On Saturday May 31, the pilgrim icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa traveled from Chatfield, Minnesota to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse Wisconsin. The shrine is a place of pilgrimage that honors Our Blessed Mother under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of the Americas, the Star of the New Evangelization and the Patroness of the Unborn. A Memorial to the Unborn was dedicated at the shrine on December 12, 2008.

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Winona, Minnesota is a picturesque city on the Mississippi River. Named after Princess We-Noh-Nah, daughter of Cheif Wapasha III, it is known as the stained glass capital of the United States. The Black Madonna was warmly welcomed during her busy visit to the Diocese of Winona from May 23 to June 2 due to the kind efforts of Raymond de Souza,

On Wednesday, May 21, the welcome service started already at 5:15 pm in anticipation of the arrival of their wonderful Guest – Our Blessed Mother in the Czestochowa Icon. People were gradually streaming in, as they arrived at the church after they battled the local traffic coming from work.
On Wednesday, May 21st, after the morning Mass at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Naperville, Father Peter West renewed the “Act of Entrustment,” and Our Lady headed towards the IVF clinic only a few streets away. Mr. Włodek Obruchta was driving the Life Mobile with Our Lady around the IVF clinic in circles, while a group of people gathered around Father West who led them in a pro-life Rosary.
- A visit at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Naperville - the oldest parish of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
- In the Parish of the Holy Cross in Batavia
- With the Dominican Sisters at The Rosary Hills Home for the elderly in Justice, IL
- At the Polish Mission of the Cystercian Fathers in Willow Springs on the birthday of ST John Paul II.
- With the Pauline Fathers at St. Rosalie's Church in Chicago
- At the Parish of Our Lady of Częstochowa with the Redemptorist Fathers in Chicago
- Super gala at the Polish Catholic Mission at the Holy Trinity Polish Mission in Chicago
- The Visit at the Basilica of St. Hyacinth on the 97th Anniversary of the Fatima Apparitions
- The Mother of God visits the Jesuit Millennium Center in Chicago
- At the parish of St. Ladislaus