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A new priest
Fr Józef Kowalczyk, later metropolitan archbishop of Gniezno and the Primate of Poland [photo taken from: Archidiocese of Gniezno].
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Father Kolbe
Father Maksymilian Maria Kolbe O.F.M. Conv. together with other Franciscan brothers dressed in mass vestments, two of whom are Japanese. Father Kolbe spent six years…
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Faith and freedom
A field Mass on the yard of the kamienica [tenement house] at 60 Marszałkowska Street, probably on the Feast of the Soldier, 15 August [the…
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No. 303 Squadron
The pilots of No. 303 “Kościuszko” Polish Fighter Squadron during a service before the painting of Our Lady of Częstochowa. Northolt, Great Britain.
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If you are a monk, look like a monk!
Fr Medard O.F.M. Cap., the last chaplain of the Warsaw Uprising, died on 20 June 2013.
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Mighty Wojtyła
Abp. Wojtyła, pontifically, in the rationale of St. Hedwig ♥
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I’ve got the power! :)
Because sprinkling flowers for Jesus requires total commitment :) The author of the photo: Karol Kin (A.D. 2006)
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Nuncio Ratti on Polish religiosity.
“Religiosity of this nation is also more visible than natural kindness: it suffices only one glance at the focused and pious people gathered in their…
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Ad orientem
St. Adalbert’s parish in Mikołów – so called old church. After the renovation something of its interior has disappeared: steps extended to form of the…
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Funeral of the Marshall
The coffin of the Marshall of Poland, Józef Piłsudski, set on a gun carriage before Wawel Cathedral in the cript of which he was buried…
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Beatae Mariae Virginis Reginae Poloniae
Our Lady ♥ Our Pope ♥
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Gorzkie Żale and nuncio Ratti
This very beautiful Polish devotion made a great impression on our merciful reigning Holy Father Pius XI, who, desiring to become acquainted with the “Gorzkie…
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An old Polish seminary
Hard times of the pre-conciliar “winter of the Church” in a Polish seminary
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Abp. Gawlina
Military Bishop of the Polish Army, major-general abp. Józef Feliks Gawlina – titular archbishop of Madito, Assistant at the Papal Throne. We advise all to…
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Coronation of a painting
Coronation of the painting of Virgin Mary from Oratorian basilica in Święta Góra conducted by card. August Hlond. Ah, these coronas of the clergy! These…
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One of the first Masses of fr. Glemp
Fr. Józef Glemp, later cardinal and the Primate of Poland, on the day of celebration one of his first Masses in Mogilno.
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Priestly ordinations
Card. Wyszyński conducting the ceremony of priestly ordinations in the Gniezno archcathedral.
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Corpus Christi in Vilnius
Corpus Christi in Vilnius, June 19, 1930. Metropolitan Archbishop Romuald Jałbrzykowski, who is carrying the Blessed Sacrament, is led, among others, by the arm of…
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Before the Icon of Jasna Góra
Salve, sancta parens, enixa puerpera Regem: qui caelum terramque regit in saecula saeculorum. Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego opera mea Regi.
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Nunc dimittis…
In the picture one may see the body of parish priest Stanisław Streich, shot by a communist assassin in the church, after the Mass, in 1938. According to…