On June 13th, St. John the Baptist Church welcomed the Pilgrim Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa to the railroad town of Marshfield, Wisconsin. With the assistance of Deacon Jeffrey Austin, Father West celebrated Mass followed by confessions. During his homily, he explained the extraordinary history of the Black Madonna and the From Ocean to Ocean Campaign in Defense of Life.
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The Black Madonna returned briefly to the Diocese of Winona for their Ministry Days which is an event for the continuing education and growth of ministers for the Diocese of Winona.
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Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota together comprise the largest metropolitan urban area in the United States, including 182 cities and townships. The early settlers of these two towns have different ethnic and religious origins: Scandinavians and Lutherans built Minneapolis, whereas the Catholic French, German and Irish built St. Paul.
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St. Stanislaus Church in Warsaw has been called "The Cathedral on the Prairie” due to its beauty and grandeur in rural North Dakota. Built in 1901, it is listed on the National Historic Register. The Church is named after Bishop and Martyr, Saint Stanislaus (1030-1079), who denounced the unjust wars, cruelties and other injustices of King Boleslaus, who ultimately murdered him.
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On Saturday May 31, the pilgrim icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa traveled from Chatfield, Minnesota to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse Wisconsin. The shrine is a place of pilgrimage that honors Our Blessed Mother under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of the Americas, the Star of the New Evangelization and the Patroness of the Unborn. A Memorial to the Unborn was dedicated at the shrine on December 12, 2008.
- A Gift from Our Lady of Czestochowa for the Feast of Corpus Christi.
- The Pilgrim Icon Visits Southern Minnesota
- Wrapping up the Visit in Chicagoland – at the Polish Mission in Lombard
- Fervent prayers in front of the abortion clinics in the State of Illinois
- A visit at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Naperville - the oldest parish of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
- In the Parish of the Holy Cross in Batavia
- With the Dominican Sisters at The Rosary Hills Home for the elderly in Justice, IL
- At the Polish Mission of the Cystercian Fathers in Willow Springs on the birthday of ST John Paul II.
- With the Pauline Fathers at St. Rosalie's Church in Chicago
- At the Parish of Our Lady of Częstochowa with the Redemptorist Fathers in Chicago