{"id":82706,"date":"2026-05-05T09:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82706"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:13:18","slug":"polish-lourdes-where-mary-appeared-to-2-girls-160-times-could-soon-draw-global-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/polish-lourdes-where-mary-appeared-to-2-girls-160-times-could-soon-draw-global-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Polish Lourdes,\u2019 Where Mary Appeared To 2 Girls 160 Times, Could Soon Draw Global Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>OSV News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A Marian sanctuary in the heart of northern Europe\u2019s countryside \u2014 often called the \u201cPolish Lourdes\u201d \u2014 could soon draw global attention, as Pope Leo XIV has been invited to visit the site where the Virgin Mary appeared approximately 160 times.<\/p>\n<p>As the Marian month of May unfolds, the village of\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/sanktuariummaryjne.pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gietrzwald<\/a> (pronounced Gyetsh-vowt), in the picturesque northeastern Warmian-Masurian lake region \u2014 is preparing for major celebrations in 2027 marking the 150th anniversary of the apparitions. Polish bishops, along with President Karol Nawrocki, who visited the Vatican in September 2025, have extended an invitation to the pope, raising the possibility that the quiet sanctuary could become the focus of international pilgrimage and renewed Marian devotion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1777972398\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"\u2018Polish Lourdes,\u2019 Where Mary Appeared To 2 Girls 160 Times, Could Soon Draw Global Attention\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From OSV News: A Marian sanctuary in the heart of northern Europe\u2019s countryside \u2014 often called the \u201cPolish Lourdes\u201d \u2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82707,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82706\/revisions\/82707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}