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

The Word

"The word of the Lord endureth forever."
1 Peter 1:25

Father Anatol Franciscan

"I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh."
Acts 2:17

The card is from June 1951 or maybe 1961, commemorates the priesthood ordination (in Gdynia, Poland) of Father Anatol (Bogdan Stróży ?).

Priest S. Stypa

"In my Father's house are many mansions: If it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."
John 14:2

Sweet heart of Mary be my aid

The card is the reminiscence of the first mass celebrated by Priest Stanislaw Stypa, Pallottine.

Stanisław Stypa was born on 9 Nov. 1928 in Kosobudy, Poland. His first mass took place probably in Ołtarzewo in 1954. Priest Stypa worked in various parishes all over Poland. The man died from a stroke and hypertension in 1987.

Pallotines known also as the Society of the Catholic Apostolate are missionaries.

Crucified Jesus

"I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely."
Revelation 21:6
 

St. Joseph pray for us

The inscription on the card says:

"What will I give back to the Lord for everything good he has done to me? 

I will raise the Chalice of salvation and the Lord's Name I will call upon."

The remembrance of the priesthood ordination (Lublin, 28 June 1958) and the first holy mass run by Father Eugeniusz (the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin) whose real name was Brunon Wendt. The mass took place in Gdynia, Poland on 8 July 1958.

Saint Gaspar del Bufalo

Gaspar Melhior Balthazar del Bufalo was born on 6 Jan. 1786 in Rome. His parents were Annunziata and Antonio del Bufalo. The father was a chef in the home of the Altieri family.

Gaspar was devoted to helping the sick and poor, founded religious organizations for young people who did charity work as well. He became a priest in 1808.

Gaspar del Bufalo refused to serve Napoleon Bonaparte and was exiled in 1809 as a result of that. The priest founded the Missionaries of the Precious Blood - the priest members of that society established missionary houses and preached on the streets.

Gaspar died on 28 Dec. 1837. He was canonized by Pope Pius XII on 12 June 1954.

Saint Gaspar del Bufalo's feast days are 28 December and 12 October.

The back of the card contains the word from Priest Jarosław Jabłoński, provincial (a major superior) of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in Czestochowa, Poland.

Priest Bronisław Szymichowski

"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me:

Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth forever."

Psalm 138:8

The holy card received from Priest Bronislaw Szymichowski during the annual Christmas visit/ Kolęda.

Bronisław Szymichowski was born on 27 April 1916 in Ręboszewo, northern Poland. Having graduated from high school he joined the Polish Army. Later, in 1938, he continued his education and studies in the Seminary in Pelplin.

During WW2, he was a member of a secret anti-Nazi organization called Kashubian Griffin and later Pomeranian Griffin. In 1942 he was arrested by Soviets and imprisoned in a Soviet lager.
When he came back to Poland, he studied in Pelplin again and was ordained to the priesthood in 1948.

Priest Bronisław passed on 6 March 1995 in Pomieczyno where he head served as a rector of the local parish.

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"

Day of Consecrated Life

February 2 is the day of consecrated life.

God, please help all the clergymen and women to be good people and true spiritual leaders.

The card was given to us on the 25th priesthood anniversary of priest bishop Andrzej Sliwiński (1961-1986).