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Józef Kowalski (priest)
Józef Kowalski (13 March 1911 – 4 July 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest from the Salesian Society murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He was beatified in Warsaw on 13 June 1999. Biography Józef Kowalski was born in Siedliska (partitioned Poland) on 13 March 1911 to Wojciech and Zofia Borowiec, the seventh of their nine children. He was ordained a priest on 29 May 1938 in Kraków as member of the Salesian Religious Society, and took up a post of secretary to the Salesian provincial. During the German occupation of Poland the Salesians continued their educational work. The Gestapo arrested Kowalski on 23 May 1941, along with eleven other Salesians who worked in Kraków. They were taken to Montelupich Prison and tortured. Auschwitz concentration camp Kowalski was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp on 26 June 1941 (prisoner number 17,350 or 17,950). There, he ministered secretly to his fellow prisoners in Block 25, and attempted to streng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siedliska, Rzeszów County
Siedliska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubenia, within Rzeszów County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Notable personalities Siedliska is the birthplace of Father Józef Kowalski of the Salesian Society, the martyr of Auschwitz concentration camp beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 13, 1999, at a ceremonial mass in Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at .... References Villages in Rzeszów County {{Rzeszów-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montelupich Prison
The Montelupich Prison, named for the street on which it is located, the ''ulica Montelupich'' ("street of the Montelupi family"),Ulica Montelupich or "street of the Montelupis" itself is named after the Montelupi manor house (Kamienica (architecture), kamienica) located at Montelupich street Number 7, the so called ''Kamienica Montelupich'' built in the 16th century, and in the 19th century adapted as part of the Austrian Partition, Austrian military tribunal. is a historic prison in Kraków, Poland, dating from the early 20th century. It was used by the Gestapo in World War II and has been called "one of the most terrible Nazi prisons in Occupation of Poland (1939–45), occupied Poland". The Gestapo took over the facility from the German ''Sicherheitspolizei'' at the end of March 1941. One of the Nazi officials responsible for overseeing the Montelupich Prison was Ludwig Hahn. World War II prisoners at Montelupich were made up predominantly of the ethnically Polish political p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salesians Of Don Bosco
The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youth during the Industrial Revolution. The congregation was named after Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva. The Salesians' charter describes the society's mission as "the Christian perfection of its associates obtained by the exercise of spiritual and corporal works of charity towards the young, especially the poor, and the education of boys to the priesthood". Its associated women's institute is the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, while the lay movement is the Association of Salesian Cooperators. History In 1845 Don John Bosco (" Don" being a traditional Italian honorific for priest) opened a night school for boys in Valdocco, now part of the municipality of Turin in Italy. In the following years, he opened several more schools, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Roman Catholic Saints
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters * Kevin Polish, an American Paralympian archer Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polishchuk (surname) * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (, ''Heroic Polonaise''; ) * Polon ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyred Roman Catholic Priests
A martyr (, ''mártys'', 'witness' Word stem, stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial usage, the term can also refer to any person who suffers a significant consequence in protest or support of a cause. In the martyrdom narrative of the remembering community, this refusal to comply with the presented demands results in the punishment or execution of an individual by an oppressor. Accordingly, the status of the 'martyr' can be considered a posthumous title as a reward for those who are considered worthy of the concept of martyrdom by the living, regardless of any attempts by the deceased to control how they will be remembered in advance. Insofar, the martyr is a relational figure of a society's boundary work that is produced by collective memory. Originally applied only to those who suffered for their religious b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
108 Martyrs Of World War II
The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs (), were Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by Nazi Germany. Their liturgical feast day is 12 June. The 108 were beatified on 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland. The group comprises 3 bishops, 79 priests, 7 male religious, 8 female religious, and 11 lay people. There are two parishes named for the 108 Martyrs of World War II in Powiercie in Koło County, and in Malbork, Poland. List of martyrs Bishops # Antoni Julian Nowowiejski (1858–1941 KL Soldau), bishop # Leon Wetmański (1886–1941 KL Soldau), bishop # (1898–1945 KL Sachsenhausen), bishop Priests # Adam Bargielski, priest from Myszyniec (1903–1942 KZ Dachau) # Aleksy Sobaszek, priest (1895–1942 KL Dachau) # Alfons Maria Mazurek, Carmelite friar, prior, priest (1891–1944, shot by the Gestapo) #Alojzy Liguda, Society of the Divine Word, priest (1898–1942 KL Dachau) # Anastazy Jakub Pankiew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Aleksander Kwaśniewski (; born 15 November 1954) is a Polish politician and journalist. He served the maximum two terms as the president of Poland from 1995 to 2005. His tenure as President was marked by modernization of Poland, rapid economic growth (Poland's GDP doubled in ten years), the drafting of a new Constitution of Poland, Polish Constitution (1997), and the accession of Poland to NATO (1999) and the European Union (2004). In 2004, he brokered a pro-democratic agreement during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. He was born in Białogard, attended the University of Gdańsk, and served as the Ministry of Sport (Poland), Minister of Sport in the communist government during the 1980s. After the fall of Communism, he became a leader of the centre-left Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland, a successor to the former ruling Polish United Workers' Party, and a co-founder of the Democratic Left Alliance (Poland), Democratic Left Alliance. Kwaśniewski was elected to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dębniki, Kraków
Dębniki is one of 18 dzielnica, districts of Kraków, located in the southwest part of the city. The name ''Dębniki'' comes from a village of same name that is now a part of the district. According to the Central Statistical Office (Poland), Central Statistical Office data, the district's area is and 59 395 people inhabit Dębniki. History The former village of Dębniki developed thanks to the construction of a bridge over the Vistula River in 1888. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, numerous factories and enterprises were established here, and the main square ''Rynek Dębnicki'' was formed where the most important streets of the village converged. In 1910 Dębniki was incorporated into Krakow. Between 1935 and 1938, a Workers' Housing Estate was built along what is now Praska Street. During the German occupation during World War II, there were plans to demolish the buildings of Dębniki and build an ideal Nazi city in its place, but these plans were not realised. Fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislaus Kostka
Stanisław Kostka, S.J. (28 October 1550 – 15 August 1568) was a Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. He was born at Rostkowo, Przasnysz County, Poland, on 28 October 1550, and died in Rome during the night of 14–15 August 1568. He is said to have foretold his death a few days before it occurred. He was canonized in 1726. Biography Family His father was a senator of the Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569), Kingdom of Poland and castellan of Zakroczym; his mother was Małgorzata Kryska from Drobni (Margaret de Drobniy Kryska), the sister and niece of the Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795), voivodes of Masovia and the aunt of the celebrated Kanclerz, Chancellor of Poland, Feliks Kryski (Felix Kryski)(Szczęsny Kryski). He was the second of seven children. His older brother Paweł (Paul) survived to be present at the beatification ceremony of Stanislaus in 1605. At home, the two brothers were taught with firmness, even severity; its results were their piety, modesty, and tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister (Christianity)
In Christianity, a minister is a person authorised by a church body, church or other religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community. The term is taken from Latin ''minister'' ("servant", "attendant"). In some church traditions the term is usually used for people who have been ordained, but in other traditions it can also be used for non-ordained. In the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Church, Anglicanism and Lutheranism, the concept of a priesthood is emphasized, though in the Church of England there are nearly as many non-ordained licensed lay ministers as there are paid clergy. In other traditions such as Baptist, Methodist, and Reformed Christianity, Reformed groups like Congregationalists and Presbyterians, the term "minister" usually refers to a member of the ordination, ordained clergy who leads a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scribd
Scribd Inc. (pronounced ) operates three primary platforms: Scribd, Everand, and SlideShare. Scribd is a digital document library that hosts over 195 million documents. Everand is a digital content subscription service offering a wide selection of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, and sheet music. SlideShare is an online platform featuring over 15 million presentations from subject matter experts. The company was founded in 2007 by Trip Adler, Jared Friedman, and Tikhon Bernstam, and headquartered in San Francisco, California. Tony Grimminck took over as CEO in 2024. History Founding (2007–2013) Scribd began as a site to host and share documents. While at Harvard, Trip Adler was inspired to start Scribd after learning about the lengthy process required to publish academic papers. His father, a doctor at Stanford, was told it would take 18 months to have his medical research published. Adler wanted to create a simple way to publish and share written content online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
