Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
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Website | www.kalwaria-zebrzydowska.pl |
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Polish pronunciation: [kalˈvarja zɛbʐɨˈdɔfska]) is a town in southern Poland with 4,429 inhabitants (2007 estimate). As of 1999, it is situated in Lesser Poland or Małopolska (in Polish). Previously, the town was administered within the Voivodeship of Bielsko-Biała (1975–1998).
Overview
With a vision while viewing the neighbouring hills and valleys from the Castle of
.The town takes its name from the monastery that was constructed on the hills neighbouring
After World War II, the town's economic development largely relied on the expansion of its furniture manufacturing and woodcraft industry, shoemaking, as well as a growing number of pilgrims to its religious complex.
Pope John Paul II made several visits to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska on the pilgrimages he made to his homeland Poland. It was at the monastery of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska that Pope John Paul II repeated the words of his motto:
"Totus tuus ego sum, et omnia mea tua sunt. Accipio te in mea omnia. Praebe mihi cor tuum, Maria." ("I belong entirely to you, and all that I have is yours. I take you for my all. O Mary, give me your heart").
According to his Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae he borrowed the motto from the Marian consecrating prayer found in the book True Devotion to Mary by Saint Louis de Montfort.[1]
- "Then I understood that I could not exclude the Lord's Mother from my life without neglecting the will of God-Trinity"[2]
In 1987, Henryk Górecki composed a choral piece (Totus Tuus Op. 60) to celebrate Pope John Paul II's third pilgrimage to his native Poland that summer.[3] While the motet opens with the same words as the apostolic motto, the piece actually uses a poem by Maria Boguslawska for its text.[citation needed]
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is
See also
- Our Lady of Calvary
- Radwan coat of arms
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Lanckorona (PKP station)
References
- ^ Saint Louis de Montfort, Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, 266
- ^ Pope Reveals Mary's Role In His Life
- ^ "Totus tuus, Op.60". classicalarchives.com. Retrieved on 21 February 2009.
External links
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (in English)
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska city website
- The Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Sanctuary (in English and Polish)
- Jewish Community in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska on Virtual Shtetl
- Polish Calvaries: Architecture as a Stage for the Passion of Christ