Join us for a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe at Marytown on Saturday, May 20, 2023. The National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe, as declared by the U.S. Catholic Bishops in the Jubilee Year 2000, is a place of pilgrimage for the faithful. It is dedicated to promoting the witness and life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, priest, scholar and patriot martyred in the Holocaust at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. St. John Paul II referred to him as the “prophet of the civilization of love” and a “Martyr of Charity” for Kolbe’s exemplification of love without limits. Follow this link to discover more.
If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion.”
—St. Maximilian Kolbe
Marytown is approximately a 40-minute drive from Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, so we will meet at the parish office, St. Julian Eymard Church, and carpool to Marytown. There is a $22 per person cost for this trip. Fee covers lunch and St. Kolbe Video, Tour of Holocaust Museum and Talk from Brother Don. Please mail or drop off your payment to the parish office (Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish, Attn: Marytown, 601 Biesterfield Road, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007) by May 16, 2023 to reserve your spot on the Pilgrimage. Below is our itinerary: