Jul 23, 2016
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Day 1 of World Youth Day pilgrimage to Poland.
Mary Ann Weisinger, director of the Office of Evangelization and Parish Life and a hotel "captain" on this trip, poses with Fanny Rios, a young adult pilgrim from St. Raymond Church in Miami.
St. Thomas Aquinas High School pilgrims pray with their parents for a safe trip before going through security at Miami International Airport.
Every World Youth Day pilgrim and leader received a journal in which to chronicle their experience.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski with his "travel hat" poses with Father Silverio Rueda, a Colombian priest traveling with the St. Ann Mission group.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski chats with pilgrims from St. Ann Mission before boarding a plane to Poland.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski chats with pilgrims from St. Ann Mission before boarding a plane to Poland.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski chats with pilgrims from Little Flower Parish in Coral Gables before boarding a plane to Poland.
The group from Little Flower Parish in Coral Gables poses for a photo before heading through airport security. The only man in the group is Jorge Santibanez, religious education director at the church, who is traveling with his wife, Angelica, far right.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski takes a picture with the pilgrim group from St. Ann Mission in Homestead.
It's Poland or bust for Pablo Rodriguez, 28, leader of the St. Ann Mission group, who's all ready to try and get some sleep on the overnight flight.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski blesses the St. Ann Mission pilgrims before their departure.
Miami International Airport Director Emilio Gonzalez, left, stopped by to greet Archbishop Thomas Wenski before his flight. At right is Stephen Colella, director of the archdiocesan secretariat for evangelization, who is traveling to his sixth World Youth Day.
We didn't put it there: a little statue of Mary surrounded by rosaries sits just above the entrance to one of the three pilgrim's buses.
Bumper to bumper traffic began just outside the Vienna airport and continued until nearly the Polish border.
The view from our bus for most of the day: the countryside of the Czech Republic.
Marian statue on the grounds of the cemetery in the church of St. George, Cieszyn.
Pilgrims stand at sunset outside the church of St. George in Cieszyn, where they celebrated Mass their first night.
Images of Divine Mercy and St. John Paul II adorn the chapel of St. George Church in Cieszyn.
The confessional just outside the chapel of St. George Church in Cieszyn.
Miami pilgrims celebrate Mass inside the chapel of St. George Church in Cieszyn.
Students and an adult chaperone from Little Flower Church in Coral Gables practice singing "Lord I Lift Your Name on High" before Mass.
Father Bryan Garcia, parochial vicar at St. Andrew in Coral Springs, and Father Silverio Ruida, who is accompanying the St. Ann Mission group, celebrate Mass in the chapel of St. George Church in Cieszyn.
The sanctuary of the chapel of St. George Church is adorned with images of Divine Mercy and St. John Paul II. From left are Father Silverio Rueda, accompanying the St. Ann Mission group, and Father Bryan Garcia, parochial vicar of St. Andrew Church in Coral Springs.
Father Bryan Garcia preaches the homily at the pilgrim's first Mass in Cieszyn, Poland.
Father Martin Wrobel, parochial vicar at the church of St. George, in Cieszyn, snaps a cell phone photo of Miami's pilgrims celebrating Mass in the chapel.
One of the Polish tour guides, Szymon Kieczka, prays during the Mass. He learned Spanish when he spent time working as a missionary with the Salesians in Peru.
Members of the group from Little Flower Church in Coral Gables pray during the first day's Mass in Cieszyn.
Father Martin Wrobel, rear, and his pastor, Father Stefan Sputek, welcome Miami pilgrims to their 14th century church, St. George in Cieszyn.
"Family picture" of the Miami pilgrims and the Polish priests outside St. George Church in Cieszyn.
St. Thomas Aquinas High School pilgrims pray with their parents for a safe trip before going through security at Miami International Airport.
Every World Youth Day pilgrim and leader received a journal in which to chronicle their experience.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski with his "travel hat" poses with Father Silverio Rueda, a Colombian priest traveling with the St. Ann Mission group.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski chats with pilgrims from St. Ann Mission before boarding a plane to Poland.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski chats with pilgrims from St. Ann Mission before boarding a plane to Poland.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski chats with pilgrims from Little Flower Parish in Coral Gables before boarding a plane to Poland.
The group from Little Flower Parish in Coral Gables poses for a photo before heading through airport security. The only man in the group is Jorge Santibanez, religious education director at the church, who is traveling with his wife, Angelica, far right.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski takes a picture with the pilgrim group from St. Ann Mission in Homestead.
It's Poland or bust for Pablo Rodriguez, 28, leader of the St. Ann Mission group, who's all ready to try and get some sleep on the overnight flight.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski blesses the St. Ann Mission pilgrims before their departure.
Miami International Airport Director Emilio Gonzalez, left, stopped by to greet Archbishop Thomas Wenski before his flight. At right is Stephen Colella, director of the archdiocesan secretariat for evangelization, who is traveling to his sixth World Youth Day.
We didn't put it there: a little statue of Mary surrounded by rosaries sits just above the entrance to one of the three pilgrim's buses.
Bumper to bumper traffic began just outside the Vienna airport and continued until nearly the Polish border.
The view from our bus for most of the day: the countryside of the Czech Republic.
Marian statue on the grounds of the cemetery in the church of St. George, Cieszyn.
Pilgrims stand at sunset outside the church of St. George in Cieszyn, where they celebrated Mass their first night.
Images of Divine Mercy and St. John Paul II adorn the chapel of St. George Church in Cieszyn.
The confessional just outside the chapel of St. George Church in Cieszyn.
Miami pilgrims celebrate Mass inside the chapel of St. George Church in Cieszyn.
Students and an adult chaperone from Little Flower Church in Coral Gables practice singing "Lord I Lift Your Name on High" before Mass.
Father Bryan Garcia, parochial vicar at St. Andrew in Coral Springs, and Father Silverio Ruida, who is accompanying the St. Ann Mission group, celebrate Mass in the chapel of St. George Church in Cieszyn.
The sanctuary of the chapel of St. George Church is adorned with images of Divine Mercy and St. John Paul II. From left are Father Silverio Rueda, accompanying the St. Ann Mission group, and Father Bryan Garcia, parochial vicar of St. Andrew Church in Coral Springs.
Father Bryan Garcia preaches the homily at the pilgrim's first Mass in Cieszyn, Poland.
Father Martin Wrobel, parochial vicar at the church of St. George, in Cieszyn, snaps a cell phone photo of Miami's pilgrims celebrating Mass in the chapel.
One of the Polish tour guides, Szymon Kieczka, prays during the Mass. He learned Spanish when he spent time working as a missionary with the Salesians in Peru.
Members of the group from Little Flower Church in Coral Gables pray during the first day's Mass in Cieszyn.
Father Martin Wrobel, rear, and his pastor, Father Stefan Sputek, welcome Miami pilgrims to their 14th century church, St. George in Cieszyn.
"Family picture" of the Miami pilgrims and the Polish priests outside St. George Church in Cieszyn.
Photography: ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC
