the monastery throughout his life. We will have time to venerate the priceless treasures contained within, including the Miraculous Icon(listening devices included). Lunch on your own. We’ll stop in Wadowice, the birthplace of Karol Wojtyla (St. John Paul II). Visit childhood home, which is now a museum and see the Church he attended as a child. Continue on to Kraków. Dinner and overnight in Kraków.

Day 6, Sat, Sep 24, Krakow – Zakopane – Krakow
After breakfast we’ll transfer to Zakopane. We will visit the Jaszczorowka Chapel in Zakopane, which has been visited several times by young Karol Wojtyla (St. John Paul II), as it lies on the walking paths where he often finished his walks for prayer and reflection. We then make our way to the colorful Krupowki Street for some last minute shopping in the local bazaar. Lunch on your own. Depart for Krakow. Dinner at the hotel, after which you may enjoy a short stroll in the old city before retiring for the evening. Overnight at the hotel in Krakow.

Day 7, Sun, Sep 25, Krakow – Auschwitz – Krakow
Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, we will tour the Cathedral, Coronation Chapel and the Royal Chambers (e. fee included) where a superb collection of Arras tapestries are on display. Next visit Krakow's Market Square and hear the silver trumpet of the bugler from St. Mary's Tower. The surroundings of the square have remained unchanged for almost 700 years and contain buildings of historic value such as the Town Hall Tower, the Cloth Hall and the burgher's houses. We visit the St. Mary Church where we may pray before the extraordinary Wit Stwosz altar (e. fee included). Lunch on your own. In the afternoon we will visit Auschwitz/Birkenau, the notorious Nazi concentration camp where unspeakable atrocities occurred. We will see the cell that imprisoned St. Maximillian Kolbe and the Martyrdom Museum recalling the horrors of the Holocaust. We return to our hotel to refresh. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel in Krakow.

Day 8, Mon, Sep 26, Krakow – Divine Mercy – Lagiewniki – Wielicza - Krakow
Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, we depart for our day's excursion to Lagiewniki, the capital of the Divine Mercy. It was here that the message of the Divine Mercy originated, which Christ Himself wished to pass on to our generation through the mediation of St. Faustina. The Sanctuary houses grace working images of the Merciful Jesus and the relics of St. Faustina. As we view the Shrine of Divine Mercy we will see St. Faustina's convent Chapel and her Tomb. We celebrate Mass at the Shrine before we visit the new center "Have no Fear" where we pray by the relic of St. John Paul II. We will have time to pray and reflect. We will visit the newly constructed Shrine of Divinity dedicated by St. John Paul II on his last visit to Poland in 2002. Lunch on your own. We will stop at the amazing Wieliczka Salt Mines on our way to Krakow. Transfer back to Krakow. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Krakow.

Day 9, Tue, Sep 27, Krakow – Fort Myers
Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Transfer to the airport. Flight back home.

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About Poland & St. John Paul II:

Karol Wojtyla (St. John Paul II) was born in the Polish town of Wadowice on May 18, 1920. He moved to Krakow with his father in 1938, where he attended Jagiellonian University and began studying for the priesthood. He was ordained as a priest on November 1, 1946 and went on to continue his studies in Rome until 1948. He returned to Poland that same year for his first pastoral assignment in the village of Niegowic, which lasted seven months. He then was transferred to the parish of St. Florian in Krakow, where he also spent time hiking in the mountains and canoeing with young people.

Karol Wojtyla’s personality and ability to connect with young people attracted large crowds to his sermons. He not only had a group of people regularly attend his liturgy at 6:00AM, but also celebrate name-days and travel together to hike the Bieszczady Mountains and canoe on the Masurian Lakes. The group was very close, and referred to Priest Karol as ‘’Wujek,” which is Polish for Uncle.

Karol Wojtyla continued his theological studies, and in 1958 he was nominated Bishop. Soon after, he participated in preparations for the Second Vatican Council. Following the death of Archbishop Eugeniusz Basiak in 1963, he became the Bishop of Krakow and four years later was appointed Cardinal by Pope Paul VI.

Karol Wojtyla was a strong advocate of the youth movement, ‘’Light-Life,” established in 1969 by Fr. Franciszek Blachnicki. He appreciated the importance of the movement and the religious formation offered to young people through the creation of summer camps. Communist authorities saw the camps as alarming, and activists of the movement were persecuted. Many Bishops distanced themselves from the movement out of fear of endangering the Church. As a Cardinal, Karol Wojtyla officially approved the summer camps as part of pastoral activites in the Krakow archbishopric. He often attended meetings with students, preached at retreats, made surprise visits to offer confession, and unofficially supported the programs financially, including giving funds to the poorest students. John Paul II addressed the youth on the inauguration of his pontificate, in his first speech delivered from the window of the Apostolic Palace before the Angelus. He exclaimed, ‘’...my hope, because you are the promise of tomorrow. You are the hope of the Church and society.” Meetings with young people were immensely important for St. John Paul II, and he is notably behind the creation of World Youth Day.

St. John Paul II often returned to Wadowice, Niegowic, Krawkow and Zakopane, where his road to the Papacy all began. He recalled on a pilgrimage to his homeland, ‘’Here, in this land, I was born. Here, in Krakow, I spent the greater part of my life... Here, I received the grace of my priestly vocation... I was consecrated Bishop in the Cathedral of Wawel.” Karol Wojtyla’s journey to Rome for the conclave started in Krakow, where he became an adult, an artist, and a devoted shepherd of souls.

After returning from a week long Lenten retreat, he was suffering from the effects of the flu, his condition continued to decline. He continued to resume his usual audiences and visiting with bishops until his condition prompted him to appear via television to Pilgrims. On April 2, 2005, his final hours were filled with uninterrupted prayer by those assisting him, and by thousands filling St. Peter’s Square. His last words, fitting to a life filled with prayer, were ”Amen, Amen”.

His miracle for Beatification came from a french nun, Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, who was struck with Parkinson’s several months after his death. His Beatification Ceremony took place on May 1, 2011, was the biggest event in Rome since his death, and is the quickest of modern times. With over 300,000 attendees, and over 2 million taking part in beatification-related activities. ”It’s not like Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II, will suddenly become a saint when the canonization ceremony occurs. The belief would be he is already in heaven with God, living the life of a saint. All that’s going to happen when the ceremony occurs is that the Church will officially recognize that”

- Pope Francis

Wawel Castle, Krakow, Poland

The Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic