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Following in the Footsteps of St. John Paul II
Pilgrimage to Poland with Fr. Daniel Reehil April 13 - 24, 2026

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not included:

  • Personal expenses (pocket money)

  • Meals not specifically noted: beverages

  • Single supplement (limited availability)

  • Tips to your guide, driver and hotel staff

  • Travel Insurance; we recommend www.insuremytrip.com

Package price

$4,980.00
(Based on double occupancy)

$990 
(extra for single supplement)

What is included

  • Round-trip airfare from Nashville and Washington Dulles, for departure from other airports please contact us

  • All airport taxes & fuel surcharges

  • 10 nights in centrally located hotels:

  • Hotel Ferreus, Krakow or similar

  • Aries Hotel, Zakopane

  • Hotel Arche, Czestochowa or similar

  • Hotel Radisson Collection, Warsaw or similar

  • Tour leader(s)

  • Spiritual Leader

  • English-speaking guides for all sightseeing visits according to the program

  • Half board: breakfasts, lunches, or dinners according to the program

  • One drink included per meal (glass of wine, beer or soft drink)

  • Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach

  • Transfers as per itinerary

  • Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary

  • Mass daily & Spiritual activities

  • Headphones

  • 81 Tours backpack & portfolio of all travel documents

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To Register:

Download PDF file, complete the application form above and send your $ 1000.00 DEPOSIT or the full payment.

Please make checks payable to 81 Tours LLC and mail to:

256 Old Dutch Mill Road, Malaga, NJ 08328.

Final payment is due 10 weeks before the departure date

FINAL PAYMENT IS DUE 10 WEEKS BEFORE THE DEPARTURE DATE

You will receive travel documents approximately two weeks before departure

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For online payment please contact us.

Phone: +1 856 563 4696

E-mail: info@81tours.com

Day 1: MONDAY APRIL 13, 2026 - DEPARTURE FROM USA TO EUROPE

Make your way to your local airport, where you will board your overnight flight(s). Meals will be served on board.

 

Day 2: TUESDAY APRIL 14, 2026 - KRAKOW

Welcome to Krakow, Poland! Upon arrival, check in and refresh. Holy Mass in one of Krakow’s churches. Enjoy a delicious dinner in a restaurant. Overnight at the hotel in Kraków.

Day 3: WEDNESDAY APRIL 15, 2026 - KRAKOW

Today we will tour the main Market Square, as the sound of the silver trumpet from St. Mary’s Tower fills the air. The captivating beauty of this square is largely due to the fact that it has remained unchanged for almost 700 years. It contains a number of buildings that hold important historic value. Wawel Hill with the castle, its beautiful courtyard and the Cathedral (sightseeing inside: entrance tickets included). Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture of the Old Town (Stare Miasto), the largest medieval market square in Europe (Rynek Glowny), the Town Hall, Collegium Maius - an ancient building belonging to the Jagiellonian University, Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), Saint Mary’s Church (Kosciol Mariacki) – sightseeing inside: entrance tickets included) with the famous altar by Veit Stoss. A walk to the antique walls of the Old Town with Florianska Gate and the Barbican. The Archbishop's Palace, where Karol Wojtyla lived as a cardinal and as Krakow's archbishop. The Franciscan Church, where he prayed; his favorite pew is located there. Sightseeing Krakow's Old Town and the Jagiellonian University, where Karol Wojtyla studied in 1938 – 1939 before World War II. Fr. Karol Wojtyla worked with students at Saint Florian's Church school, situated at Matejko Square. He travelled a lot with his students, who called him “Uncle”. In 1978 Krakow was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Holy Mass in one of Krakow's churches. Dinner at a restaurant with a glass of wine/beer. Overnight at the hotel in Kraków.

Day 4: THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2026 - RAKOWICE CEMETARY - NOWA HUTA - BIALE MORZA - LAGIEWNIKI - KRAKOW

Breakfast at the hotel followed by a visit to the cemetery where the parents of Saint John Paul II are buried, afterwards a visit to the Arc Church. Tour St. John Paul II Center followed by lunch. Guided tour of the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy followed by Chaplet of Divine Mercy before the image of Merciful Jesus. This day will be full of activity and prayers, we will end with dinner at a restaurant.

 

Day 5: FRIDAY APRIL 17, 2026 - KRAKOW - WADOWICE - KALWARIA - WIELICZKA - KRAKOW

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel followed by a tour of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, the 3rd most famous sanctuary in Poland. The entire Marian complex (including the sanctuary and the park) is a World Heritage Site of UNESCO. Lunch at a restaurant in Wadowice. Visit the birth place of St. JPII and the church where he was baptized. Depart for Wieliczka. Guided tour of Wieliczka Salt Mine – one of the oldest salt mines in the world. In 1978 Wieliczka Salt Mine was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Return to Krakow for dinner. Last night in Krakow.

Day 6: SATURDAY APRIL 18, 2026 - KRAKOW- DUNAJEC - DEBNO PODHALANSKIE - ZAKOPANE

Breakfast and check out from Hotel in Krakow. Weather permitting, sail down the Dunajec River through the Pieniny National Park on traditional wooden rafts. Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and sightseeing in the wooden Gothic church in Debno: one of the 6 wooden churches in southern Poland listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. According to availability: rosary and Holy Mass in Saint Michael the Archangel Church in Debno Podhalanskie. Departure for the capital of the Polish Mountains – Zakopane – a town filled with beautiful and unique national-style wooden houses. Check in at the Hotel in Zakopane and enjoy dinner at the hotel.

 

Day 7: SUNDAY APRIL 19, 2026 - ZAKOPANE AND TATRA MOUNTAINS

Explore the mountain-loving Pope's paradise. After breakfast we will go up to Gubalowka Hill for an amazing view. Sightseeing/shopping on Krupowki promenade and lunch. Visit the Ursuline convent where Saint John Paul II stayed. Holy Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Sanctuary, dinner in traditional mountain restaurant with music.

 

Day 8: MONDAY APRIL 20, 2026 - ZAKOPANE - AUSCHWITZ- CZESTOCHOWA

Your day will begin with breakfast followed by departure for a guided tour of Auschwitz, the notorious concentration camp, visit the cell where St. Maximillian Kolbe was imprisoned. Depart for Czestochowa, the most important pilgrimage site in Poland, a guided tour of Jasna Gora Monastery with the miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary called the Black Madonna. Holy Mass in the main chapel. Hotel check in, dinner and overnight.

Day 9: TUESDAY APRIL 21, 2026 - CZESTOCHOWA

Private time in beautiful Czestochowa. Czestochowa is the prominent pilgrimage destination in Poland, primarily due to the Jasna Góra Monastery, which houses the revered Black Madonna icon. Pilgrims from around the world visit to seek spiritual solace, engage in prayer, and participate in various religious ceremonies. The atmosphere is deeply spiritual, with numerous masses, confessions, and moments for reflection. Additionally, the surrounding area has many walking paths and scenic spots that enhance the pilgrimage experience.

 

Day 10: WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 2026 - CZESTOCHOWA - NIEPOKALANOW - WARSAW

Breakfast at the hotel, free time for prayer, reflection, leisure. Transfer to Niepokalanow, lunch, visit the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and monastery founded by St. Maximilian Kolbe. Holy Mass. Transfer to Warsaw, upon arrival check in. Tour Victory Square, dinner in Old Town.

 

Day 11: THURSDAY APRIL 23, 2025 - WARSAW

Breakfast at the hotel. visit church of Bl. Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko. Holy Mass.

Guided tour of Warsaw: Lazienkowski Park with the Frederic Chopin monument, the Warsaw Ghetto, and Umschlagplatz – thousands of Jews were deported from there to the concentration camps – the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Palace of Culture and Science, Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street, the Old Town (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The Castle (from outside) and St. John’s Cathedral. The Old Town was fully destroyed during World War II and reconstructed thanks to the commitment of the entire Polish nation. Lunch is followed by sightseeing and free time. Farewell dinner.

Day 12: FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2026 - WARSAW TO USA

Early check out and transfer to the airport for the flight to USA!

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Father

Daniel Reehil

Father Daniel Reehil was born on Mineola, NY on August 4, 1965, to parents Dan and Gladys; he is the oldest of four children. His father was a NYC Fire Chief and his mother was a court reporter after the children were in school.

 

After graduating college from the University of Dayton, he worked in Global Trade and Finance in Manhattan for American Express and Citicorp for ten years, and then three years as the Sales Director of a Corporate Communications PR Firm.

 

In 1998 Fr. Reehil made a pilgrimage to the village of Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was a life altering trip upon which he experienced a miraculous conversion after being away from the church for twenty years. This is where the seeds of his vocation to the priesthood were planted when the priest who heard his twenty-year confession told him that he believed he had a vocation to the priesthood.

 

Father began reflecting on the emptiness of his life and praying for God to lead him. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 he left NYC and moved to Boston with a priest that invited him to come and see the life of diocesan priesthood; it was in Boston that his formation to priesthood began.

 

From Boston he entered Holy Apostles seminary and began studying philosophy. After two years of Theology, he left seminary to become a contemplative hermit in Omaha, NE. For five years he was formed in the radical life of the Evangelical Counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience. He then went back to seminary to finish his studies.

Near the end of his studies, Bishop David Choby invited him to Nashville to come and see Middle Tennessee. Both Dan and Bishop Choby agreed Nashville would be his new home. Upon his ordination on July 26, 2014, Fr. Reehil was assigned to St. Edward Parish as the Parochial Vicar; two years later he was elevated to Pastor.

 

On July 27, 2020 Fr. Reehil was made Pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Columbia, TN and the Vicar Forane of the Southern Deanery. He is also the exorcist for the Diocese of Nashville, and is the Treasurer of the Diocesan Bank, CCIL. Fr. Reehil is also the National Director for Radio Maria USA, where he hosts the daily radio program and podcast, Battle Ready with Fr. Dan Reehil.

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Phone: +1 856 563 4696

E-mail: info@81tours.com

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