ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 1st of January
SAINT ZYGMUNT GORAZDOWSKI, PRIEST AND FOUNDER
Zygmunt Gorazdowski (Sigismund Gorazdowski), Polish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, was born on November 1, 1845 in Sanok, Ukraine. His family lived their Catholic faith most seriously, and Zygmunt grew up in this deeply religious environment. He suffered from tuberculosis during his childhood which impeded his studies for the priesthood, requiring him to take time off in order to recover. He was ordained on July 21, 1871 in Lviv Cathedral and celebrated his first Mass on July 30 in the church of the Benedictine Sisters at Przemyśl.
Until 1877 he served as the parish vicar and the administrator at Wojniłów and Bukaczowce and then later at Gródek Jagielloński and Zydaczow. During a cholera outbreak he tended to the sick and he also laid out the bodies of the dead despite the great risk of contagion. All along he also set up homes for orphans, single mothers, soup kitchens, hospices, "St Joseph's Polish-German Catholic School," and still found time to write a catechism and a number of religious pamphlets for the benefit of the faithful.
Fr Gorazdowski went to his eternal reward on January 1, 1920. The Sisters of St Joseph continue in the charism entrusted to them by their Founder. They currently work in eight countries with the poor, sick and suffering, and serve in the field of education.
Fr Gorazdowski was beatified on June 26, 2001 and canonised on October 23, 2005.
Sources:
https://dbpedia.org/page/Zygmunt_Gorazdowski
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Gorazdowski
https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20051023_gorazdowski_en.html
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Zygmunt may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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