St. Andrew Bobola

Andrzej (Andrew) Bobola was born in a Polish noble family on 30 November 1591 in Strachocin, Poland. He was a missionary Jesuit, worked in Lithuania. Father Bobola was captured by the Cossacks in the village of Janów on 16 May 1657. He was tortured in various cruel ways and died as a martyr. On the day of his death, Andrzej Bobola was 65 years old.

Father Andrzej was canonized on 17 April 1938 by Pope Pius XI.

The card is a token of the silver priesthood jubilee of Priest Wojciech Zieliński who was ordained to the priesthood on 20 Dec. 1930 in Pelplin, Poland. Then, he served in the parishes of Tarpno, Koscierzyna, Chełmno, Kartuzy, and Gdynia-Obłuże.

Saint Andrzej Bobola is the saint patron of Poland. His feast day is on 16 May.

Franciscan's Christmas Call

We know that all things work together for good to them that love God,

to them who are the called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:28 

The token of the Franciscan's Christmas call - from the 1960s.

St. John The Baptist

There is no difference between the Jew and the Greek; 

for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him

Romans 10:12

St. John the Baptist, the Predecessor of the Christ

Pray for us. 

The card printed in 1959 

Have A Blessed Day

"If any man serve Me... him will My Father honour."

John 12:26

Paul VI

Pope Paul VI was born on 26 Sept. 1897. His real name was Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini. Paul VI's papacy lasted 25 years, from 21 June 1963 to 6 August 1978, when he died.

The card is a token of the 25th priesthood anniversary of Priest Franciszek Müller. He held his first mass on 5 April 1947 in Pelplin (Poland). Priest Müller celebrated the anniversary in Gdynia, 1972.

"Mary, the aid of believers,

pray for us"