{"id":25625,"date":"2010-06-07T14:02:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T18:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/06\/blessed-jerzy-popieluszko-mart\/"},"modified":"2010-06-07T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T18:02:15","slug":"blessed-jerzy-popieluszko-mart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/06\/blessed-jerzy-popieluszko-mart\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessed Jerzy Popie\u0142uszko, martyr"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jerzy<\/a><\/p>\n

The Church has a new blessed, an apostle for freedom, Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko.<\/div>\n
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From Cyprus on Sunday, June 6, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI
\nduring the Angelus address spoke a “few words in Polish on the happy occasion
\nof the beatification today of Jerzy Popieluszko, priest and martyr: [I send
\ncordial greetings to the Church in Poland which today rejoices at the elevation
\nto the altars of Father Jerzy Popieluszko. His zealous service and his
\nmartyrdom are a special sign of the victory of good over evil. May his example
\nand his intercession nourish the zeal of priests and enkindle the faithful with
\nlove.]”<\/span><\/p>\n


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In 1984 I distinctively remember the tangible feelings upon hearing of the murder of the young priest, Father Jerzy Popieluszko, by the Communists. I think we all cried because he died for us. In fact, no person of Polish heritage could not not know about Popieluszko and identify with the struggle for human dignity and freedom he sought his people. He was seen as a the modern Saint Stanislaus, martyr. The tragic circumstances of his death were ever in front of us as yet another example of the evils of Communism.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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\"Marianna<\/a><\/p>\n

Father Jerzy was a popular chaplain to members of the Solidarity movement. Yesterday, Archbishop Angelo Amato, SDB, Prefect of the Congregation of Saints<\/a>, beatified Father Jerzy in the presence of his mother Marianna, 100, and other family members and nearly 140,000 people. Marianna is yet another living member of a saint or “saint-to-be.” How moving it is two see Father Jerzy’s mother present for her son’s beatification and the tremendous outpouring of love for him and for her.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Known as a martyr of freedom, Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko’s tomb has had nearly 17 million visitors. Other details pertaining to Popieluszko’s beatification are in Jonathon Luxmoore’s Catholic News Service article<\/a>, the Zenit article<\/a> and another story about Blessed Jerzy that can be read here<\/a>.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Some quick facts:<\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Born: September 14, 1947<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Ordained priest: May 28, 1972<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Kidnapped & killed: October 19\/20, 1984<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Venerated: December 19, 2009<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Beatified: June 6, 2010<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
Liturgical memorial: October 19<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Watch the note on<\/a> a forthcoming movie on Blessed Jerzy<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Church has a new blessed, an apostle for freedom, Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko. From Cyprus on Sunday, June 6, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI during the Angelus address spoke a “few words in Polish on the happy occasion of the beatification today of Jerzy Popieluszko, priest and martyr: [I send cordial greetings to the Church in … Continue reading Blessed Jerzy Popie\u0142uszko, martyr<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2445,2442,1710],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}