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SUMMARY:Pilgrimage to Sorrowful Mother Shrine
DESCRIPTION:For many centuries up to and including today\, Slovenians have maintained the tradition of making pilgrimage. In particular\, we have long trekked to shrines honoring Mary\, the mother of our Savior. It is a way to break away from the routines and also distractions of our daily lives and take a respite to clear our minds and focus on what is really important in life. \nOn Sunday\, August 23\, we will make our annual pilgrimage to the Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue\, Ohio. The grounds of this rural sanctuary are an ideal place to reset ourselves as we settle into the quiet\, rustic atmosphere of this beautiful shrine located south of Sandusky. \nThe afternoon begins with Mass offered by Fr. John Kumse at 1:00 p.m. in the outdoor pieta chapel. After Mass we break for lunch; pilgrims may reserve a dinner in the dining hall ($25) or bring a picnic lunch to enjoy outdoors. \nA walk through the Stations of the Cross in the woods follows in an ideal contemplative setting. We then gather in the historic church for the inspiring Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary sung in Slovenian and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. \nFirst-time participants are warmly invited to join the pilgrims who have looked  forward to this Slovenian Day at the Shrine each year for more than half a century. The expansive shrine grounds are on State Route 269 outside Bellevue. Visit the website at sorrowfulmothershrine.org. \nA Barons motorcoach is available free of charge\, leaving St. Mary’s in Collinwood at 9:45 a.m. and St. Vitus Church at 10:15 a.m. Dinners in the dining hall from an excellent local caterer are available for $25 and must be reserved in advance. Call John Nemec at (216) 541-7243 by Sunday\, August 16\, to make dinner reservations and/or to reserve a free seat on the bus. \nJoin us for this truly special day of Slovenian Catholic tradition!
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LOCATION:Sorrowful Mother Shrine\, 4106 State Route 269\, Bellevue\, OH\, 44811\, United States
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SUMMARY:Historical Tour of Slovenia’s World War II History
DESCRIPTION:Registration will begin in February 2026. \nTOUR DATES: September 28 – October 6\, 2026 \nSlovenianhistoricaltours.com\nEmail: slovenianhistoricaltours@gmail.com for more information or to be added to our mailing list.\nYoutube channel with videos from 2025 tour: http://www.youtube.com/@SlovenianHistoricalTours \nBy Maria Velikonja\, who was an investigator at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia during the 1990’s war. \nIn 2025\, we successfully toured Slovenia’s World War II history. In 2026\, we will partner with the publisher Družina in Ljubljana. Družina will advertise the tour in Slovenia and recruit local Slovenians to join our group. \nSlovenia’s sad World War II history left a divide between the “Home Guards” and the “Partisans” that has not been fully resolved. After WWII was over in 1945\, Slovenia\nsuffered the largest crimes against humanity\, or genocide\, in post-WWII Europe when the British repatriated tens of thousands of refugees back to Yugoslavia\, where they\nwere killed by the new communist government and dumped into mass graves around Slovenia. \nThe tour will visit these mass grave sites\, former concentration camps\, and prisons. We will be guided by Slovenia’s experts\, including historians\, archaeologists\, journalists\,\nwriters\, and an international human rights expert. The focus of the tour will be on learning about communist/Partisan revolutionary violence\, although crimes committed\nby the Nazis\, Italians\, and Slovene Home Guards will also be discussed. Several sites will be visited on each day. Three or four evenings will also be dedicated to listening to\nexpert speakers. \nThe tour begins in Slovenia and will be conducted in English and Slovenian. Experts will be confirmed as we approach the tour. The website will be updated regularly. The tour cost will be published soon. \n\nDay 1 Monday September 28\n\nCheck in to pri Marku or Hotel Loka\, Crngrob 5\nDinner and evening meeting\n\n\nDay 2 Tuesday September 29:\n\nCrngrob mass graves. Hear from a family member\, forced by Partisans to participate in the mass graves burial.\nŠkofja Loka castle tour with expert guide. Discussion of the concentration camp.\nVisit Škofja Loka ossuary\, holding mass grave victims.\nBegunje na Gorenjskem\, former Nazi and communist concentration camps\nExpert: Alenka Puhar\, author\nStay in Crngrob\n\n\nDay 3 Wednesday September 30:\n\nLjubljana: Ljubljana police headquarters basement tour–former interrogation room\nLjubljana Zale cemetery; monument to victims of revolutionary violence\nStudy Center for National Reconciliation (SCNR)\nMuseum of Contemporary History at Tivoli Park. Expert: Dr. Monika Kokalj-Kočevar\nCity walking tour: Dr. Renato Podbersič: former UDBA offices and more\nLjubljana National Library (NUK) bunker\, where documents were hidden from communists: Expert Helena Janezič\nEvening speakers at Slovenska Matica. Speakers include: a survivor of the Goli Otok communist concentration camp; Meta Velikonja\, a witness to the end of the war in Ljubljana and the new communist authorities taking her father away forever.\nPeter Hribar: a discussion on inherited trauma.\nStay in Ljubljana\n\n\nDay 4 Thursday October 1:\n\nLjubljana: Celica Italian jail\, Žale cemetery\, Šentvid school (former concentration camp)\, Sveti Urh\, Šentjošt nad Horjulom\, Orlov Home Guard cemetery.\nEvening speakers at Slovenska Matica: Speakers include Jože Dežman\, Chairman of the Concealed Mass Graves Commission for Slovenia; a speaker on the Slovenian DNA Project. Dr. Uros Kosir will give a slide presentation on Kocevski Rog.\nStay in Ljubljana\n\n\nDay 5 Friday October 2:\n\nFlight of the Refugees: Ljubelj concentration camp\, Vetrinj\, Bleiburg train station\, church plaques\, Dobrava cemetery\, Težno anti-tank ditch\nStay in Maribor\n\n\nDay 6 Saturday October 3:\n\nOrmož\, Kidričevič/Šterntal concentration camp for Gottschee civilians\, Petriček house\, Celje\, Huda Jama mass grave\, Teharje memorial.\nStay in Ljubljana\n\n\nDay 7 Sunday October 4:\n\nTurjak\, last battle of the Village Guards.\nKočevski Rog: Jama pod Krenom; Macesnova Gorica\nExpert speaker: Dr. Uroš Košir.\nStay in Trieste\n\n\nDay 8 Monday October 5:\n\nTrieste: Coroneo Italian prison; Gestapo headquarters\nSlovenian cultural institutions\nWalking tour of Trieste: Home Guard posts\nStay in Trieste\nEvening speaker\n\n\nDay 9 Tuesday October 6:\n\nTrieste: San Sabba concentration camp\, Basovizza memorial and mass grave.\nNova Gorica: Trnovo plateau; Zalesnika mass grave\nStay in Ljubljana\nPossible evening speakers\n\n\nDay 10\, Wednesday October: 7\n\nTour over\nArrange shuttles to airport\n\n\n\nThis tour will be conducted in conjunction with Tourism Slovenia\, which will coordinate transportation\, lodging\, and most meals. Local Slovenian citizens will also join our tour this year. \nhttps://tourismslovenia.eu \n     \n    
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