JP2 News – JP2 Project

US Programs Successfully Launched

“This retreat was amazing…” -Mike (28 years old). We had nearly 60 people register for the program, but with pandemic limitations, we took a maximum of 27. God gave us the confirmation: he wants these retreats to happen! When John Paul II was a young adult, priest, bishop and even...

Christmas Tidings

What’s been happening? We’ve expanded our leadership, found the new On-Site Directors, planned our summer study abroad and pilgrimages in Krakow, lined up all chaplains, professors, and seminar leaders, and are expanding in the USA. God’s been working! What about Spring Study Abroad? While we were hopeful to restart programs...

Back in Action

Thank you to those who have supported us with their encouragement, donations, and prayers this summer! Thank you to those who have discerned with us how to move forward - here we go! Students may be able to begin studying abroad again with the JP2 Project in Krakow this Spring...

We called in Prayer Support

One project was crystal clear: it was time to call in prayer support. With the help of our summer communications intern and 2019 study abroad alum, Cameron, (and our kids), we sent over 100 letters to religious orders asking them to spiritually adopt the JP2 Project. That includes prayers for...

Divine Mercy Sunday- 20 years later.

Have you heard it too many times? Are you numb to God’s Mercy? What if you give Jesus a serious chance tomorrow, on Divine Mercy Sunday? Saint John Paul II is widely known for his contribution to the fall of communism, the New Evangelization, his renowned Theology of the Body....

Coronavirus Impact Update.

Dear JP2 Project Family, Thank you all so much for your prayers and support during this time. When the Global Level 4 warning was raised on March 19, the Embassy in Warsaw, Poland told all US citizens temporarily abroad to make arrangements to return home immediately. After finishing their time...

To Warsaw & Back Again: A PILGRIM’S TALE

Student Leadership in Poland's Capital Just recently, we took a weekend pilgrimage to Warsaw. We invited another group of American students studying in Rome to join us. With growth in leadership being a theme of the John Paul II Project study abroad programs, we had the students lead parts of...

New Family Aboard. 2019 Launching.

NEW FAMILY ON BOARD I’m writing this newsletter from the place we now call home in Michigan, USA! Our move has not lacked chaotic logistical maneuvering, given that we had to start completely from scratch (already 5 years into our marriage with 2 kids and zero wedding registry). What has...

Summer Success

THANK YOU I honestly have the urge to start every newsletter with an appeal to join me in crying out, “THANK YOU, JESUS!”, followed by an extension of gratitude to all those who participate in the Project’s mission, by deed or prayer. Our readers are interested in a bit more...

Officially Consecrated, In Mary’s City.

In the heart of Maximilian Kolbe’s “City of the Immaculata”, the John Paul II Project, along with 12 study abroad students, were formally consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It was simple, intimate, and quietly powerful. After Mass in the basilica, on the Feast of Pentecost, our little group...