In 1955, Father Michael Zembrzuski, a Pauline Father, established an American Shrine to Our Lady of Czestochowa, similar to the one in Poland. He had come to the United States in 1951, bringing a faithful copy of the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa (blessed by Pope St John XXIII ).
 |
| Shrine to Our Lady of Czestochowa Main Church (1964-1966) and Bell Tower (1966-1967) |
 |
| Assumption Statue, with a plaque in Polish expressing gratitude for the miracle on the Vistula River (Warsaw) in 1920 that saved Poland's independence from Russia, attributed to the intercession of the iIcon |
 |
| Unidentified wooden shrine |
 |
| A shrine in a shrine looks more like a fancy outhouse? |
 |
| Statue of St John Paul II/Jan Pawel II who visited the National Shrine twice when he was Cardinal |
 |
| Our Lady of the Unborn |
 |
| Entrance to the Rosary Garden containing figures representing all 20 mysteries of the Rosary |
 |
| One of the mysteries: the Coronation of Mary |
 |
| Polish Doomed Soldiers Monument |
 |
| Original Bell Tower and Original Barn Chapel, the latter was the first venue for the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa; standing before it is the Memorial Cross to the Victims of 9/11 |
 |
| Statue of a Winged Hussar as a Monument to the Russian Massacre of Polish military and intellectual leaders at Katyń Forest near Smolensk |
 |
| Honor section of the cemetery includes Adam Styka, a French-Polish painter |
 |
| Also buried here is Jerzy Bialecki, a Polish artist and painter, who created the stained glass windows in the Main Church here |
 |
| A Mother's Love is Forever (c 2018 by Timothy Schmalz) |
 |
| Ronald Reagan Statue commemorates Reagan's visit to the Polish-American Festival in 1984; he is sitting with the Festival Chair Jane Gowaty and eating a placki/potato pancake, which is invisible... |
 |
| Main Church chancel |
 |
| Main Church stained glass (1966, by Jerzy Bialecki) depicts 1,000 years of Polish history |
 |
| Memorial to the Polish Airmen who died in World War II (KSS) |
 |
| Memorial to those who suffered in German concentration camps in World War II, with the Polish St Maximilian Kolbe who took the place of a fellow prisoner who was condemned to death at Auschwitz in 1941 |
 |
| St Anne's Chapel, dedicated to the mother of Mary |
 |
| Our Lady of Fatima Chapel (1980s) |
 |
| The Votive Chapel, altar with the memorial candles that last one year |
 |
| The "temporary" votive candles |
 |
| Wow, we haven't seen Hibiscus moscheutos/ Dinner Plate Hibiscus in a long time |
Next: Mercer Mile.
No comments:
Post a Comment