#St. Stanislaus Kostka Church

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St. Stanislaus Kostka In The Strip

The Historic St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish: A Polish Heritage Gem in Pittsburgh St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, a historic church located in the bustling Strip District of Pittsburgh, stands as a testament to the city’s vibrant Polish heritage. Boasting a blend of Romanesque, Baroque, and Byzantine influences, this ‘Polish Cathedral’ style church is an iconic landmark that has stood the test of…

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The views from Valaskjálf

Tuesday – photo by Mitch Waxman Continuing with what I saw during a recent double decker tourist bus excursion in Pittsburgh, in todays post. As mentioned yesterday, the bus I was riding on had a preordained route which it rides through, one which is designed to hit several areas of interest in the metro area. It crossed the Allegheny River, heading south, and then towards the convention…

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St. Stanislaus Kostka Church and Grób Ks. Jerzego Popiełuszki, Warsaw

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當別人沉默時，我們要說真相； 當別人散播仇恨時，我們要表達愛和尊重。 當別人說話時，我們保持安靜。 當別人謾罵時，我們祈禱。 當別人不願意幫助時，我們提供協助。 當別人不能原諒時，就原諒。 當別人不享受生活時，享受生命。

-BŁ. KS. Jerzy Popiełuszko 神父-

今天我們需要這樣的神職人員！

MAMY WYPOWIADAĆ PRAWDĘ, GDY INNI MILCZĄ WYRAŻAĆ MILOŚĆ I SZACUNEK, GDY INNI SIEJĄ NIENAWIŚĆ. ZAMILKNĄĆ, GDY INNI MÓWIĄ. MODLIĆ SIĘ, GDY INNI PRZEKLINAJĄ. POMÓC, GDY INNI NIE CHCĄ TEGO CZYNIĆ. PRZEBACZYĆ, GDY INNI NIE POTRAFIĄ. CIESZYĆ SIĘ ŻYCIEM, GDY INNI JE LEKCEWAŻĄ

-BŁ. KS. JERZY POPIEŁUSZKO-

Takich księży nam dziś potrzeba!

📌 Jerzy Popiełuszko 耶日·波比耶烏什科 (Polish Roman Catholic Priest, 1947-1984)他是波蘭天主教神父，他與反對波蘭共產黨的團結工會有關聯。1984年，他被波蘭安全局的三位特務暗殺，該三名特務後來遭到逮捕並接受審判定罪。他的墓地在科斯特科教堂（St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Warsaw）已成為波蘭人的朝拜勝地，1987年9月，時任美國副總統老布希也曾造訪。2010年，神父被羅馬天主教追認為「殉道者」，並由大主教安日洛・阿馬托替教宗本篤十六世於2010年6月6號封聖。

He was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agents of Służba Bezpieczeństwa (Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), who were shortly thereafter tried and convicted of the murder. He has been recognized as a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church, and was beatified on 6 June 2010 by Archbishop Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI. A miracle attributed to his intercession and required for his canonization is now under investigation.

Ks. Jerzy Popiełuszko w kościele św. Stanisława Kostki na Żoliborzu. Warszawa 31.10.1982. Fot. PAP/W. Kryński

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Visits to the Blessed Sacrament

1. After the many plans and worries of the day, it is wonderful to visit a church in the evening and kneel before the Blessed Sacrament. There we can adore Jesus and converse lovingly with Him. We have spent so many hours surrounded by the noise of the world. It is restful now to spend a quarter of an hour in silent prayer before Jesus, the prisoner of love in the Tabernacle. It is He Who invites us. “Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Mt. 11:28) There are so many matters worrying us. We need some words of advice which will clear our doubts and strengthen us in suffering. We need words of encouragement to banish our sadness and enliven our faith. We need words of love which will light in our hearts the flame of love for God. We can find all this on our knees before the Tabernacle. Do not end the day without seeking a renewal of Christian strength at the feet of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

2. Let us consider the infinite goodness of Jesus. He became man for us, and spent thirty-three years on earth, “doing good and healing all.” (Acts 10:38) More than this, He chose to remain with us until the end of time, hidden in the Blessed Sacrament, to be our friend and comforter and the food of our souls. In His infinite power and goodness, is there anything more He could have done for us? All day He waits there, anxious to heal our ills, to console us in our troubles, and to give us the strength to persevere in our journey towards perfection and towards Heaven. Let us listen to that loving voice. Do not be ungrateful for this miracle of infinite goodness. Let us go to Jesus as often as we can, especially in the evening when our day is nearly over. We shall find Him a true friend Who is always ready to listen; better still, He is a friend Who is able and willing to help us.

3. “Taste and see how good the Lord is: happy the man who takes refuge in him.” (Psalm 33:9) Many people, unfortunately, place their trust in men and in worldly things. They soon see the mistake they have made and are disillusioned and embittered. It was not so with the Saints. They spent long hours by day and night praying to Jesus in the Blessed Eucharist, and carried away with them reserves of spiritual strength and tranquility. When they could not visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, many of them would go to some place where they could see a church and remain there in adoration. Whenever duty made it impossible for St. Stanislaus Kostka to remain before the Tabernacle, He asked his Angel Guardian to adore Jesus for him. If we were on fire with love for God, as the Saints were, we should do the same.—Antonio Cardinal Bacci, Meditations for Each Day, 1959.

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St. Stanislaus Kostka Church

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Warsaw: May 31 - June 03, 2019

Warsaw: May 31 – June 03, 2019

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As May was drawing to an end, I really didn’t feel like going to a museum, but I needed to get some exercise, so I walked down to Saxon park to get a better photograph of the statue I had photographed walking back from the Royal Castle.

It was as I suspected. In was another monument to Maria Konopnicka, who was a women’s rights activist and…

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Weekend Coffee Share

Weekend Coffee Share is a time for us to take a break out of our lives and enjoy some timely catching up with friends (old and new)! To participate, just create a post and link it to Natalie the Explorer’s post. from the NYPL Digital Collection If we were having coffee, I’d tell you about the amazing tour I took yesterday of Chicago’s Auditorium Theater. Built in 1889, it was designed to be a…

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They just keep showing us...

See the Cresent?👆 See thCresent?👇

They absolutely connect, but they do not teach us the truth so we do not see it.

Now look for the big F U.

The pic on the bottom right is the moon goddess sitting on the Cresent, WHILE sitting on The Ark of the Covenant with the Cherubims flanking it. This was the Ark and Cherubims that God told Moses to build in the Book of Exodus, along with the Tabernacle, that would house the tablets given to Moses by God.

That is called  Ark of Mercy at St. Stanislaus of Kostka Catholic Church, Chicago, IL.

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St. Stanislaus Kostka R. C. Church

Monday – photo by Mitch Waxman That’s the… what do you Goyem call it… altar? The stage? I don’t know, but it’s the centerpiece and point of focus at Pittsburgh’s St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church. My grandmother would have referred to the statuary depicting the crucified Christ rising above a scale model of Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican simply as “Yuyzel on da cruss.”…

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This is a distant view of St. Stan's on Lanza Ave. in Garfield. It was my mother's parish when she grew up. One of the most vivid memories of my own childhood was watching her and her sisters in traditional dress, joyously dancing polkas at the Polish festivals in the parking lot of this church. Mom turns 90 tomorrow. #NJchurcheverysunday ⛪️ (at St Stanislaus Kostka) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYy7kAXLeWW/?utm_medium=tumblr

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TODAY IN SJ HISTORY

13 NOV 1987

Pope John Paul II prayed at the tomb of St. Stanislaus Kostka, SJ saying that as a student at the Belgian College, nearly every day he came to pray to St. Stanislaus.

The St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is the most significant Church of Zoliborz, a district of Warsaw. It is located on Hozjusz Street 2 near Plac Wilsona. The parish was created in 1927 in the area on the northern outskirts of city which was the site of significant development during the interbellum and in 1930 construction work started on the monumental NE Romanesque Church building, it was interrupted by World War II, and was finished in 1963. The Church is the well-known Sanctuary of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko, who was the spiritual leader of Solidarnosc and was killed by the Communists in 1984. From 1980 he conducted very popular Masses for the Fatherland that became a kind of manifesto for the social movement and protesters, attracting people from all around Poland. This is also the place of his burial and his tomb is situated beside the Church. The site was visited by the Pope John Paul II in 1987. An estimated 20 crore people from over 100 countries have visited.

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Niskowa kościół św. Stanisława Kostki zbudowany w latach 1985-1992 architekt: Jan Okowiński projekt witraża: Józef Furdyna foto z 29 lipca 2017

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Niskowa, Poland St. Stanislaus Kostka Church built in 1985-1992 architect: Jan Okowiński stained-glass artist: Józef Furdyna taken on 29 July 2017

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Litany of the Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus

(in an expanded form of that used first by Jesuits in the concentration camp at Dachau)

Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy, Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. Christ, hear us, Christ, graciously hear us.

God, our Father in heaven, Have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the World, Have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, Mother of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Pray for us. Holy Mary, Mother and Queen of our Society, Pray for us. Holy Virgin of Montserrat, Pray for us. Our Lady of the Way, Pray for us.

Holy Father Ignatius, Pray for us. St. Francis Xavier, first companion and missionary, Pray for us. St. Francis Borgia, model of renunciation, Pray for us. St. Stanislaus Kostka, model and patron of novices, Pray for us. Sts. Edmund Campion, Robert Southwell and companions, martyrs of Christ in England, Pray for us. St. Aloysius Gonzaga and St. John Berchmans, models and patrons of our scholastics, Pray for us. Sts. Paul Miki, James Kisai and John Soan de Goto, martyrs of Christ in Japan, Pray for us. St. Peter Canisius and St. Robert Bellarmine, doctors of the church, Pray for us. St. John Ogilvie, martyr of Christ in Scotland, Pray for us. Sts. Bernardine Realino, John Francis Regis and Francis Jerome, missioners to people in town and country, Pray for us. St. Alphonsus Rodriguez, model and patron of our brothers, Pray for us. Sts. Melchior Grodziecki and Stephen Pongrácz, martyrs of Christ in Košice, Pray for us. Sts. Roch Gonzalez, Alphonsus Rodriguez and John del Castillo, martyrs of Christ in Paraguay, Pray for us. Sts. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and companions, martyrs of Christ in North America, Pray for us. St. Peter Claver, defender of the slaves in South America, Pray for us. St. Andrew Bobola, martyr of Christ in Poland, Pray for us. St. John de Brito, martyr of Christ in India, Pray for us. St. Claude La Columbière, faithful friend and apostle of the Sacred Heart, Pray for us. St. Joseph Pignatelli, hallowed link of the old and the restored Society, Pray for us. Sts. Leo Mangin and companions, martyrs of Christ in China, Pray for us. St. Joseph Rubio, apostle of Madrid, Pray for us. St. Peter Faber, first companion and apostle of the Spiritual Exercises, Pray for us. St. Joseph de Anchieta, apostle of Brazil, Pray for us. St. James Berthieu, martyr of Christ in Madagascar, Pray for us. St. Alberto Hurtado, agent of social change in Chile, Pray for us.

All you Saints of the Society of Jesus, Pray for us. Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo and companions, martyred while sailing for Brazil, Pray for us. Bl. Thomas Woodhouse, Ralph Ashley and companions, martyrs of Christ in England, Pray for us. Bl. Rudolph Acquaviva, Francis Aranha and companions, martyrs of Christ in India, Pray for us. Bl. James Salès and William Saultemouche, martyrs of the Eucharist in France, Pray for us. Bl. Charles Spinola, Sebastian Kimura and companions, martyrs of Christ in Japan, Pray for us. Bl. Dominic Collins, martyr of Christ in Ireland, Pray for us. Bl. Diego Luis de San Vitores, martyr of Christ in Micronesia, Pray for us. Bl. Julian Maunoir and Anthony Baldinucci, zealous preachers of God’s Word, Pray for us. Bl. James Bonnaud and companions, martyrs of Christ in France, Pray for us. Bl. John Beyzym, servant of Lepers in Madagascar, Pray for us. Bl. Miguel Pro, martyr of Christ in Mexico, Pray for us. Bl. Francis Garate, humble doorkeeper who found God in all things, Pray for us. Bl. Rupert Mayer, apostle of Munich and fearless witness of truth, Pray for us. Bl. Tomás Sitjar Fortiá and companions, martyrs of Christ in Valencia, Pray for us.

All you Blessed of the Society of Jesus, Pray for us.

Jesuit saints

Fathers and Brothers, Scholastics and Novices of the Society who have preceded us in the service of the Lord, Pray for us.

Let us pray:

Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, though we are sinners, you have called us to be his companions and to engage in the crucial struggle of our time, the struggle for faith, justice and love. Bring to completion in us the work you began in Ignatius and so many of his followers. Place us with your Son, as you placed them, and take us under the banner of the Cross to serve him alone and his Church. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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St. Stanislaus Kostka Church

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Saint of the Day – 19 October – Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko (1947-1984) Priest and Martyr, Worker for Social Justice – born on 14 September 1947 in Okopy, Podlaskie, Poland, was kidnapped on 19 October 1984 by the Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa (Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), the Communist Polish secret police and beaten to death from 19 to 20 October 1984 near Wloclawek, Pomorskie, Poland.   Patronage – Solidarity.

Fr Jerzy was born on 14 September 1947 in Okopy near Suchowola.   After finishing school, he attended the priests’ seminary at Warsaw.   He served his army duties in a special force, aimed to keep young men from becoming priests.   This treatment had no effect on Popiełuszko, as, after finishing his army service, he continued his studies.   As a young priest he served in parishes in Warsaw, which consisted of the common people as well as students.   In 1981, Jerzy Popiełuszko joined the workers, taking part in strikes in the Warsaw Steelworks.   Thereafter, he was associated with workers and trade unionists from the Solidarity movement who opposed the Communist regime in Poland.

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He was a staunch anti-communist and in his sermons, interwove spiritual exhortations with political messages, criticising the Communist system and motivating people to protest. During the period of martial law the Catholic Church was the only force that could voice protest comparatively openly, with the regular celebration of Mass presenting opportunities for public gatherings in churches.

Popiełuszko’s sermons were routinely broadcast by Radio Free Europe, and thus became famous throughout Poland for their uncompromising stance against the regime.   The swecret police tried to silence or intimidate him.   When those techniques did not work, they fabricated evidence against him, he was arrested in 1983 but soon released on intervention of the clergy and pardoned by an amnesty.

A car accident was set up to kill Jerzy Popiełuszko on 13 October 1984 but he evaded it. The alternative plan was to kidnap him, it was carried out on 19 October 1984.   The priest was beaten to death by three Security Police officers – Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, Leszek Pękala, and Waldemar Chmielewski.   They pretended to have problems with their car and flagged down Fr Jerzy’s car for help.   They proceeded to attack him – he was severely beaten – to death, tied up and put in the trunk of the car.  The officers bound a stone to his feet and dropped him into the Vistula Water Reservoir near Włocławek from where his body was recovered on 30 October 1984.

Blessed Jerzy’s almost unrecognisable battered body

News of the political murder caused an uproar throughout Poland and the murderers and one of their superiors, Colonel Adam Pietruszka, were convicted of the crime.   More than 250,000 people, including Lech Wałęsa, attended his funeral on 3 November 1984. Despite the murder and its repercussions, the Communist regime remained in power until 1989.  Fr Jerzy’s murderers – Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, Leszek Pękala, Waldemar Chmielewski and Colonel Adam Pietruszka, responsible for giving the order to kill – were jailed but released later as part of an amnesty.

Popiełuszko was posthumously awarded the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest decoration, in 2009.   After death, he was buried in St Stanislaus Kostka Church, Warsaw where millions of visitors had paid tribute at his tomb.

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He was Beatified by Archbishop Angelo Amato as the representative of Pope Bernedict XVI on 6 June 2010 in Warsaw’s Piłsudski Square.   His mother, Marianna Popiełuszko was present at the event.   More than 1 000,000 people attended the open-air mass in the Polish capital Warsaw to beatify Father Jerzy Popieluszko.   Poland Post issued a set of stamps on that same day to mark the beatification.

Blessed Jerzy’s Mother

In October 2013, Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz – the Archbishop of Warsaw, the diocese where Popiełuszko was killed – announced that a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Polish priest has been identified and confirmed in France.   Thus Cardinal Nycz predicts that Popiełuszko will likely be canonised soon based on the credibility of the case presented.   A miracle was investigated in a diocesan process in France and the results of that investigation turned over to the Vatican for assessment.

At his funeral, an estimated one million people surrounded his church in Warsaw and as one, they promised to continue his struggle for freedom through non-violence thus living his motto “overcome evil with good” and we know that they won!

“Rest in peace, Father Jerzy.   Solidarity is alive because you gave your life for it.”

Lech Wałęsa

      Saint of the Day – 19 October – Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko (1947-1984) Priest and Martyr Saint of the Day - 19 October - Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko (1947-1984) Priest and Martyr, Worker for Social Justice - born on 14 September 1947 in Okopy, Podlaskie, Poland, was kidnapped on 19 October 1984 by the Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa (Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), the Communist Polish secret police and beaten to death from 19 to 20 October 1984 near Wloclawek, Pomorskie, Poland.