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May 22, 2024 · Exit the church to your left, go past the U.S. consulate, and you’ll find the beautiful Dominican church and, a little further on, the Franciscan church. Across the square and you’ll be in St. Anne’s Church, the university parish where John Paul would preach as a priest. (St. John Cantius is buried there.)
6 days ago · On Sept. 19 of every year, the Polish people celebrate the feast of Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, a martyr whose heroic life and death contributed to Poland’s liberation from the communist regime. Father Jerzy was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and a Chaplain of Solidarity, or the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union.
5 days ago · St. Kazimierz (Casimir, 1458-1484) was a Prince of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was the grandson of Władysław Jagiełło, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, whose marriage to Jadwiga, “king” of Poland [the ruler of Poland was “king,” irrespective of sex] brought the two countries together and brought Lithuania — the last pagan ...
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3 days ago · Kazimierz, the historic Jewish quarter of Krakow, Poland, is a neighborhood that has endured centuries of both triumph and tragedy. From its medieval origins as a hub of trade and industry to its near destruction in the Holocaust, Kazimierz has a uniquely layered and complex history. And in recent decades, it has emerged as one of Krakow‘s ...
4 days ago · On March 4, the Catholic Church honors Saint Casimir Jagiellon, a prince whose life of service to God has made him a patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, and young people. In 1984, Pope John Paul II ...
4 days ago · Kazimierz Kaz Jastrzemski, 83, of Bethlehem, passed away Monday, October 19, 2009 in his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born on June 7, 1926 in Brodnecza, Poland, son of the ...
May 8, 2024 · Pope Francis during his Wednesday general audience invoked the intercession of St. Stanislaus, patron saint of Poland, for peace in Ukraine and Israel. Addressing Polish pilgrims in St. Peter’s ...
