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portraitsofsaints · 11 months

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Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński 1901-1981 Feast Day: May 28 Beatified September 12, 2021

Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski was Polish nobility that heroically stood against the socialist and communist government. He became a priest and chaplain of the Polish underground during WWII, surviving torture and many hardships. In 1946-1948 he was ordained the Bishop of Lubin and in 1953 was made Cardinal. The Communists imprisoned him for 3 years for his outspoken stance for religious freedom. Known for his devotion to Our Lady of Czestochowa, family rights, economic rights for workers and his prudent negotiations with the government, Cardinal Wyszynski was a true hero. He’s given the title “Primate of the Millennium” and “Primate of Poland.”

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#Cardinal Stefan Wysznski #Polish Catholic #Polish saint #anti communist #artist on tumblr

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girlactionfigure · 1 year

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“She was so young and so terrified. The girl didn’t understand why she was there and she couldn’t understand what was being said to her. So this woman Kapo (a prisoner overseer) took a stick and beat her about the face. This German woman was just taking out her anger on the girl. Such a beautiful young girl, so innocent. She cried but she could do nothing. Before the photograph was taken, the girl dried her tears and the blood from the cut on her lip. To tell you the truth, I felt as if I was being hit myself but I couldn’t interfere. It would have been fatal for me.”

– Wilhelm Brasse

Wilhelm photographed fourteen year old Czeslawa Kwoka, a Polish Catholic girl who was sent to Auschwitz with her mother. She and her mother both died within three months.

Historical Snapshots

#Czeslawa Kwoka #WW2 #Polish Catholic

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seraphblood · 4 months

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i was trying to find a picture of the crucifix in the church i went to growing up. found these instead:

always knew it would be a great place for a rave

#still i like it best by candlelight #or when the lights are out #polish catholic

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artthatgivesmefeelings · 6 months

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Vasily Wilhelm Alexandrovich Kotarbiński (Polish-Russian, 1849-1921) Prayer for the cup, n.d. Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art, Ukraine “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine” (Luke 22:42). - The Bible

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cemeterything · 6 months

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you know you're in a catholic house when the first thing you see when you walk into every room including the attic is a crucifix staring straight at you like you've already fucked up

#🐉#i. forgot how catholic my family is. especially on the polish side.

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the-ace-with-spades · 9 months

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Goose and Carole were both Catholics - Goose, a good church boy from a small town in Tennessee, and Carole, a foster kid who spent half her foster years in nun-run group homes.

After Goose dies, Carole loses most of her faith. She no longer attends church every Sunday, no longer spends her Saturdays in the church committee with all the other ladies, no longer lets Bradley roam the church with all the other kids as said ladies attend rosary devotions in October, no longer prays to St. Joseph of Cupertino.

Goose's funeral ceremony is the last time she steps inside the church for years.

And then Mav starts dating Ice - or starts something with Ice, they never call it dating or being together or put a label on it, but Carole knows. Ice becomes a part of their life, too, going from absolutely shy around Bradley to bumping up to Bradley's favorite uncle (which Mav resents) and she can see Mav is happy, is trying to be happy again, and Ice is helping.

So, when one day she asks them to dinner on Sunday, and Mav arrives alone, she asks, "Where is your better half?"

Mav doesn't even deny the wording and just says, "In church, I think. He goes from time to time, he should be here before dinner."

When Ice does show up, she asks him about it when Mav is busy playing hide-and-seek with Bradley, and he tells her - he goes to a small Polish Catholic church from time to time, mostly because the mass there reminds him of the church his mama used to take him to and he can be anonymous enough there that he doesn't feel guilty for not being as religious as his childhood had been.

Carole asks him if she can go with him sometime.

So they start going together - the service is mostly in Polish and most of the people there talk in Polish so she's a bit clueless at the beginning but that makes it easier, makes the bitterness she feels about God easier, makes the anger simmer down. The people are friendly even though a lot of them can't speak English very well and Ice has to translate here or there.

The first time they take Bradley there, for rosary devotions for kids, he keeps on asking a million questions, mostly to Ice because he doesn't understand. In the end, Ice takes him on his lap and whispers explanations in his ears the whole time. The ladies that are sitting in the paw next to them keep smiling at them, not even minding the disturbance.

They stay behind after, mingling with everyone, and Bradley starts talking to a few kids despite the mix of Polish and English floating around - kids are like that, she supposes.

Ice talks to the priest, in Polish, and the priest calls him Tomek, as usual, but this time whatever they're talking about makes Ice's face bright red.

He comes back to her side and she grabs him by the elbow, holding his arm as they wait for Bradley to be finished coloring this week's rosary scene, and asks, "What was that about?"

Ice is avoiding meeting her eyes, focused on Bradley instead. "Everyone thinks you're my wife. Priest Rafal thinks it's admirable that my wife and--and son attend church with me despite the language barrier."

Carole blinks, taking in Ice's embarrassed face, and bumps her forehead on his shoulder, snorting into his arm. "Your wife is making us lemon chicken piccata as we speak."

Because every time Ice and Carole went to church, Mav would stay with Bradley and cook some absolutely delicious dinner for them to come back to. Today, it was Ice's favorite type of chicken piccata.

She feels Ice's arm shake under her hands as he chuckles. "True."

"I don't mind being your church wife, though," she tells him, pressing closer into his side, smiling.

#carole bradshaw #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #top gun #feeling catholic guilt again so here you have it in a headcanon #Polish Tom Iceman Kazansky #implied italian mav obviously #op #charlie writes #italian mav #polish ice

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pol-ski · 4 months

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Archangel Michael fighting Satan by Zofia Stryjeńska (Polish, 1891-1976)

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granolagaeilgeoir · 6 months

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This is an oddly specific thing, but learning more about the culture war that took place in Poland where JPII + others resisted the Nazis and the Soviets by keeping Polish literature, language, and faith alive motivates me to continue pursuing the Irish language. Keeping Gaeilge alive is not a pointless pastime but a continued resistance to the destruction and Anglicisation of Irish culture. And, given that that culture is deeply rooted in the Church, I firmly believe it will be an instrumental way to keep the Catholic faith alive in the nation where she flourished so beautifully for hundreds of years. Gaeilge go brách, a chairde.

#gaeilge #Catholicism #Catholic #Irish #irish language #i was feeling very sentimental about Gaeilge apparently #Poland #Polish #John Paul II

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essence-of-femininity · 6 months

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Jesus said: The greatest among you will be your servant. (Matthew 23:1-12)

Baptized in the Holy Spirit, we have been clothed in Christ forever. And God can say to each one of us, “You are the only one for me; in you, I find my joy.” In the tenth century, a Christian named Simeon wrote, “Christ will come to each person as if he were concerned with that person alone.”

2. Mark 1:11

#god #follow me #jesuschrist #i need followers #faith #roman catholic #catholicism #amen #god loves you #faithful #igrejacatolica #Iglesia católica #catholic church #chiesa cattolica #bibleverse #bible reading #polish blogger #mary mother of jesus

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i-dont-know-how-this-site-works · 7 months

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#ranczo #me and the bad bitch i pulled by being autistic #priest maciej #priest robert #just two white catholic boys being dudes #just two dudes being bros #sitting apart cause the show made them enemies #(to friends)#but we will to them into lovers #ksiądz robert #polish #ksiądz maciej

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portraitsofsaints · 1 year

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Saint Casimir of Poland, Prince of Poland 1458-1484 Feast Day: March 4 Patronage: Poland, Lithuania, against plague, bachelors, kings, princes, single laymen

Saint Casimir was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland. He rebelled against the riches of the royal court, living a simple life of purity, prayer, and compassion instead. When a teenager he was sent to Hungary to be their new king and lead a war that was a failure. Realizing how futile war was, he returned home a conscientious objector. He returned to prayer, study and helping the poor. He remained celibate his entire life, even under pressure to marry. Casimir died of tuberculosis at 23 and was buried with a copy of his favorite Latin hymn to Mary of whom he was very devoted. {website}

#St Casmir of Poland #Prince of Poland #Catholic prince #Polish Catholic #artist on tumblr

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kqluckity · 11 months

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quackity the other day asked who is putting so much religion on the server after seeing baghera's church... babygirl did you not think this would happen after adding a bunch of people from mainly catholic countries? be honest with me.

#he's got spanish mexicans french and brazilians the only people he's missing atp are polish and italians to get the most amount of catholics #ever in the same place bffr #probably not even vatican city has these many people who have most likely a catholic background and come from so many different places #qsmp #mcyt tag

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dreamiara · 2 months

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