Seeing Beauty in the Everyday World
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The Sanctuary of St. John Paul II near Kraków, is a modern pilgrimage site dedicated to the Polish Pope. Completed around 2016, the complex features a two-level church with many colorful mosaics and more. The Upper Church is a modern space with a large…
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The shrine of Our Lady of the Angels is part of a large complex, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, that includes a Franciscan monastery and 42 chapels spread across about 1500 acres. The shrine of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is one of the most often…
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We continue to explore Krakow. As I mentioned in the previous post, Krakow has a long history and its Old-Town is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Although St. Mary’s Basilica is a dominant feature in Old-Town, there is…
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Old-town, Krakow, is another UNESCO World Heritage site. Krakow the center of Poland’s political life from 1038 until King Sigismund III Vasa relocated his court to Warsaw in 1596. The Main Market Square, one of the biggest squares in Europe, which came into existence in…
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Its Day 7, and our first stop is the Wieliczka Salt Mine in the town of Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland. I previous posts I’ve shown many sculptures, but in this post, all the sculptures are carved from salt.…
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The name Auschwitz calls to mind death and a darkness of the human soul. These concentration camps were set up to house Polish Jews and other “objectionable persons” when local prisons were filled to overflowing. The Auschwitz camps were established…
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St. Faustina is known as the Apostle of Divine Mercy. Jesus revealed a vision of Himself to Faustina and commanded her to paint the image and spread the word of His Divine Mercy. All biographical information of St. Faustina comes…
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We begin our 5th day in Torun. Old-Town Torun is another UNESCO World Heritage site. But, more on that in an other post. As with some previous posts, some of the places shown were identified using Gemini and translations were…