On Monday, February 25th, the Icon of Our Lady arrived in Griñón. At the market place in front of the Town Hall She was very solemnly greeted by the local pastor and the mayor of the town. Next they headed for the local Care House for the elderly. There the Holy Mass was celebrated.
Next the solemn procession went to the school of the School Brothers, where the next Holy Mass was celebrated. Then the Icon was carried to the side chapel where the martyrs are buried – these are the School Brothers murdered in Griñón during the Spanish revolution in 1936.
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On Sudany evening of the 24th of February the Mother of God came to the church of St. James in Villaviciosa de Odón. The pastor, father Alvaro Ojeda welcomed the Mother of God very solemnly. As the pastor of families in the Diocese of Getafe he had been much involved in preparing the peregrination. Now he was welcoming the Icon in his own parish with joy.
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On Sunday morning, February 24th, the meeting with the Czestochowa Icon was expected by the Polish Community in Mostoles. It is a vast Spanish town, known for the historical fact, that in 1808 the Mayors of Mostoles declared war against Napeoleon.
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The following place to visit was the oldest church of Our Lady of Assumption to Heaven in Parla, near the town of Getafe. Many Poles live at the place and they came to welcome their Queen with their pastor father Andrzej. Ardent prayers lasted throughout the night on Saturday/Sunday. The farewell in the morning was full of emotion.
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Having arrived at Getafe the Czestochowa Icon stopped at the Family Centra where She was awaited by bishop Joaquin Lopez de Andujar, the metropolitan bishop of the Diocese of Getafe. About 300 people came. After the solemn welcome bishop Lopez said he had deliberately chosen the Family Centre as the place to welcome Our Lady of Częstochowa in Getafe.
- The visit in the Diocese of Getafe begins
- “From Russia to Loeches”
- New songs for the Mother of God and the vigil for the engaged.
- Coslanda – among white and red balloons at “Mummy Joanna”
- At the place of a Eucharist Miracle – Capilla de las Santas Formas
- Our Lady of Czestochowa visit the prison for women – „Alcalá-Meco”
- St. Valentine`s Day – the renewing of the marriage vows at the Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares
- Please, help us to prepare an exhibition „From Ocean to Ocean” at Jasna Góra
- The Ash Wednesday with the Black Madonna among the Madrid Polish Community.
- The Visit at the Sisters of Visitation