Make your way to your local airport where you will board your overnight flight(s) to Warsaw. Your meals will be served on board.

Upon arrival to Krakow International Airport, make your way to the baggage claim area and collect your luggage. Proceed to the Arrivals Hall where you will be greeted by your English speaking tour escort and/or driver for transfer to your hotel for check-in. Your pilgrimage will begin with Mass at a local Church. Following Mass, enjoy a delicious dinner and have the opportunity to explore Krakow before retiring for the night.

Your day will begin with breakfast followed by Mass. Following this prayerful morning, your day of sightseeing begins. Today you will explore Wawel Hill, where you will visit the beautiful Cathedral and Coronation Chapel. These are among the most important sites in Poland as the Cathedral has been the coronation site of the Polish monarchs and has held numerous pieces of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicist and Modern art. Also at this site, you will have the opportunity to pray at the tomb of the patron saint of Poland, St. Stanislaus. Following your time at the Wawel Hill, you will make your way to Krakow's Market Square as the sound of the silver trumpet from St. Mary's Tower fills the air. We will visit the St. Mary's Church, where we can see the extraordinary Europe's largest wooden altar the work of Wit Stwosz. The captivating beauty of this square is largely due to the fact that it has remained unchanged for almost 700 years. It contains a number of buildings that hold important historic value such as, the Town Hall Tower, the Cloth Hall and Burgher's houses. After some free time in the late afternoon, return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, depart for Wadowice, a small city where St. John Paul II was born. Mass will be held at the Church where this beloved Saint was baptized, and attended Mass as a child. Visit the Pope's childhood home, now a museum, and then drive on to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, which is on the UNESCO list and the only place to combine a sanctuary for the passion of Christ and a Shrine for a miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin. Return to Krakow for dinner and a restful overnight.

Today, after breakfast, depart for your excursion to Lagiewniki, the capital of the Divine Mercy. Through the mediation of St. Faustina, Christ passed on the message of Divine Mercy at Lagiewniki. While here, you will have the opportunity to visit the Shrine of Divine Mercy that contains images of the Merciful Jesus, relics of St. Faustina, as well as, the Saint's convent Chapel and her Tomb. Visit the Shrine and listen to a talk of one of the sisters. Celebrate Mass at the Shrine of Divinity, which was visited by St. John Paul II in 2002. After lunch on your own, you will have the opportunity to pray by a relic of St. John Paul II in the new center "Have no Fear" . Return to Krakow and visit Nowa Huta District. We'll visit Mogila, a former village, followed by the Central Square,. View the Entrance Gate to Poland's Metal Steelworks, formerly named after Lenin. Drive along divisions of Steelworks, Rose Avenue, Folk Theatre till Lord's Ark Church (Arka Pana-exterior views). Return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight.

After breakfast, drive to Auschwitz Birkenau, notoriously known as a Nazi concentration camp during the Second World War. Upon arriving at the former camp, you can feel the darkness and sorrow that overtakes the atmosphere as there were numerous unspeakable atrocities that occurred at this site. Additionally, while on this visit, you will have the opportunity to view the cell that imprisoned the Christ-like, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and visit the Martyrdom Museum. We will also drive by Birkenau, site of the martyrdom of Edith Stein, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Today's journey offers an opportunity to enter into deep prayer and reflection as we continue with a guided tour of the camp. Celebrate Mass at Franciscan Convent in Harmeze. Return to Krakow and go on a guided visit of the museum in Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory, famous thanks to Steven Spielberg's Oscar winning movie. The exhibition is primarily a story about Krakow and its inhabitants, both Polish and Jewish, during World War Two. It is also a story about Nazi Germans - the occupiers who arrived here and brutally disrupting Krakow's centuries long history of Polish Jewish relations. Enjoy dinner at the hotel, before retiring for the evening.

After breakfast, depart to Czestochowa and visit the home of the grandest pilgrimage Shrine of Poland since the 14th century! Celebrate Mass at Jasna Gora Monastery. This hill-top monastery is home to the beloved icon of the Black Madonna. Additionally, St. John Paul II is said to have made frequent visits to this monastery throughout his life. Tradition tells us that this icon was painted by Luke the Evangelist, discovered by St. Helen, and later enShrined. While here, you will have the opportunity to venerate not only the Holy Icon, but also many other priceless treasures that are contained within. Following a prayerful visit to the Home of the Black Madonna, return to Krakow for dinner and an overnight.

Your day will begin with breakfast and then you will take part in the Walking Tour of Jewish Quarter in Krakow with your guide. Visit Krakow's famous Jewish district - Kazimierz, that for centuries was the center of Jewish life and culture in Europe, and was highly damaged during the World War II. See also two amazing synagogues, Synagogue Kupa, place of gathering of Jewish community, and the neo-Romanesqu Tempel (Temple) Synagogue. Then, once more we drive to Lagiewniki, Divine Mercy Shrine where you have time for private prayers in front of the miraculous painting depicting Our Lord with the caption which reads in Polish: Jesus, I trust Thee. Celebrate Mass at the Shrine and take part in the special prayer in the Basilica in the Hour of Mercy at 3 p.m. followed by the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. After, return to Krakow for a farewell dinner at a local restaurant and retire for the evening.

After an early breakfast, you will depart Krakow for your return flights home to USA. Bid your new friends farewell as you reminisce about everything you have experienced during your trip!