Hofelina will be away

[hofelina]

I will visit Cracow, Poland for 4 days starting 11 November 2009, by bus. This is a pilgrimage to the Divine Mercy with a German group and us 10 Pinoys. I hope I could get lots of pictures to share them with you.

Manay

[ms da binsi]

Thank you Manay! akong banana kay polish baja! sigi share  ug pics ha para ako i shate nija?

thanks daan Manay ang have a safe trip.

[jamo2x]

I will visit Cracow, Poland for 4 days starting 11 November 2009, by bus. This is a pilgrimage to the Divine Mercy with a German group and us 10 Pinoys. I hope I could get lots of pictures to share them with you.

Manay

nice. e-apil mig ampo kay St Faustina ha...have a safe and enjoyable pilgrimage

[hofelina]

Yes I will folks, if you want to have some prayer requests pls per email or pm me. I will pray the Divine Mercy chaplet for each request. Palihug lang kanang walay bugal-bugal kay kinasing-kasing kini nga pilgirmage nako.  I will bring your request there personally.

ps
see to it that your posting will reach me till tomorrow 11 AM, my time, bet 5-6 pm ninyo diha.

[lindy]

Iapil pod kog ampo Tess. Have a safe trip.

[jamo2x]

Yes I will folks, if you want to have some prayer requests pls per email or pm me. I will pray the Divine Mercy chaplet for each request. Palihug lang kanang walay bugal-bugal kay kinasing-kasing kini nga pilgirmage nako.  I will bring your request there personally.

ps
see to it that your posting will reach me till tomorrow 11 AM, my time, bet 5-6 pm ninyo diha.

great to hear..swerte ka manay ka adto ka dha...maka visit cguro mo sa lubong ni St Faustina...naa sab mi weekly DM sa balay2x og DM monthly sa church...

[janjan]

have a safe trip manay e- apil sad ko pray

[Raquelproud boholana]

Moangay jud ko nimo Manay ba kay formal jud ka mananghid nga mawaa sa kadali diri. Ayo ayo sa byahe Manay pray nalang mi tanan diri.

[bugsay]

Maayong pagbyahe Manay...iapil mi palihug sa imong mga pangaliya didto...

[hofelina]

I was expecting to hear some personal intentions from you, aw kon generalize akong buhaton. Syempre akong i-ampo nga kita ipalayo sa mga katalagman, atong ipanglipoyo nga ang atong pamilya ug uban sa banay dili mahilayo sa iyang pag-mahal kay kini ma-o ang pinaka dako nga pag-ampo sa Kahitas-an.

[Chongki]

have a safe trip manay ....palighug pod iapil pag ampo sa akong pamilya....thanks and enjoy

[simplylee]

Have a safe and enjoyable trip Manay!

[Scarb]

 enjoy ur trip  and "pass auf Dich auf" Tita Tess

(naa koy pm nimo) pls. check it up - tnx.

[buwadsanga]

happy trip hofe, iampo pud kog apil, palihug. if you can kindly visit the former nazi concentration camps.

[hofelina]

The trip will start tonight, pag ka buntag Cracow na. I presume there will be a mass 10-11 in the morning, so please align your thoughts with me since I printed all the prayer requests and I will give it there on the altar. Sa Sabado sa gabii ang among larga, buntag ni-a nako pohon sa Germany. I will try my best to give the Minute meditations and Saints of the day. Please pray to the saints everyday kay maninaw sila kaayo nato.
I´m so excited because I have read that Cracow is one of the most beautiful city in Europe and it was not much damaged by the war. This place is very rich in Jewish heritage. God bless us all.

Manay

[Lorenzo]

Have a safe trip manay! Keep us included in your prayers.
God Bless.

[hofelina]

Salamat mga igsoon sa inyong mga panghinaut.

[hofelina]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wambierzyce
The trip was tedious and this was our first church to be visited 12 November 2009

[hofelina]

We took 14 hours by bus, sakit akong lobot ug nilingkod walay tolog kay kawas kada 3 ka oras. Duha mi ka bus, 8 ka Pinoy, 2 ka Italyano ug  80 ka German of Polish descendants



Among pamahaw alas onse na sa odto.

[hofelina]

Solod sa simbahan bawal ang mag picture with flash bulbs.



bear in mind that this church is more than 700 years old!

[Scarb]

 tnx. sa pics Tita Tess (Bus fahrt or Tages fahrt?)

u look so cooL Tita !

[hofelina]

Busfahrt Day good for 4 days, more pics to come,  I still have to sort out my thoughts since it was a very intensive spiritual renewal for me. I also met 4 Pinay nuns ( Franciscans) stationed in CzÄ™stochowa, Poland.
I lighted candles to the TB members who requested for some prayers, I did it in Częstochowa where the Black Madonna shrine lies. There is one who always comes into my mind, BNC! I place some prayer requests for all the members of TubagBohol Forum members.

[Scarb]

tnx. pod sa akong request Tita
  take ur time, maau pahulay una
     ky basin gikapoy pa kaw
       
dli btw. na modagan ang picx nimo
           bisan ug nagpanikad napod ko diwe nga motan-aw

[hofelina]

Poland has a special place in God´s heart!

[janjan]

Poland has a special place in God´s heart!

grand mother sa ahong bana kay polish man devoted gud kuno kaajo nga catholic ingon aho mother inlaw

[bugsay]

Poland has a special place in God´s heart!


Tanan'g tawo ug lugar naay special place in God's heart....even sinners!

[hofelina]

BARDO

Bardo [ˈbardÉ"] (German: Wartha) is a town in ZÄ...bkowice ÅšlÄ...skie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bardo.

The town lies on the Nysa KÅ,odzka river, approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of ZÄ...bkowice ÅšlÄ...skie, and 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of the regional capital WrocÅ,aw. As at 2006, the Bardo has a population of 2,860.

History
Bardo was founded in the 10th century as a defensive gord. The surrounding area was populated by Slavic peoples tribes and Bardo's castellans were Polish knights. Its chapel was built in the 10th century, and it was first mentioned in 1189 as being owned by the Knights Hospitaller. By 1290 the gord had lost its strategic importance and ceased to exist as a castellany. By 1299 the whole area had been bought by the Cistercian order and was owned by them until 1810. Along with most of Silesia, it passed from Germany to Poland at the end of World War II.

Bardo gained the status of a town in the early 14th century, but this was lost as the result of the destruction caused by World War II. It became the seat of a gmina in 1954, and was granted town status again in 1969.

Historic buildings still existing in Bardo include a Baroque church and a 15th-century stone bridge.
Will show some pics later, this church is under the hands of the Redemptorist priests and monks.

[Lorenzo]

What beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing with us your life experience, Ma'am Tess.

Splendid share!


Cheers,
Bran Lorenzo

[hofelina]

This is the town Bardo which is a part of Lower Silesian ( German Territory before WWII).


Bardo Church

[hofelina]

Some illiustrations about the church in Polish language

In almost every church is the late Pope John II always revered as the next saint from Poland


Altars of the Redemptorist Monks



Mao kini ang ilang ATM, take note this is a very small town.

Police station, I was spoken by a police who asked me why I take some photos and I replied I have to show this to my Tubag Bohol Forum members.

[hofelina]

A  burial mass was held before we were allowed to come in, I was the first and I immediately took a shot to show how the people in this town preserved this old tradition, the dead man is holding a rosary, stampita and new pair of shoes.( May he rest in peace).

[hofelina]

My next postings will about the Black Madonna;

The Black Madonna of CzÄ™stochowa (Czarna Madonna or Matka Boska CzÄ™stochowska in Polish, Imago thaumaturga Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae Conceptae, in Claro Monte in Latin, ЧенсÑ,оÑ...овская икона Ð'ожией МаÑ,ери in Church Slavonic) is a holy icon of the Virgin Mary, that is both Poland's holiest relic and one of the country's national symbols.

Lucan origin
The icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa has been intimately associated with Poland for the past six hundred years. Its history prior to its arrival in Poland is shrouded in numerous legends which trace the icon's origin to St. Luke who painted it on a cypress table top from the house of the Holy Family.

[edit] Arrival in Częstochowa
One of the oldest documents from Jasna Góra states that the picture travelled from Jerusalem, via Constantinople and Belz,to finally reach CzÄ™stochowa in August 1382 by WÅ,adysÅ,aw Opolczyk, Duke of Opole.Wikipedia.

[taga tigbao]

WOW! Unta ako pud, one time in my life, makapilgrimage pud ko kauban ahoang mga ginikanan.

[hofelina]

The German speaking group in the Black Madonna Museum


People are writing their personal requests


Seen on the left is an electric candle, you put 1.125 Szloty and right is a box for requests. I had a printed requests of Jan-Jan, Raquel and BlueAngel, and for all Tubag Bohol Forum members to be safe and sound.

[hofelina]

Franciscan nuns in my pilgrimage ;


L-R: Sr Joyce frm Bacolod, my Friend Guadalupe frm Pangasinan, Sr Flory frm Antipolo (her father is a Cebuano), Sr Melita frm Gensan, and a TubagBohol member.

[hofelina]

Here is a part of Cracow City, we arrived and it was really warm, 15°C, Here are more infos;
http://www.our.homewithgod.com/divinemercy/

her tomb

Her bones are transferred before the Altar of the old sanctuary
the tombs of the Sisters of Divine Mercy, it was a wonderful site to see the uniformity of flowers placed with love and care

[hofelina]

People who donated to build the new church have their names in graved, just an example


Filipino flag is raised 3rd from right


homeward bound!

[hofelina]

The Divine Mercy Church, well-visited place in Cracow.

[hofelina]

The house of Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy where Saint Faustina
stayed in the years 1933-1936. In this house Lord Jesus dictated to her the Chaplet
to the Divine Mercy. Vilnius (Lithuania), 29 Grybo St.

[taga tigbao]

Nagtan-aw pa lamang ko sa posts ni Manay, murag nindot ang feeling of being in a pilgrimage.

Looking forward of being in such activity. No, not activity but duty.

[hofelina]

Akong mga kaig-soonan sa Tubag Bohol akong gilambit sa akong mga pangalipoyo.

[taga tigbao]

Akong mga kaig-soonan sa Tubag Bohol akong gilambit sa akong mga pangalipoyo.

Salamat Manay.

[bugsay]

Akong mga kaig-soonan sa Tubag Bohol akong gilambit sa akong mga pangalipoyo.

Mga panghinaut nga naapil 'ta ko ato, Manay..

[ms da binsi]

oi hala! ang Cracow naa man na sa west dapit sa Polang Manay noh??? naa pics si banana ana dapit!

nalingaw ko sa imong mga pics Manay!

Polish peeps are hardcore Catholics. That included my banana and his family.

[jamo2x]

The Divine Mercy Church, well-visited place in Cracow.

TY manay sa mga pix...beautiful to see the origin of the Divine Mercy...i like one of JC pics nga naay rays coming out from his body....

[jamo2x]

Here is a pyrt of Cracow City, we arrived and it was really warm, 15°C, Here are more infos;
http://www.our.homewithgod.com/divinemercy/

her tomb

Her bones are transferred before the Altar of the old sanctuary
the tombs of the Sisters of Divine Mercy, it was a wonderful site to see the uniformity of flowers placed with love and care

so mao diay na ang tomb ni St. Faustina....beautiful

[hofelina]

Daghang bawal maglitrato unya sa website nila dili sab nimo makit-an. I want to share as much as I could, kapila nako nakasab-an, buta bongol lang ko  kay Polish ang language.
The last remains of Saint Faustina in not to be seen in this new church, it is in the old sanctuary. Before the altar is a small bone, akong pagtoo bokog sa kamot, may salamin, maoy hagkan ug adunay tigbantay ug trapo pod. Everybody in our group were so amazed how we Pinoys revere the Divine Mercy, that means reciting the prayers every 3 o´clock in the afternoon.
The reason why they are so true believers is that their national icon the Black Madonna was always there to save them. The most important story was the tale that 2000 Swedish soldiers ( Sweden was totally Protestant at that time) want to take the picture of the icon, the Polish soldiers who only numbered to 200 were able to defend the fort through their prayers, heavy snow poured causing the enemies to retreat.

[hofelina]

This is one of the topic well emphasized by our German translator, also a Divine Mercy nun;

The Lord Jesus chose Sr. Mary Faustina as the Apostle and "Secretary" of His Mercy, so that she could tell the world about His great message. In the Old Covenant â€" He said to her â€"I sent prophets wielding thunderbolts to My people. Today I am sending you with My mercy to the people of the whole world. I do not want to punish aching mankind, but I desire to heal it, pressing it to My Merciful Heart (Diary 1588).


Kanang ga-una mailhan ninyo sa iyang ulo (bagol-bol siya sa akong picture)mao ang among translator, I have to show it to her that she is really not so clear to see, most of the areas picture taking is not allowed. The priest scolded me and I told him that I have to share some pictures for those who can not come to Poland to a pilgrimage.

[hofelina]

You will see pictures of the sanctuary´s altar and the remains of St Faustina. Please click this link

The places of Saint Faustina's stay
   The Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Cracow - Lagiewniki

http://www.faustina.ch/index_en.htm

[hofelina]

Jesus I Trust in You!

[jamo2x]

kani akong ganahn nga pic manay...basi kini ang old interpretation sa description ni St Faustina sa rays...





mao na man ni ang new version nga common makita nga pic sa DV:

Jesus I Trust in You!

[hofelina]

Jamo2x, please be careful, these things are all well documented by the church, Saint Faustina was doubted and she went through, guided by the Almighty, you might think otherwise but we respect her vision and the picture as what the Lord has dictated her.

[hofelina]

I found a comprehensive details of the Black Madonna ;

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/poland/czestochowa-jasna-gora.htm

[jamo2x]

Jamo2x, please be careful, these things are all well documented by the church, Saint Faustina was doubted and she went through, guided by the Almighty, you might think otherwise but we respect her vision and the picture as what the Lord has dictated her.

im not sure what u mean manay, i was just impressed with the portrayal of the rays...from the old church...we also have a Divine Mercy group here and we have a weekly and monthly prayers....we also read St Faustina's diary.

[hofelina]

basi kini ang old interpretation sa description ni St Faustina sa rays...

I simply reacted to this line. I hope I did not offended you.