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Saint Albert Chmielowski
Memorial 17 June
Died 1916
founded the Brothers of the Third Order of Saint Francis, Servants of the Poor, known as the Albertines (named for him) or the Gray Brothers (after their rough gray habits).





in Siepraw
Angela Salawa
Memorial 12 March
Died 1922

"I want you to be adored as much as you were destroyed."

"Lord, I live by your will. I shall die when you desire; save me because you can."




Oświęcim (Auschwitz in German),
Blessed Anicet Adalbert Koplinski
Memorial 16 October
One of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.
Martyred on 16 October 1941



Oświęcim (Auschwitz in German),
Blessed Antonin(Anthony) Jan Eugenius Bajewski, New Martyr Of Poland
Memorial 8 May
Martyred 1941





St. John of Kanty
Memorial 23 December
Patronage Lithuania, Poland
Died 1473

Fight all error, but do it with good humor, patience, kindness, and love. Harshness will damage your own soul and spoil the best cause.





Blessed Pope John Paul II
Memorial 22 October
Patronage World Youth Day , Other Popes named John Paul
Died 2005



"Grant, O Lord of life,…when the moment of our definitive 'passage' comes, that we may face it with serenity, without regret for what we shall leave behind. For in meeting you, after having sought you for so long, we shall find once more every authentic good which we have known here on earth, in the company of all those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith and hope….Amen."






Blessed Karolina Kózkówna
Memorial 18 November
Martyr of purity 1914





at Lipnica Murowana
Saint Simon of Lipnicza
Memorial 18 July



Saint Stanislaus of Cracow
Memorial 11 April
Patronage Poland , soldiers in battle
Died murdered 1079 became a symbol of Polish patriotism and nationlism, and is sometimes considered a martyr.



Saint Stanislaus Kostka
Memorial 13 November
Patronage against broken bones, aspirants to the Oblates of Saint Joseph, last sacraments
Died 1568



Blessed Stanislaus of Jesus Mary
Memorial 17 September
Died 1701
Founded the Marian Clerics of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary

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