Highlights
of the 2006 Pilgrimage of Pope Benedict XVI to Krakow
And the Malopolska
Region,
May 26-28
On Friday, May
26 Pope
Benedict XVI is expected to arrive to Krakow by helicopter at 8
p.m. At 8:30 the Holy Father to be driven to Krakow's
Archbishop Palace at 3 Franciszkanska street, his residence in
the city.
Saturday,
May 27 - the Third Day of Pope
Benedict XVI's Visit to Poland.
Highlights
* Visitation of Wadowice’s Basilica of the Immaculate
Conception of Our Lady.
* Visit to Pope John Paul II’ family home.
* Meeting with the citizens of Wadowice.
Highlights
* Meeting with the sick in the convent’s chapel.
Details
7:30
a.m. - Private Holy Mass in Krakow's Archbishop Palace's
chapel.
9:30
a.m. - Pope Benedict XVI leaves the palace for Wadowice in a
car.
10:30
a.m. - Arrival to Wadowice and the visitation of the city’s
basilica of the Immaculate
Conception of Our Lady followed by a visit to Pope John Paul II’ family
home and a meeting at the town's central square with the
Wadowice citizens (the Holy Father's oration).
11:30
a.m. - Departure for Kalwaria Zebrzydowska in a car.
noon
- Visitation of the Calvary
sanctuary in Kalwaria
Zebrzydowska.
a
quarter past noon - Departure for Krakow in a car.
1:00
p.m. - Arrival to Krakow's Lagiewniki Sanctuary of Divine
Mercy.
1:45
p.m. - Pope Benedict XVI arrives by car to Krakow's Archbishop
Palace.
5:45
p.m. - Holy Father leaves the palace for the Wawel Cathedral
in 'papamobile'.
6:00
p.m. - Visitation of the Wawel Cathedral.
6:30
p.m. - Holy Father leaves the Wawel Cathedral for the Krakow
Blonia common in 'papamobile'.
6:45
p.m. - Arrival to Krakow's Blonia common followed by the
meeting with young people.
8:15
p.m. - Holy Father leaves the Blonia common for Krakow's
Archbishop Palace in a car.
8:30
p.m. - Arrival to the Archbishop Palace.
Sunday,
May 28 - the
Fourth Day of the Holy Father's Visit to Poland.
Open-air
High Mass on the Krakow Blonia common
Highlights
* Visit to the KL Auschwitz museum.
* Visit to the Center for Dialogue and Prayer in Oswiecim.
* Prayer at the site of the KL Birkenau camp.
Details
9:00
a.m. - Holy Father leaves the Archbishop Palace for the Krakow
Blonia common in 'papamobile'.
9:30
a.m. - Arrival to the Blonia common.
9:45
a.m. to noon - High Mass on the Krakow Blonia common with the
Holy Father's homily, the Regina Caeli prayer, and a papal
oration.
a
quarter past noon - departure from the Blonia common in a
car.
half
past noon - arrival to Krakow's Archbishop Palace.
3:45
p.m. - Farewell in the Archbishop Palace.
4:00
p.m. - Pope Benedict XVI leaves Krakow's Archbishop Palace for
Oswiecim's Auschwitz site in a car.
5:00
p.m. - Arrival to the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp
in Oswiecim.
Between
5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. - Seeing the Auschwitz site and a
visit to the Center of Dialog and Prayer.
5:30
p.m. - Prayer to commemorate the victims of the
Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and the oration of Pope Benedict
XVI at the Birkenau site.
6:30
p.m. - Leaving Oswiecim's Birkenau site for Krakow's Balice
international airport in a car.
7:15
p.m. - Arrival to Krakow's airport in Balice followed by the
farewell ceremony with the Holy Father's oration.
8:00
p.m. - Departure of the Pope's airplane for Rome's Ciampino
airport.
Other
Highlights of Pope Benedict XVI’s Official Visit to Poland, May 25-28
Thursday,
May 25 - the First Day of the Holy Father's Visit.
11:00
a.m. Arrival
of the Holy Father by plane at Warsaw’s Okecie airport.
Meeting
with Polish clergy in Warsaw’s Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Visit
to Warsaw’s residence of the Primate of Poland.
Meeting
with Mr. Lech Kaczynski, president of the Republic of Poland,
in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.
Details
11:00
a.m. - Landing of the Pope's airplane at Warsaw's Okecie
international airport followed by the welcoming ceremony with
the oration of Benedict XVI.
11:45
p.m. - Departure for Warsaw's cathedral of St. John the
Baptist in a 'papamobile'.
half
past noon - meeting
with Polish clergy in Warsaw’s Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist and Pope Benedict XVI's oration.
1:30
p.m. - Leaving cathedral of St. John the Baptist for Warsaw's
Archbishop Palace in a 'papamobile'
1:45
p.m. - Arrival to the Archbishop Palace at Miodowa street, the
residence of the Primate of Poland.
2:45
p.m. - Leaving the Archbishop Palace for Warsaw's residence of
the papal nuncio in a car.
5:30
p.m. - Leaving the residence of the papal nuncio for the
Presidential Palace in a car.
5:45
p.m. - Pope Benedict XVI meets Mr. Lech Kaczynski, Poland's
president, in the Presidential Palace.
6:45
p.m. - Departure for Warsaw's Lutheran church of the Holy
Trinity in a car.
7:00
p.m. - Ecumenical meeting Warsaw's Lutheran church of the Holy
Trinity with the papal oration.
7:45
p.m. - Benedict XVI leaves the Lutheran church of the Holy
Trinity for Warsaw's residence of the papal nuncio in a
car.
8:00
p.m. - Arrival to the residence of the papal nuncio in
Warsaw.
Friday,
May 26 - the
Second Day of Pope
Benedict XVI's Visit to Poland.
High
Mass on the Plac Pilsudskiego square in Warsaw.
Highlights
* Prayer in the Chapel of the miraculous image of Our Lady of
Czestochowa (Black Madonna).
* Meeting with monks, nuns, seminary students, and
representatives of the Polish Catholic associations and
movements of consecrated life.
* May Mass in the Jasna Gora shrine’s church.
Details
8:45
a.m. - Holy Father leaves the residence of the papal nuncio
for Warsaw's Plac Pilsudskiego square in a 'papamobile'.
9:15
a.m. - Arrival to Warsaw's Plac Pilsudskiego square.
9:30
a.m. to noon - High Mass on the Plac Pilsudskiego square in
Warsaw with the Holy Father's homily.
noon
- Benedict XVI leaves the the Plac Pilsudskiego square for
Warsaw's residence of the papal nuncio in a car.
a
quarter past noon - Arrival to the residence of the papal
nuncio in Warsaw.
3:15
p.m. - Farewell in Warsaw's residence of the papal
nuncio.
3:30
p.m. - Pope Benedict XVI leaves the residence of the papal
nuncio for Warsaw's Okecie airport in a car.
3:45
p.m. - Arrival at the Okecie airport in Warsaw.
4:00
p.m. - Holy Father leaves Warsaw for Czestochowa in a
helicopter.
5:15
p.m. - Papal helicopter arrives to Czestochowa.
5:30
p.m. - Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Czestochowa's Jasna Gora
monastery in a car.
Between
5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. - Visit to Czestochowa's Jasna Gora
sanctuary, the meeting with monks, nuns, seminary students,
and
representatives of the Polish Catholic associations and
movements of consecrated life where the Holy Father is
expected to deliver a speech.
7:00
p.m. - Pope leaves the Jasna Gora sanctuary in a car.
19.15
- Holy Father leaves Czestochowa for Krakow in a
helicopter.
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