- From: Mary Ellen Madalinski
- Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019
- Subject: Fr. Donald Calloway Pilgrimage to Poland
- Tour 168
Bika & Sandra,
Thank you for all you did to make this pilgrimage a smooth success! The five days pre-pilgrimage in Vilnius were awesome. Starting from the time Megan and I landed, picked up our luggage, and found our driver (just as you said)…. it just kept getting better! We loved staying with the Sisters of Merciful Jesus. We walked the soles of our shoes off in Vilnius and felt very connected to heartbeats of St. Faustina and Blessed Michael Sopocko. What a blessing!!!
For the next chapter of our trip, your driver picked us up and shuttled us back to the airport. It was a seamless flight to Warsaw and connection with the 206 pilgrims. 206 Tours delivered on all points of the itinerary. We saw so many sites related to St. Faustina, St. John Paul II, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and Blessed Jerzy Popieluzko – I was thrilled and now that I’m home I can really let it all sink in. Father Calloway was awesome. (I can’t wait to get the video of his sermons!) Our tour guides Olga & Bart were a great team … they showed their passion for Poland and the Catholic faith and their desire to share all of it with us. The drivers got us in the most unimaginable places….safely! We were so happy to have access to your photographer Shiraz – he gave us so many great shots. The hotels and food were top notch.
I know it’s exhausting to cram so much travel into so few days, but it was certainly worth it. I’ve been to Europe 8 times – twice with 206 Tours – and you guys are fantastic! I will definitely travel with you again.
God bless all that you do!
Mary Ellen