Registration for the walking pilgrimage to Jasna Góra

We will set out from our parish on the diocesan walking pilgrimage on Monday 17 August, after the 6:30 Mass. At the church gate the pilgrims will receive a blessing, and those gathered will sing “Kto się w opiekę”.

This year the route is just under three hundred kilometres, with daily stages of twenty-five to thirty-five. We sleep in schools and parish halls along the way; the luggage is carried by a support vehicle. The group will reach Częstochowa on Saturday.

Fr. Paweł is taking registrations until the end of the week — in the sacristy after Mass or by telephone. The cost of taking part is one hundred and eighty złoty; it covers food, medical care and luggage transport.

An organisational meeting for those registered will be held on the Sunday before departure, after the evening Mass in the meeting room. We will discuss luggage, footwear and health matters — the most common reasons why someone has to drop out.

As every year, we are taking the book of intentions with us. It is already available in the church; anyone can write a request in it, which the pilgrims will carry before the image of Our Lady.