Mom's Holy Card Collection

"In the day of my trouble I will call upon Thee:
for Thou wilt answer me."
Psalm 86:7

Mom's Holy Card Collection

Nativity

"Him  that overcometh will I make
a pillar in the temple of my God."
Revelation 3:12

 

Christmas 1953

"He giveth power to the faint; 
and to them that have no might
He increaseth strength."
Isaiah 40:29

The card was received during the Priest's Christmas call in 1953.

Christmas 2006

"Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you."
Peter 5:7

Son of Polish Land

"The Lord will bless his people with peace."
Psalm 29:11

The token of the priest's Christmas call in 2006. The card also commemorates the visit of John Paul II in Poland.

1946

"When I sit in darkness,
the Lord shall be a light unto me."
Micah 7:8

God bless in New Year

Priest Kazimierz Szyndler was the rector of the parish church in Gdynia Oksywie from 1946 to 1947.
The card is a gift from him received during the annual Christmas Carol call in 1946/47.

True Disciples

"If ye continue in my word,
then you are ye my disciples indeed."
John 8:31

Mother of God's Grace

"Commit thy way unto the Lord;
trust also in him; 
and he shall bring it to pass."
Psalm 37:6

Mother of God's grace obtain for us the blessings of Baby Jesus.

The memento of the priest's Christmas visit which took place in the 1950s.

Saint Joseph

The card is a token of the Christmas priest visit which took place in the 60s.

Joseph was born in I BC/ died in 20 AD. He was the husband of Mary, Jesus' mother.

The feast day of  Saint Joseph's is on 19 March and 1 May. He is the saint patron of fathers, families, farmers, workers, and carpenters. Saint Joseph's attributes are a lily, a hammer, a plane (carpenter's tool), and Baby Jesus

Christams Call

"Call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee."
Psalm 50:15

A token of the annual Christmas priest's call in the 1950s.

Holy Family and Angels

'If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, that giveth to all men liberally.'

James 1:5

The card received from a Franciscan priest during the annual Christmas call (Kolęda) in 1953.

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.

1939 Before WW2 Time Card

This holy card is part of my mom's collection. She received it in 1939 from the parish priest Kl. Przewoski as a token of the annual Christmas call which is part of Christmas celebrations in the Catholic church in Poland. Such calls are paid by priests after Christmas in December and/ or at the beginning of January. Since Poland was annexed by Nazi Germany in September 1939 and all the usual Polish customs were forbidden during WW2, very likely, the 1939 call happened in January, not in December.

St. Joseph

At that time, mom lived with her family in Gdynia Oksywie, not far from the war port.

 

"To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."

I Timothy 1:17

In memory of pastoral visit

from

Priest Kl. Przewoski 

 

"Sweet Heart of my Jesus, make me love you more and more."

Franciscan Christmas Call 1959

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him,

to all that call upon Him in truth.

Psalm 145:18

The annual priest's Christmas call. As you can see the call was paid by an O.M. F. Franciscan, in Gdynia 1959.