Poland - Dominican Friars

The Holy Countrymen of St. John Paul the Great

by jacob.df | Jul 9, 2018 | General, News

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”9529″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]By Brother Luke Mary VanBerkum, O.P. To the right of Our Lady of Fatima at the shrine of the Saint John Paul II Society here in New...

Preaching Mercy at World Youth Day

by jacob.df | Aug 1, 2016 | General

Our Dominican Friars assisted the Knights of Columbus with the international English speaking catechetical site and youth festival during World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow with our Holy Father, Pope Francis. In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, several of our friars were...

St. Hyacinth

by jacob.df | Feb 25, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

Known as the “Apostle of Poland,” Hyacinth (1185 – 1257) was born of a noble family in Silesia. Trained as a priest, he was appointed a canon by his uncle, the bishop of Krakow, who took him to Rome on church business in 1220. Here Hyacinth met...

Establishing Foundation in Poland

by jacob.df | Feb 5, 2015 | General, Photo Tour, Saints

In 1220 Bishop Ivo Odrowatz, the Polish bishop of Krakow, made a pilgrimage to Rome with his two nephews, the brothers Hyacinth and Ceslaus. While there they witnessed Dominic’s miraculous raising to life of a young man named Napoleon at St. Sixtus. Afterwards,...