Pilgrims begin trek to descend on Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa

Forty-four pilgrimages are planned this month to one of the most renowned holy sites in Poland, the Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa. Most pilgrims will be arriving by foot. The longest trek will be 620 kilometers by the pilgrims from Kolobrzeg. Last year, 200,000 of the 4 million visitors to Jasna Gora made the journey by foot. Not only Poles decide to take the August journey. Last year worshippers from 22 other nations joined the Polish pilgrims on their way to Czestochowa. (Rzeczpospolita, page A3) A.D.