In the days of May 25-26, 2019, scholarship recipients of the John Paul II Foundation Warsaw Chapter went on a pilgrimage to the Devine Mercy Sanctuary of John Paul II in Krakow, to the Benedictine Sisters Abbey in Staniątki and to Our Lady of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Sanctuary. Our pilgrimage started very early on Saturday, when we went by coach buses to Krakow, to the St. John Paul II Center “Do not be afraid.”  We visited the shrine learning...

  On Friday, 14 June 2019, at the John Paul II Foundation House in Lublin, took place a meeting of scholarship holders with the Friends and Benefactors of the Foundation. We hosted Valentine Demole, the President of the IF Foundation from Switzerland, Father Krzysztof Wieliczko, administrator of the JPII Foundation from Rome, and Henryk Rogowski, a member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors from France. Guests were greeted by Fr...

 “If today we talk about sanctity, about her desire and gaining, then we need to ask how to create just such environments that would be conducive to pursuing her. What to do to make a family home, school, workplace, office, villages and cities, and  the whole country become a place of saints who act with goodness, faithfulness to Christ’s teaching, a testimony to everyday life, making each person grow spiritually. St. King and all...

“The truth about Christ’s priesthood has always struck me in an extraordinarily eloquent way in the Litany which used to be recited in the seminary at Cracow, especially on the eve of a priestly ordination. I am referring to the Litany of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Priest and Victim.  What profound reflections it prompted! In the Sacrifice of the Cross, made present anew in every Eucharist, Christ offers Himself for the salvation of the world. The...

xHe was praying for everyone, with whom he met.  He was praying before the meeting and after it.  He was saying: “I will remember in the prayer”, “I am praying for you.”  These were not empty words.  The Holy Father was extremely gifted intellectually, he had a great memory.  Once, he said: “I am praying for the entire world.”  And, then during supper he started to list republics and countries of Africa and Asia.  I thought that he indeed is...