A Lansford couple, Mr. and Mrs. George Repik, returned to their home at 322 W. Patterson St., after serving in a unique capacity during the recent annual Slovak pilgrimage at the Seven Dolors Shrine and monastery in Valparaiso, IN.

The Repiks, members of St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Lansford, speak fluent Slovak and during the three-day pilgrimage bridges the language gap for a large percentage of the pilgrims unable to speak English.

They were accompanied to Indiana by their children, Maria and Michael, students at the parish’s elementary school in Lansford.