{"id":6242,"date":"2018-05-09T09:35:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T07:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofmconv.net\/kalwaria-paclawska-350-del-santuario-mariano\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:17:28","slug":"kalwaria-paclawska-350-del-santuario-mariano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/kalwaria-paclawska-350-del-santuario-mariano\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska: 350\u1d57\u02b0 Anniversary of Marian Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 1-2, 2018, the Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska shrine, the most important pilgrimage site in Poland\u2019s subcarpathian region, celebrated the 350th anniversary of its foundation. On this occasion, the Friars Minor Conventual together with the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, the University of Rzesz\u00f3w and the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), organized a educational symposium entitled: “The Shrine of the Lord\u2019s Passion and Our Lady of Calvary”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lecturers mentioned that over the centuries Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska has been and still is an important spiritual center for south-eastern Poland. “The presence of the Conventual Franciscans has been very positive here” – said the Most Reverend Adam SZAL, Archbishop of Przemy\u015bl, Poland.
\nFriar Damian SYNOWIEC, OFM Conv. of Cracow, stressed, “The central concept of our worship is the paschal mystery, that is, the mystery of the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. Everything that happens in Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska is linked to that mystery…that goal is expressed in the liturgies, homilies, prayers, the presence of the friars, the pilgrims and even this place itself.\u201d The miraculous image of the Mother of God came from the town of Kamieniec Podolski, [now part of the Ukraine]. Polish kings (John Casimir and John III Sobieski), princes and commanders in chief have prayed before it. Fifty years ago, then Cardinal Karol WOJTY\u0141A (later Pope Saint John Paul II) prayed before it as well. It still attracts thousands of pilgrims. By the end of the eighteenth century, fifty different miraculous events had been recorded. \u201cThe documentation lists the names and dates of people who experienced miraculous healing. Not only Polish Catholics, but also representatives of other religions, confessions and nationalities who were healed\u201d said Dr. Zofia BATOR from the \u201cLovers of Sacred Art\u201d Association.
\nThe Franciscan historian Friar Zdzis\u0142aw GOGOLA, OFM Conv., drew attention to a very important element in the history of Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska. “During the Kalwaria friary\u2019s 350-years existence, three attempts were made to turn it into a novitiate to receive candidates for the Order. The first two attempts were made when Poland was partitioned. The third attempt took place when martial law was imposed in 1982. That was when the novitiate opened. It experienced the collapse of communism and the emergence of a free Poland and has operated continuously to this day “.
\nDuring the two days, the participants listened to fourteen educational conferences, which had been previously published in a book entitled “The Shrine of Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska, 1668-2018”.
\nThe first founder of Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska was the castellan of Lviv and governor of Podolia, Andrzej Maksymilian FREDRO (1668). He was a political writer, historian and author of aphorisms. His successor, or rather the second founder, was the noble Szczepan J\u00f3zef DWERNICKI, in the 18th century.<\/p>\n

Friar Jan M. SZEWEK,
\nSpokesman for the Province of St. Anthony and Blessed James of Strepar in Poland \/
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