Published: 2023-03-02

„Martyrologium Romanum” as Preservation of Martyrs’lives – „the Poznan Five”. Spirituality of the New Blessed

Władysław Nowak
Seminare. Learned Investigations
Section: Theology
https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2008.25.06

Abstract

On June 13, 1999 Pope John Paul II beatified 108 clergy and lay people for martyrdom suffered during Poland's violent occupation by Nazi German forces during World War II. This article shows five of the martyrs – Czeslaw Jozwiak, Edward Kazmierski, Franciszek Kesy, Edward Klinik and Jarogniew Wojciechowski. All of them were associated with Salesians and were involved as leaders in the Salesian Youth Center in Poznan. Author presents their spiritual ways and martyrdom and points them out as role models for young Christians in 21 century.

Keywords:

martyrdom, martyrs of World War II, blessed, Poznańska Piątka, Salesian oratory, Salesians, Poznań

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Nowak , W. (2023). „Martyrologium Romanum” as Preservation of Martyrs’lives – „the Poznan Five”. Spirituality of the New Blessed. Seminare. Learned Investigations, 25, 59–76. https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2008.25.06

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