Itinerary
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DAY 1:
USA / WARSAW
Board your overnight flight to Warsaw. -
DAY 2:
WARSAW
Upon arrival you will be greeted by your Homeric Tours representative.We begin with Mass at St. James Church, where St. Faustina went when she arrived in Warsaw. Dinner and overnight accommodation.Breakfast and Dinner included -
DAY 3:
WARSAW
After breakfast, we will visit to the landmarks of Warsaw: Old Town, Market Square, the Barbican, the Warsaw Ghetto monument, Lazienki Park, the Chopin statue, and the Royal Castle. Visit and celebrate Mass at 39 Zytnia Street where Faustina entered the convent. Dinner and show at a local restaurant.Breakfast and Dinner included -
DAY 4:
WARSAW / SWINICE WARCKIE / NIEPOKALANOW / CZESTOCHOWA
Travel to Swince Warckie to visit the parish church St. Casimir where St. Faustina was baptized. Continue to Niepokalanow to see the Franciscan Monastery founded by St. Maximillian Kolbe. Arrive in Czestochowa, home of the greatest shrine in Poland - Our Lady of Czestochowa. Dinner and overnight.Breakfast and Dinner included -
DAY 5:
CZESTOCHOWA / WADOWICE / ZAKOPANE
Morning Mass at Jasna Gora Monastery, location of the Black Madonna Picture and where Pope John Paul II frequented visits throughout his life. View priceless treasures, including the Miraculous Icon. Continue to Zakopane, with a stop to Wadowice, birthplace of Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) to see the church he was baptized in and attended as a child. We arrive in the resort village of Zakopane, with breathtaking views. Dinner and overnight.Breakfast and Dinner included -
DAY 6:
ZAKOPANE / KRAKOW
Morning walk on John Paul II’s favorite trail. Visit the Hermitage of Brother Albert, founder of the Albertine Order, before walking to the colorful Krupowki Street for shopping in the local bazaar. We stop at the Wieliczka Salt Mines on the way to Krakow. Arrive in Krakow for dinner and overnight.Breakfast and Dinner included -
DAY 7:
KRAKOW / AUSCHWITZ / KRAKOW
Explore Krakow’s Market Square and hear the silver trumpet from St. Mary’s Tower. See the square’s historic buildings such as the Town Hall Tower, the Cloth Hall and the burgher’s houses. Tour the Cathedral, Coronation Chapel and Royal Chambers. Visit the Cathedral and pray at the Wit Stwosz altar. Afternoon visit to Auschwitz, Nazi concentration camp. See the cell that impris-oned St. Maximillian Kolbe and the Martyrdom Museum. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.Breakfast and Dinner included -
DAY 8:
KRAKOW / DIVINE MERCY / LAGIEWNIKI / KRAKOW
Excursion to Lagiewniki, capital of the Divine Mercy, which Christ himself passed to our genera-tion through St. Faustina. The Sanctuary houses working images of Jesus. See St. Faustina’s convent chapel and her Tomb. Visit the Shrine of Divinity dedicated by Pope John Paul II in 2002. Celebrate Mass at the Shrine before visiting the new center “Have no Fear,” where we pray by the relic of St. John Paul II. Return for dinner and overnight.Breakfast and Dinner included -
DAY 9:
KRAKOW / USA
Breakfast then depart for the airport for your return flight home.Breakfast included
