Tag Archive for ‘Poland’
Monday 11 April
St Stanislaus Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119; John 6:22-29 Living with integrity Stanislaus was a bishop and martyr and is the patron saint of Krakow, Poland. Today’s first reading highlights similarities between Stanislaus and Stephen. Both were holy men who made powerful enemies because they were prepared to speak up for what was right and to […]
Irena Sendler
“When war started, all of Poland was drowning in a sea of blood. But most of all, it affected the Jewish nation. And within that nation, it was the children who suffered most. That’s why we needed to give our hearts to them.” Irena Sendlerowa (Sendler) In 1999, a Kansas schoolteacher gave four […]
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