American Chapel at John Paul II Sanctuary in Kraków
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
09.05.2016 12:27
An American Chapel has been dedicated at the John Paul II Sanctuary in the southern Polish city of Kraków at a ceremony officiated by Archbishop John Myers of the Newark Archdiocese, New Jersey.
Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz at the American Chapel in Kraków. Photo: PAP/Jacek Bednarczyk
The chapel is a donation from members of the Polish community in the United States and a group of benefactors in the US. The mosaics in the chapel have been designed by acclaimed Slovenian-born Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik.
The main wall features a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the two Americas, as well as images of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Newark.
The American Chapel also contains a case with the blood-stained cassock which Polish-born Pope John Paul II wore during the assassination attempt on his life on 13 May 1981.
Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz of Kraków, who served as John Paul II’s personal secretary, thanked the American donors for the gift.
“Let this chapel be a reminder of Poland’s bonds with America. Let it inspire us to further develop our links with the American nation and a country which is home to at least ten million Poles and people of Polish descent,” he said. (mk/pk)