On the evening of May 14th, a delegation from the Church of the Holy Trinity with its pastor, Father Andrzej Maślejak TChr, received the pilgrim Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa into their care at the farewell ceremony at St. Hyacinth's Church. Assisted by a small motorcade, the Life Mobile took Our Blessed Mother to Holy Trinity Polish Mission in Chicago.
As one of the oldest parishes in Chicago, St. Hyacinth's Basilica Minor had the particular privilege of hosting the Icon of Czestochowa on May 13th, thus on the 97th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal. The Icon arrived in Her Life Mobile, decorated with flowers.
On Monday evening, May 12th, the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa arrived at the Jesuit Millennium Center (JOM). A thunderstorm was approaching and lightning was flashing as Our Lady rode in her new Life Mobile through the streets of Chicago.
The parish of St. Ladislaus awaited the arrival of the Mother of God in Her Icon of Czestochowa on Sunday evening, May 11th. The church was full. For the first time, the new Life Mobile, made by Chicago's own Polish-American carpenter and sculptor – Jan Slodyczka – rode with Our Lady's Icon through the streets of Chicago and stopped gracefully before the entrance to the church.
On Saturday evening, May 10th, the visit of Our Lady of Czestochowa, also known as "Black Madonna," began in the Chicago parishes. The Icon is traveling from parish to parish throughout the Archdiocese, under the honorary chairmanship of His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., the Archbishop of Chicago.
- Pilgrim Icon Visits Dominican Friars and Two Abortion Mills in Ohio
- The Black Madonna Visits Dr. Jack Willke, the World Pioneer of Pro-Life Movement
- Pilgrim Icon Visits Hillsboro in Ohio
- The Black Madonna Visits Lexington, Kentucky - “The Horse Capital of the World”
- The Black Madonna meets the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and stands amidst 3,000 crosses
- Bishop Paprocki and Our Sorrowful Mother’s Ministry Welcome the Black Madonna
- A Canonization on Divine Mercy Sunday, Celebrated at Our Lady’s Shrine
- East Meets West in Indianapolis
- Easter at St. Francis Borgia in Chicago
- Holy Week – a visit at the Polish Mission in Brampton, Canada