Our last day! It hardly seems possible - the time has flown by!
Today, we drove to Czestochowa to the Pauline Monastery of Jasna Gora, home of the "Black Madonna"
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| Beautiful religious articles are everywhere |
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| These bells are still active |
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| This shrine is to pilgrims who died in an airplane accident while on the way here |
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| Statues in front relate the Mysteries of the Rosary The Agony in the Garden |
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| The crowning with thorns |
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| The crucifixion |
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| The Resurrection |
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| Descent of the Holy Spirit |
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| The Assumption of Our Lady |
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| The Coronation |
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| Stations of the Cross were in the old castle moat Jesus is condemned to die |
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| "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times" |
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| Veronica wipes the face of Jesus |
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| Jesus dies on the cross |
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| In the main basilica |
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| Side chapel |
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| The ambo |
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| During the tour, Fr Thomas said "you've got a nice camera, take a picture of that window" |
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| Just outside the treasury |
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| Stations of the cross with scenes from Auschwitz as background |
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| Mass in the Chapel of the Sacred Heart |
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| The chapel of Our Lady of Jasna Gora |
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| Fr Thomas tells us of the unveiling of the image |
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| The veil lifts slowly revealing the image, said to have been made by St Luke in Ephasus |
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| Fr Thomas |
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| Fr Blessed us with Holy Water in the sacristy |
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| In the sacristy |
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| On the way out, we saw this statue - not sure what it represents |
Warsaw - Church of St Stanislaus
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| St Stanislaus Church - grave of Blessed Fr Jerzy Popieluszko |
On the road between Czestochowa and Warsaw
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| A rest stop with giraffes! |
At the last supper in Warsaw
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| As we bid adieu to Poland and our group of new found friends, we look froward to our next adventure! |
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