Memorial Day of Raphael Kalinowski in Poland
Memorial Day of Raphael Kalinowski in Poland is held on November 15. This event in the second decade of the month November is annual. Help us
Saint Rafał Kalinowski, the patron saint of people condemned to the martyrdom of the East for fighting for faith and freedom, and the patron saint of Siberians.
Kalinowski (1 September 1835 – 15 November 1907) was ordained as a priest at Czerna in 1882 by Bishop Albin Dunajewski, and in 1883 he became prior of the monastery at Czerna. Kalinowski founded multiple Catholic organizations around Poland and Ukraine, most prominent of which was a monastery in Wadowice, Poland, where he was also prior.
The figure of St. Rafał Kalinowski is closely related to St. John Paul II, who, being Pope on June 22, 1983 in Krakow, beatified Father Rafał Kalinowski. On the other hand, the canonization of Bl. Rafał Kalinowski took place on November 17, 1991 in Rome, also thanks to Pope John Paul II.
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