Międzystanowa Pielgrzymka Rowerowa do Amerykańskiej Częstochowy

We invite you to the 6th Bicycle Pilgrimage 🚴🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️ from Boston to American Częstochowa in Doylestown, PA 🚴🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️. July 12-18, 2021 !!! 🚴🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️

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27January

We are starting the 6th pilgrimage!

We cordially invite everyone who is interested in the third interstate bicycle pilgrimage. "Faithful in the Faith on the Bike" to the American Czestochowa. The pilgrimage this year will be held on July 12-18 2021 and will be different than the previous ones, this year's pilgrimage will cover 5 states and will last not 3 but 7 days. We're starting from Boston, MA so the route will be around 350 miles (560 km). We require a lot of effort in organizing as well as defeating the route. Like every year, each of you can choose the starting place yourself, depending on your own abilities. I cordially invite all pilgrims from last year but I also encourage new ones, especially from new places, from which the pilgrimage will start for the first time. I am asking you for prayer for our pilgrimage, that everything and everyone whom we meet along the way would be kind to us.

Important changes in the pilgrimage are: changing accommodation from Rochelle Park, NJ to the church in Wallington, NJ. In Wallington, we are provided with more accommodation opportunities. We will spend the night in school rooms and not in the church, which will have more accessible bathrooms. Second change: coffee and tea will be available in the morning and in the evening. Four additional showers were also bought (8 in total), so the queues will be shortened significantly. We are looking for volunteers who would be responsible for the distribution and folding of the showers. We also bought two additional fridges for cold drinks, so this year we should not be running out during the route. T-shirts will also be of two types, women's and men's cut.

We invite all those who have a bike and are willing to take part in a pilgrimage. Everyone can choose where he wants to start and how many days he wants to stay. Accommodation is ensured but every participant must have a sleeping bag and a sleeping mat. You can come to that day’s final stop the day before and stay overnight in the church, accommodation is provided for people who can not reach the meeting place in the morning. It is mandatory everyone must wear a bicycle helmet and have a spare tube for their bike. Each participant of the pilgrimage assumes full responsibility for himself and other participants of the pilgrimage. On the route will receive meals, breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks.

Boston MA 350$ 7 days
Webster MA 300$ 6 days
Hartford CT 250$ 5 days
New Haven CT 200$ 4 days
Stamford CT 150$ 3 days
Brooklyn NY 150$ 3 days
Wallington NJ 100$ 2 days
Three Bridges NJ 50$ 1 day

Clergymen and Volunteers - free of charge.

Each participant must take care of his luggage, therefore he should have hand baggage and main luggage. Hand luggage is a small backpack or bicycle bag in which we should have a raincoat, a spare tube and things needed for the road. The main luggage is a backpack in which there will be a sleeping bag, sleeping mat and changes of clothing (limited to a minimum), toiletries; please do not take things "that may be useful", we do not take big luggage! During the entire pilgrimage, a car will accompany us, which will help you if necessary. We are looking for people who would like to help and have decided to drive private cars with hooks attached or bicycle racks. Pickups and vans are appreciated.

Every participant on the pilgrimage day (July 11, 2021) must be at least 18 years old! Every pilgrim must return home from Czestochowa on their own!!

We are looking for volunteers who are willing to help during the pilgrimage.

24July

The 5th Interstate Bicycle Pilgrimage has arrived in the American Częstochowa !!!

God bless everyone!

24July

This year has passed like month!

This year has passed like 1 month and believe me I would never have thought that I would go this route again one day. And yet there are places where if you go once you go back all your life. A bit of training and a good pilgrimage bike made me decide to ride from New York. 122 miles or 200 km, 3 days, and we are there. Wake up at 3-4 am, breakfast together, cleaning, prayer, checking the bikes and we're on our way. A pilgrimage is not only about driving, checking your physical abilities, endurance related to the weather or the terrain. They are people who can make the effort and give their best in this comfortable world. In a world where consumption and satisfying one's own needs dominate, there are people who renounce comfort and go to do something for someone or for someone else. Because you are a pilgrim with intentions.

We are starting the 5th pilgrimage!

We cordially invite everyone to take part in the 5th "Faithful in the Faith on the Bike" bicycle pilgrimage, which will take place on Friday through Sunday, July 17 - 19, 2020. This will be our 5th interstate bicycle pilgrimage. The pilgrimage will last three days.

On the 1st day (Friday) the CT group will travel approximately 50 miles - travel time 10 hours.

The NY group will travel approximately 34 miles - journey time 8 hours.

On the 2nd day (Saturday), we will travel 56 miles in 11 hours.

On the 3rd day (Sunday), we will travel 32 miles in 6 hours.

Journey times listed incorporate rests and a lunch break.

Therefore we invite everyone to journey with us who has a bike, and is in good physical health and has a willingness to spend time with us in prayer. You have an option to choose where you want to start (location) and how many days you want to ride. Overnight accomadations are provided for each participant. Required are a sleeping bag and a foam pad.

Everyone must ride in a bicycle helmet and have a spare inner tube for their bike. Each participant in the pilgrimage takes full responsibility for himself and other pilgrimage participants. On the route food will be provided,

breakfast lunch and dinner, drinks are also included. Lunch will be provided on the route and we will eat it in the park.

The cost of the pilgrimage - $ 150 for pilgrims who set off from Stamford CT and Brooklyn NY.

Pilgrims who set off from Wallington NJ cost - $ 100.

Pilgrims who set off from Three Bridges NJ cost - $ 50.

Clerics and Volunteers - free of charge.

Each participant is responsible for their own luggage. We highly recommend the following: 1 carry-on baggage and 1 main baggage.

The carry-on luggage should be a small backpack or bicycle bag in which you should have a rain poncho, spare inner tube and pertinent items (eg. cell phone, ID, sunscreen, favorite snacks) needed for the road. The main luggage is a backpack with a sleeping bag, foam pad and change of clothes (limited to a minimum) and toiletries. Please do not take items "which may be useful" - do not take a large luggage!!! A transportation vehicle will accompany us throughout the pilgrimage, which will help you if a need arises. We are looking for volunteers who would like to help and can use their own private cars/pick-ups and or vans with hooks or racks attached for bicycles.

Each participant on the day of pilgrimage (16 July 2020) must be 18 years old !!!!

Every pilgrim ensures his own return from American Częstochowa to his place of residence !!!!

Call Monika Tel: 203 613-2376

24July

"God, I can not do it, I will not ..."

You know what on Sunday I came back from the lV Bicycle Pilgrimage to the American Czestochowa. It was a quick and spontaneous decision taken on a Friday night. Only 80 miles was waiting for me (the whole route was 350 miles). On Saturday, the temperature indicated 108 F, at some point I began to wonder: Is the bigger heat pouring from the sky or beating from hot sticky asphalt?

Conditions were very difficult. I was a miracle. I have never experienced such fatigue and physical exhaustion before, and believe me I have been in many different places and situations. My own psyche killed me, I'm afraid that I'm the last one and I can not do it, the equipment I was going to and the temperature. In a word, I massacred myself physically and completely ... But my effort was not wasted. I met there a group of ANGELS who, without looking at anything, helped me reach my goal. You know what, there were TRUE PEOPLE who did not know me before, and they pulled out their hearts. It was as hot to me as it was to me, just as hard, yet they could give my hand or embrace my arm and push me up the hill. This is an amazing feeling when you say, "God, I can not do it, I will not ..." and at the moment someone puts a hand on your shoulders and pushes forward ...