On the road to Our Lady: How pilgrimage taught me the power of community

On the road to Our Lady: How pilgrimage taught me the power of community

CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (OSV News) — When you are born in a major pilgrimage destination, you grow up with a treasure — a national shrine and sacred image — within reach every day. I was that child, born in Częstochowa, home of the Black Madonna and a beloved place of spiritual refuge for St. John Paul II. Every August, I watched thousands of pilgrims arrive at the Jasna Góra shrine. Many came with tears of joy, having walked hundreds of miles from …