On Saturday, August 23, the annual All-Slovak pilgrimage to the Rock Sanctuary of Divine Mercy on Mount Butkov in Slovakia will take place. The celebrations will begin at 12:00 noon with the Way of the Cross on the slope of Mount Butkov, followed at 3:00 p.m. by a joint prayer at the Hour of Mercy and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, led by the Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy from Slovakia. The solemn Holy Mass in honor of Our Lady of Mercy will be celebrated at 3:35 p.m. The program will also include concerts of religious songs.

The place dedicated to honoring the Divine Mercy on Mount Butkov (11th level of the quarry), where a large illuminated Cross and monuments to St. Faustina Kowalska and St. John Paul II have been placed, along with a 9-meter statue of Our Lady of Mercy, is part of the “Rock Sanctuary of Divine Mercy” with the church in Ladce.