The History of the Pilgrimage - This is how it began - 2015

"FAMILY STRONG WITH GOD"

The idea to create a Bicycle Pilgrimage was born in my mind in 2014. When my dad fell ill with cancer in 2015, I promised God that I would organize a large, interstate bicycle pilgrimage. So I left alone this year, bringing my intention with me, asking God for the protection of my sick dad.

I left my parish Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Wallington, NJ, July 18, 2015. I asked the priest for a blessing and went on a two-day pilgrimage. I carried all the equipment on the bike, I prayed the Rosary, I prayed, just as we do today.

On the second day I joined the group of cyclists from Manville and together with them I got to American Czestochowa on 19 July 2015. My dad left for the Lord on Saint Krzysztof's day, he did not suffer a single hour, suffering from cancer for 40 days.

And with God's help in 2016, I organized the 3-day First Interstate Cycling Pilgrimage, I did not think then that in three years the pilgrimage will cover 5 states and will last 7 days.

                                                                                                                                                          Bogusław Gawęda

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History of the Pilgrimage