{"id":819,"date":"2012-11-19T15:45:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T15:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishpolishsociety.ie\/?p=819"},"modified":"2012-11-19T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T16:09:08","slug":"visit-of-the-travelling-black-madonna-to-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irishpolishsociety.ie\/articles\/visit-of-the-travelling-black-madonna-to-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"VISIT OF THE TRAVELLING BLACK MADONNA TO IRELAND"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From Ocean to Ocean with Czestochowa Icon – The Black Madonna
\nhttp:\/\/www.fromoceantoocean.org\/<\/a>
\nThe icon of Our Lady of Cz\u0119stochowa 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 cedar table top from the house of the Holy Family.[1][2]<\/p>\n

Arrival in Cz\u0119stochowa<\/p>\n

One of the oldest documents from Jasna G\u00f3ra states that the picture travelled from Jerusalem, via Constantinople and Belz,[2] to finally reach Cz\u0119stochowa in August 1382 by W\u0142adys\u0142aw Opolczyk, Duke of Opole.[citation needed] However more recent Ukrainian sources state that it was taken by W\u0142adys\u0142aw Opolski from the Castle of Belz, when the town was incorporated into the Polish kingdom and that earlier in its history it was brought to Belz with much ceremony and honors by Knyaz Lev I of Galicia.[3] The golden fleur-de-lis painted on the Virgin’s blue veil parallel the azure, semee de lis, or of the French royal coat of arms and the most likely explanation for their presence is that icon had been present in Hungary during the reign of either Charles I of Hungary and\/or Louis the Great, the Hungarian kings of the Anjou dynasty, who probably had the fleur-de-lis of their family’s coat of arms painted on the icon. This would suggest that the icon was probably originally brought to Jasna Gora by the Pauline monks from their founding monastery in Hungary.<\/p>\n

Coronation as Queen and Protectress of Poland<\/p>\n

The Black Madonna is credited with miraculously saving the monastery of Jasna G\u00f3ra (English: Bright Mount) from a 17th century Swedish invasion,[2]The Deluge.<\/p>\n

The Siege of Jasna G\u00f3ra took place in the winter of 1655 during the Second Northern War \/ The Deluge \u2014 as the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is known. The Swedes were attempting to capture the Jasna G\u00f3ra monastery in Cz\u0119stochowa. Their month-long siege however, was ineffective, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Gora monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta (Polish nobility), fought off the numerically superior Germans mercenaries, saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Cz\u0119stochowa and, according to some accounts, turned the course of the war.<\/p>\n

This event led King John II Casimir Vasa to “crown” Our Lady of Cz\u0119stochowa (“the Black Madonna”) as Queen and Protector of Poland in the cathedral of Lw\u00f3w on April 1, 1656.<\/p>\n

The International Organizing Committee of the Virgin Mary Peregrination in Defence of Life. The Czestochowa Icon (a replica) “From Ocean to Ocean” will visit Ireland as part of the pro-life pilgrimage from Vladivostock to Fatima. This will be an opportunity to venerate a replica of the Icon in specially selected churches in Ireland.<\/p>\n

Family & Life is honoured to be organising the Irish (Republic of Ireland – Precious Life will arrange events in Northern Ireland) leg of the peregrination of the replica of the famous icon of Jasn G\u00f3ra, Our Lady of Czestochowa – The Black Madonna.<\/p>\n

16 \u2013 25 November 2012
\nSaturday, 17 November
\nBELFAST, St Peter\u2019s Cathedral (11 am, Veneration; 12 noon, Holy Mass)
\nLIMAVADY, Drummond Hotel, Ballykelly (3 pm, Holy Mass)
\nLIMAVADY, St Mary\u2019s Church (7.30 pm, Vigil Mass, followed by Veneration until 10 pm)<\/p>\n

Sunday, 18 November
\nLIMAVADY, St Mary\u2019s Church (9 am & 11 am, Holy Mass)
\nBALLYMENA, All Saints Church (3 pm, Veneration; 4 pm, Holy Mass)
\nQueen\u2019s University Catholic Chaplaincy (Mass at 8 pm and veneration after Mass):<\/p>\n

Monday, 19 November
\nKNOCK, The Shrine (the Icon arrives before the 12 noon Mass and remains at the Shrine for 24 hours)<\/p>\n

Tuesday, 20 November
\nKNOCK, The Shrine (the Icon will leave at 1pm after the 12 pm Mass)
\nGALWAY, The Icon arrives at the Poor Clares Convent at 4 pm (for Rosary and Mass), and the Black Madonna will be venerated there during the night.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, 21 November
\nGALWAY, Poor Clares Convent (9am- 1 pm)<\/p>\n

Thursday, 22 November
\nDUBLIN, Family & Life Office (by invitation only).<\/p>\n

Friday, 23 November
\nDUBLIN, Disciples of the Divine Master, Stillorgan (7.25 am \u2013 4.00 pm, Mass & Adoration)
\nDUBLIN, Sts Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Harold\u2019s Cross (6-7 pm, Akathist to the Mother of God).
\nDUBLIN, St Saviour\u2019s Church, Dominick St (8pm \u2013 9:30 pm, Holy Hour, Compline\/Night prayer)<\/strong>
\nSaturday, 24 November
\nCORK, St. Augustine\u2019s Church, Washington St (9 am \u2013 12 noon, Masses)<\/p>\n

The Icon leaves for France in order to arrive there on the 25th. <\/p>\n

During the course of its peregrination through the world in defence of life, the Czestochowa icon replica has already travelled over 30 thousand kilometers from its starting point in Vladivostok. Its initial journey from Czestochowa through Minsk, Moscow, and Kazakhstan to Vladivostok, a distance of about 11 thousand kilometers, should also be counted. The Icon has been met by nearly 2,000,000 people.<\/p>\n

Since June 15, when this historic pilgrimage began in Vladivostok, the following countries have already welcomed Our Lady’s Icon on Her journey: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and Great Britain. After visiting Ireland, the Icon will travel to France and Spain, to arrive in Fatima, Portugal just in time for Christmas.
\nNext year, at the beginning of March 2013, the VII World Congress of Prayer for Life will commence a continuation of Our Lady’s journey in defence of life across the world. The Icon will be peregrinating throughout Canada and the United States of America, beginning in May of 2013.
\nFurther Details<\/p>\n

Organiser:
\n Ocean to Ocean. International Campaign in Defence of Life<\/p>\n

Contact Number
\n 01 8552790 (Angela)<\/p>\n

Email Address:
\n ewa@hli.org.pl
\nangela@fandl.iol.ie<\/p>\n

Website Address:
\n http:\/\/www.fromoceantoocean.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

News
\n\u2018Travelling icon\u2019 visits Ireland
\nIcon making epic pilgrimage across Europe
\n[Paul Keenan]
\nPaul Keenan<\/p>\n

Thursday, 15 November 2012
\n5:00 AM GMT
\n1<\/p>\n

A \u2018travelling icon\u2019 which began an epic pilgrimage journey from the eastern coast of Russia will reach Irish shores this week.<\/p>\n

The Travelling Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa (\u2018The Black Madonna\u2019) will commence an official visit to Ireland on November 16 until 24, on a leg of its Ocean to Ocean pilgrimage, supported by the Family & Life group.<\/p>\n

The icon, touched to the original miraculous image of Our Lady of Jasna G\u00f3ra (right), and blessed by Archbishop Nowak of Czestochowa, has been travelling since June 2012, from Russia and across Europe, taking in 20 countries with Fatima in Portugal set as its final destination before the end of this year.<\/p>\n

Making numerous stops as it crosses Ireland North and South, the pilgrimage will also include a visit and veneration at the offices of Family & Life at Mountjoy Square in Dublin.<\/p>\n

According to Family & Life: \u201cThe icon of Jasna G\u00f3ra, invites us to consider that before Christ could be found in [Our Lady\u2019s] arms, she carried Him in her womb. Thus faith in the Incarnation commits us believers inescapably to the defence of unborn children.\u201d <\/p>\n

For full details of the Irish leg of the pilgrimage, visit www.familyandlife.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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