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A pleasant meeting at the annual tasting of blessed Pilsner beer on the terrace of the Velehrad Pilgrimage House is becoming a lovely tradition. This year, the Embassy of the Czech Republic at the Holy See organized it in the afternoon of April 11. It was attended by members of the diplomatic corps, people in the Vatican services, former nuncio to the Czech Republic, Msgr. Leanza and representatives of the Czech community in Rome. The opening speech and the symbolic tapping of the wooden barrel were done by Mr. Ambassador Václav Kolaj with the help of the most qualified expert, emeritus chief brewer Mr. Berka. The atmosphere in the sunny weather was more than friendly.

The Easter triduum, through which we make present and relive the central mystery of faith, i.e. the redemptive suffering, death and resurrection of Christ, had a unique atmosphere in our house this year. A group of Slovak pilgrims led by Msgr. Spišák from the Archdiocese of Košice although was not staying in our house, she celebrated this liturgy here and with us. On Good Friday, the flock of present people was able tohonor the triumph of the cross, on Holy Saturday evening, during the renewal of baptismal vows, the light of the candles lit up the entire reception hall, which was transformed into a chapel, and Easter Alleluia! resounded the whole house... On the Easter feast, most of those present went to the papal Holly mass and the subsequent Urbi et Orbi blessing on the St. Peters-Square.

Already since the beginning of February, nature in Rome begins to bloom slowly, and with it the pilgrimage traffic in our house and in the whole Eternal City is also "blooming". At the beginning of the month, a parish- group from Šumperk traveled with their parish priest Father Slawomir, one of the participants was Mrs. Borisa, the oldest pilgrim in our house (90), who managed the demanding program with amirabile ease. Half of February traditionally belongs to the celebration of the Slavic apostles St. Cyril and Methodius, who are in the Roman Church on the calendar 14.2. This year's solemn Holy mass at the grave of St. Cyril in the Basilica of St. Kliment was organized by the Pontifical Colledge Nepomucenum in the cooperation with the czech ambasador to The Holy See Mr. Kolaja, the main celebrant was the administrator of the Olomouc Archdiocese, Bishop Nuzík. On the last weekend of February, Velehrad made a rare experience - young Dominican sisters from various congregations from all over Europe came together and experienced their formation meeting in the reception hall in the form of a conference with workshops. In March, several school and parish groups from various parts of the Czech and Slovak Republics, eastern and western rites took turns at Velehrad. Spring vacation time brought whole families to us, even grandmothers with grandchildren…

Among many parish pilgrimages hosted by our Pilgrimage House this year, the parish from Valašské Klobouky caught the eye with its original concept. Due to the great interest to enjoy the pilgrimage to Rome together, two groups alternated here in two shifts – first from 5^th to 8^th November pilgrims who arrived by bus, then from 9^th to 13^th November those who arrived by plane. Their spiritual fathers took charge of organizing the pilgrimage and accompanying their parishioners. Both groups reached to create a warm atmosphere, which they divided to other guests of the Velehrad Pilgrimage House by (not only) singing traditional folk songs...

From March 7 to 12, 2222, the pilgrimage house hosted Czech and Moravian bishops, who took part in joint exercises here. These were given to them by P. Radek Tichý, who lectures on liturgy at the KTF in Prague. In addition to visiting a number of basilicas and churches, they were able to enrich themselves with lectures by other guests. On Saturday 12.3. then after Mass. blessed the Archbishop of Olomouc and Chairman of the CBK Mons. Jan Graubner newly reconstructed complex. The festivities were also attended by architects Ing. Nuccio, Ing. Cherubini, Ing. Bianchi, head of the construction company A. Paolantoni and P. Jaromír Zádrapa, who was at the beginning of the reconstruction.

From November 7 to 14, 2021, the house Velehrad hosted the Czech and Moravian bishops during their visit Ad limina. On Monday 8.11. the opening of the exhibition about P. Bula and P. Drbola took place, which is located in the Velehrad hall. We had the opportunity to attend the Mass with the bishops in the main basilicas and on Thursday the Mass was celebrated in the chapel of Velehrad. After her, the bishops met with Holy Father and they also gave him gifts, one of which was a glass reliquary with the relic of St. Zdislava. On Saturday 13.11. the bishops, together with others, traveled by bus to Assisi, where in the basilica of St. Clare was celebrated Hl. Mass from the feast of St. Agnesse from Boemia. One of the places visited was a church with the tomb blessed Carlo Acutis.