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8/31/2019 0 Comments August 31st, 2019 80 years ago, on September 1, 1939, the German Socialists invaded Poland.
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8/31/2019 0 Comments August 31st, 2019 Because he was a priest, Father Witold Marian Klimkiewicz was arrested by Gestapo a few weeks after the German Socialist invasion of Poland, on September 1, 1939. For three years, he suffered torture, starvation, exposure and exhaustion after being shipped to Dachau, to Gusen and then back to Dachau, where he was transported to Hartheim Euthanasia Center and gassed to death in a gas chamber, on October 12, 1942.
VIVA CRISTO REY! Niech żyje Chrystus Król! 8/31/2019 0 Comments August 31st, 2019 From the Angelic Doctor...
"When we say that the Son was born of the Father, the preposition OF designates a consubstantial generating principle, but not a material principle." -- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) 8/30/2019 0 Comments August 30th, 2019 In commemoration of all those who lived great lives of courage and conviction, who fought, lived and died battling the evil of the world.
Long Live Christ King! 8/30/2019 0 Comments August 30th, 2019 Days after the German Socialists invaded Poland, Gestapo arrested Father Stanisław Kubski, who was led out of the city with his arms raised above his head. Tortured, he was forced to spend his first night kneeling. Shipped to Buchenwald, he suffered torture and slaved in the quarries for two years. Exhausted and suffering from an unattended broken arm, he was transferred to Dachau, where he maintained a tranquil nature, praying the rosary, a piece of string with knots. Elderly, suffering from scabies and weighing only 85 pounds, he was sent to the Hartheim Euthansia Center, where he was gassed to death, May 18, 1942.
VIVA CRISTO REY! Niech żyje Chrystus Król! 8/30/2019 0 Comments August 30th, 2019 From the Angelic Doctor...
"The Apostle [Paul] calls Christ the Son of the love of God, inasmuch as He is superabundantly loved by God; not, however, as if love were the principle of the Son's generation." -- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) 8/29/2019 0 Comments August 29th, 2019 In commemoration of all those who lived great lives of courage and conviction, who fought, lived and died battling the evil of the world.
Long Live Christ King! (Father Francis Sampson, known as the Parachute Padre, prays over the bodies of soldiers.) 8/29/2019 0 Comments August 29th, 2019 September 1, 2019, will be the 80th anniversary of the German Socialist invasion of Poland, on September 1, 1939, and the beginning of World War II.
At that time, Poland was about 87% Catholic, and the invaded country gave the world countless Catholic heroes who faced terrifying evils. One hero was Witold Pilecki, one of the founders of the Secret Polish Army, who volunteered to be rounded up and arrested to gather intelligence inside Auschwitz. To read his incredible story, by his own hand, please read Witold Pilecki's "Report," which is posted at the following link: https://www.theresamariemoreau.com/blog/august-27th-20185496902 Long Live Poland! Niech żyje Polska! VIVA CRISTO REY! Niech żyje Chrystus Król! 8/29/2019 0 Comments August 29th, 2019 From the Angelic Doctor...
"There are two principles of difference between the divine persons, and these are origin and relation...origin is signified by way of act, as generation; and relation by way of the form, as peternity." -- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) 8/28/2019 0 Comments August 28th, 2019 In commemoration of all those who lived great lives of courage and conviction, who fought, lived and died battling the evil of the world.
Long Live Christ King! (Chaplain Kenny Lynch celebrates Mass for the troops stationed in Hwachon, Korea, August 1951.) 8/28/2019 0 Comments August 28th, 2019 For issuing baptism certificates and helping Jews in the ghetto, deemed crimes by the German Socialists, Father Tadeusz Kaczmarczyk was arrested by Gestapo, along with two other priests. On August 21, 1941, all three were executed, along with 41 others in Biegonice, Nowy Sącz.
"Long live Poland!" was the shout of the dying Father Kaczmarczyk. VIVA CRISTO REY! Niech żyje Chrystus Król! 8/28/2019 0 Comments August 28th, 2019 From the Angelic Doctor...
"Paternity is the Father Himself, and filiation is the Son, and procession is the Holy Ghost." -- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) 8/27/2019 0 Comments August 27th, 2019 In commemoration of all those who lived great lives of courage and conviction, who fought, lived and died battling the evil of the world.
Long Live Christ King! 8/27/2019 0 Comments August 27th, 2019  After the German Socialist invasion of Poland and Father Stanisław Mieczysław Kaczmarczyk often expressed his love for his homeland during his sermons, he was arrested by Gestapo, shipped to Auschwitz death camp and executed by gunshot, on June 17, 1942.
VIVA CRISTO REY! Niech żyje Chrystus Król! 8/27/2019 0 Comments August 27th, 2019 From the Angelic Doctor...
"The book of life directly means knowledge, but indirectly it means life." -- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) 8/26/2019 0 Comments August 26th, 2019 In commemoration of all those who lived great lives of courage and conviction, who fought, lived and died battling the evil of the world.
Long Live Christ King! Father William "Willie" Joseph Gabriel Doyle 8/26/2019 0 Comments August 26th, 2019 After the German Socialists invaded Poland, all higher education was banned and schools were closed, but Father Piotr Kazimierz Kurczyński continued teaching, in a secret underground school. Arrested by Gestapo, he was tortured and sentenced to death in a Sondergericht, a special political court. Shipped to Auschwitz, he was soon tortured and executed, on March 31, 1942.
VIVA CRISTO REY! Niech żyje Chrystus Król! 8/26/2019 0 Comments August 26th, 2019 From the Angelic Doctor...
"Truth belongs to the intellect." -- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) 8/25/2019 0 Comments August 25th, 2019 In commemoration of all those who lived great lives of courage and conviction, who fought, lived and died battling the evil of the world.
Long Live Christ King! 8/25/2019 0 Comments August 25th, 2019   In the first weeks of the German Socialist invasion of Poland,
Father Paweł Kirstein, a Doctor of Sacred Theology, was summoned by Gestapo, who arrested him with 18 Pelplin canons, as part of the Intelligenzaktion, the operation to liquidate Polish Catholic intellectuals. Transported to Tczew, they were tortured and 16 were executed in the dark of night in a military barracks, on October 30, 1939. VIVA CRISTO REY! Niech żyje Chrystus Król! 8/25/2019 0 Comments August 25th, 2019 From the Angelic Doctor...
"In this lower world we attribute life to the vegetative soul, because therein we find the first trace of life." -- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) 8/24/2019 0 Comments August 24th, 2019 In commemoration of all those who lived great lives of courage and conviction, who fought, lived and died battling the evil of the world.
Long Live Christ King! 8/24/2019 0 Comments August 24th, 2019  8/24/2019 0 Comments August 24th, 2019 From the Angelic Doctor...
"We see that an image is said to be beautiful, if it perfectly represents even an ugly thing." -- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) 8/23/2019 0 Comments August 23rd, 2019 In commemoration of all those who lived great lives of courage and conviction, who fought, lived and died battling the evil of the world.
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