Poland’s Catholic bishops will praise the example of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elżbieta Róża Czacka in a letter to be read out in churches ahead of their joint beatification in September. The letter, signed by the country’s bishops on Aug. 25, said that the two esteemed figures of 20th-century Polish Catholicism showed Catholics today how to follow the path to holiness. Wyszyński, the Primate of Poland who led the Church’s resistance to communism, and Czacka, who pioneered a new kind of ministry for blind people, will be beatified in the Polish capital, Warsaw, on Sept. 12. In their letter, which will be read out in churches on Sunday, Sept. 5, the bishops said: “God united these two people, so different after all, and through them He did great things. The words of the Primate — Soli Deo (To God Himself) — and those of Mother Elżbieta — Through the Cross to Heaven — which they left us, are still very relevant today. They showed us the way. There is no other way to look for.” Wyszyński was placed under house arrest in 1953 for three years after he refused to subordinate the Church to the communist authorities. He later became known as the “Primate of the Millennium” because as Primate of Poland he oversaw a nine-year program of preparation culminating in a nationwide celebration of the millennium of Poland’s baptism in 1966.
‘They showed us the way’: Poland’s bishops laud Cardinal Wyszynski and Mother Czacka ahead of beatification – Catholic World Report
‘They showed us the way’: Poland’s bishops laud Cardinal Wyszynski and Mother Czacka ahead of beatification – Catholic World Report
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