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Bieniaszewicz, OSPPE. In June 1644, at the provincial chapter, he was elected the second definitor of the province, as well as the prior of Jasna Góra. A few months later, on March 2, 1645, he resigned from this position and left for Beszowa to perform the duties of the sub-prince of the local monastery. In connection with the opening of the novice house at the church of St. Barbara near Jasna Góra on October 1, 1646, he took the vacant office of prior in Oporów, who was entrusted to him by Father Mikołaj Staszewski, OSPPE. At the provincial chapter on August 25, 1647, he was elected the fourth provincial definitor and prior of the monastery in Pińczów, where during his tenure, the construction of new organs in the local church of St. John. There are also information about his wedding and two baptisms. Then on May 10, 1650, he was elected the first definitor of the province, by its discrete to the general chapter, as well as the prior of Jasna Góra. On May 26, 1650, he left for the Hungarian province. As a result of subsequent elections at provincial chapters in July 1653, he became the third provincial definitor and prior of Jasna Góra until February 18, 1657, and from May 1, 1660, the Polish provincial. At the general chapter of Hungary in Máriavölgy, in May 1663, he received, in the fourth decisive vote, half of the votes for the office of general of the order, Fr. Pavel Ivanovich, OSPPE, as senior profession. Father Kordecki was elected vicar general, but he did not accept the election. At the following provincial chapters he was elected: on July 4, 1663, prior of Jasna Góra, on August 3, 1666, vicar of the province and prior of Jasna Góra, on August 12, 1669, prior of Jasna Góra, and on April 7, 1671, provincial of Poland.
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Konstanty Jaroszewski, OSPPE. Body, buried after being transported to Jasna Góra Monastery on March 24, next to the body of Father Grzegorz Terecki, OSPPE, under the altar of St. Antoni the Abbot in the Chapel of St. Paul the First Hermit. In 1704 his remains were moved to the crypt under the Miraculous Picture chapeland placed in a separate urn in the most honorable place: under the altar of Our Lady and marked with the name of Kordecki. Currently, the urn with ashes is located in the second part of the Chapel of Our Lady, in the side wall, behind the glass. He was an exemplary monk, diligent, skillful and preventative in administration. Courageous and humble, and having a special honor and devotion to the Mother of God. It can be added that the monstrance with which he was to lead the procession during the battles with the Swedes is sometimes used only during the most important holidays.
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Bieniaszewicz OSPPE was appointed in his place. After completing the novitiate, he was sent toWieluń , where he taught rhetoric to young people. He made his profession on March 25, 1634, in Jasna Góra on the hands of the provincial, Father Bartłomiej Bolesławski, OSPPE. The next day after making his profession, he received the first tonsure and four minor orders, and on April 1, 1634, he was ordained subdeaconate. Two weeks later, on Holy
Saturday, April 15, 1634, he was deaconated in Gniezno, and on June 10, 1634, he was ordained a priest by the Primate, Archbishop. Jan Wężyk. His reading was then such works as:
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Rydz-Śmigły and Bishop. Field Joseph
Gawlina. During the occupation, the Germans destroyed this stone monument, leaving only a granite fence. Thanks to Fr Konstancjusz KunzOSPPE, prior of Jasna Góra, was built - in cooperation with the parish priest of Iwanowice, Fr. Jan Kaliszewski - designed by prof. Leon Machowski - a new monument to commemorate the 600th anniversary of Jasna Góra on the site of the former. It was solemnly consecrated by Card. Józef Glemp on September 19, 1982. On May 6, 1973, Card. Karol Wojtyła blessed a special plaque in Wieruszów in his honor.
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We urgently need to bear this in mind that we have undertaken to defend the Church of God and the good of the whole dear
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Kordecki came from the Gniezno diocese. He was born to a bourgeois, large family of Marcin and Dorota (he had an older sister Katarzyna and a younger brother Tomasz). His father in the years 1615-1616 was the mayor. On November 16, 1603, he was baptized in the parish church of St. Catherine
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Augustyn Kordecki died, being the provincial during a visit to the monastery in Wieruszów, after fainting in the presence of praying confreres on March 20, 1673, around 4:00 pm. Funeral ceremonies took place the next day. The procession was led by three Paulines with the Prior of Wieruszów,
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Wielgomłyny, Oporów and Pińczów. He was elected prior of Jasna Góra six times. He was the provincial of the Polish province three times. In addition, he ran for the office of general of the order. He was also elected
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Wielgomłyny, where he stayed until December 27, and then returned to Jasna Góra. In October 1642, he appeared as a discrete of the Jasna Góra convent at the provincial chapter. On July 11, 1643, he was entrusted with the function of prior in
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Initially, he was entrusted with educational work, then from mid-December 1635 he was a lecturer at Jasna Góra, and in 1636 he was appointed deputy novice master in forming future Pauline monks. He was entrusted with this function again in October 1642. On October 15 of that year, he performed at
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archives, in which he agreed to surrender the fortress in exchange for a guarantee of the sanctuary's integrity. When he did not receive it, he decided to defend Jasna Góra with arms. He commanded the defense of the Jasna Góra fortress throughout the siege: from November 18 to December 27, 1655.
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The choice of the monastic life path could have been influenced by the Pauline monks they met during their studies. He entered the Pauline Order at the age of 30 and on March 19, 1633, he took the habit from the Provincial Superior, Father Bartłomiej Bolesławski, OSPPE, taking the religious name
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During the Swedish Deluge in 1655, his goal was to protect Jasna Góra from robbery and devastation by the Swedish army. For this purpose, he hid the painting of Our Lady of Częstochowa and placed a copy of it in the chapel. He sent a letter to King Charles X Gustav - now stored in the Stockholm
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and undergoing the novitiate under the direction of Father Adam Preacher OSPPE at Jasna Góra. Due to the epidemic in the fall of 1633, he left Jasna Góra, staying in the monastery farm in Konopiska. The novice master, Father Adam Kaznowiusz OSPPE, fell victim to the epidemic then. Father Tomasz
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Young Clement began his education in 1615 at the local parish school, which he graduated with a very good result, so his parents decided to educate him further. He was a pupil of the Junior High School of St. Mary Magdalene. In the years 1624–1628 he studied philosophy at the Jesuit college in
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On the occasion of his 300th birthday, a commemorative plaque was founded in Iwanowice, in the church where he was baptized. In Szczytniki, on the road leading to Kalisz, a stone monument was founded, consecrated on October 30, 1938, by Cardinal August Hlond, in the presence of Marshal Edward
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the congress of priors and discretes, convened on February 15, 1640, by the then General Father Mikołaj Staszewski, OSPPE, to Jasna Góra, he was elected a representative of the Polish province in Rome for the revision of the monastic constitutions. However, this decision was soon withdrawn.
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in Iwanowice, and the godparents were Maciej, son of the mayor, and Elżbieta Olbińska. At ul. Garbarska 14, in Iwanowice, there is an old wooden hut from the 18th century, which according to tradition is considered to be his birthplace.
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In the opinion of prof. Idzi Panic, Fr Augustine acted in a thoughtful manner and turned out to be an effective defender, and the letter to the Swedish king was intended to delay the attack.
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the enemy will overwhelm our strength, as long as the opportunity permits and the spirit remains in the body, it will always be a glorious and salutary thing to fight boldly for God
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Historical pictures of the lives of saints, blessed and merited to the country with virtue, science, courage and courage, Poles and Polish women
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The Pauline Fathers and the Jasna Góra garrison defend the Jasna Góra fortress during the Swedish Deluge
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made Theophilus Lenartowicz, poet and sculptor. Wacław Przybylski, in turn, made a bas-relief entitled
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Pauline Prior: a historical drama from the 17th century
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