Polish pilgrims walk St. Stanislaus's path to Rome

Young Polish pilgrims this year retraced the 1,713-kilometer journey that St. Stanislaus Kostka undertook in 1567, when he traveled from Vienna through Germany to Rome to enter the Society of Jesus against his father's wishes. The modern pilgrims followed the same historic route as an act of prayer for vocations. Upon reaching Rome, they gathered at the tomb of St. Stanislaus in the Church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, where they celebrated Mass and gave thanks for the pilgrimage. Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda presided over the liturgy. The pilgrimage connected the young Catholics to the spiritual journey of their fellow countryman, whose determination to pursue religious life despite family opposition made him a model of vocational discernment for the Catholic tradition. The walk itself became a form of intercession, uniting the pilgrims' prayers with the example of Stanislaus's own pursuit of a Jesuit vocation.

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Source: Vatican News — https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-09/cardinal-ghirlanda-at-the-end-of-a-pilgrimage-in-the-footsteps.html