Photo taken at the Basilica of St. Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr tour stop on the weekend of June 24-26, 2016.

Back in Massachusetts: The weekend of July 8-10, 2016, pilgrims in the New Bedford, MA area will have an opportunity for veneration as our pastoral ministry, The Parish Family of Our Lady of Perpetual Help hosts our Pilgrimage of the Relic of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, OFM Conv.

Friday, July 8th ~ 6:00 p.m.
Welcoming the holy relics with a brief prayer service in church.
After the prayer service, the video Life for Life, will be shown in the church hall.
Saturday, July 9th ~ 4:00 p.m.
Lord’s Day Vigil Mass followed by Veneration of the Relics.
Sunday, July 10th ~ 10:00 a.m.
Bi-Lingual (English-Polish) Mass followed by Veneration of the Relics

All are welcome to join Our Lady of the Angels Province friar and pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Fr. Conrad Salach, OFM Conv., the parish staff and the parishioners who are celebrating 111 years as the Mother Church of Polonia in the Greater New Bedford area this year, as they take the weekend to learn more about and to honor St. Maximilian Kolbe, a confrere of our Order.

Pilgrims Venerate with Fr. Conrad Salach, OFM Conv.

The Assembly

The Reliquary of the 1st Degree Relics of St. Maximilian Kolbe (Beard Fragments)