{"id":82266,"date":"2025-05-30T14:10:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/polonia-giubileo-dargento-sacerdotale\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:48:12","slug":"polonia-giubileo-dargento-sacerdotale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/polonia-giubileo-dargento-sacerdotale\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland: 25\u1d57\u02b0 Anniversary of Priesthood"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, some friars from Poland, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine, Italy, Peru, and Paraguay gathered in Cracow to celebrate their silver jubilee of priesthood. They were ordained twenty-five years ago in the Basilica of St. Francis by the Most Reverend Edward BIA\u0141OG\u0141OWSKI, then Auxiliary Bishop of Rzesz\u00f3w, Poland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sixteen confreres celebrated their jubilee, namely: Friars Dariusz BARNA, Pawe\u0142 CHMURA, Rados\u0142aw D\u0141UGI, Roman GA\u017d\u00daR, Jan JANUS, Stanis\u0142aw KAWA, Robert KIE\u0141TYKA, Oleksandr LYTVYNYUK, Dariusz MAZUREK, Piotr MICA\u0141, Jacek MICHNO, Janusz NOWAK, Tomasz PAWLIK, Pawe\u0142 SROKA, Lucjan SZCZEPA\u0143SKI, and Sebastian TRACZ.
\nThe Minister Provincial of the Province of St. Anthony of Padua and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow), Friar Mariusz KOZIO\u0141, presided over the solemn Mass of Thanksgiving. Friar Piotr GRYZIEC delivered the homily. He was the former formator, teacher, and Rector of the jubilarians.
\nIn his homily, Friar Mariusz, referring to statistical data, said that the average life expectancy for men in Poland last year was about seventy-five. Moreover, this lifespan can be divided into three roughly equal parts. \u201cThe first twenty-five years,\u201d explained Friar Mariusz, \u201care a time of growing up, learning, gaining experience, and preparing for life….The next twenty-five years are a time of intense work – for those called to the priesthood \u2013 this means the work of catechesis, pastoral care, mission, and evangelization. When entering the final, third phase of life, one has a wealth of experience to draw on later, but also to share. It is also a good time to reflect on what one has achieved in life and what one can still do.\u201d
\nToward the end of his homily, he referred to the liturgical readings proclaimed throughout the Church on this day and called attention to two tips that the jubilarians could take from St. Paul: \u201cThe first is that the apostle used every situation to offer praise and prayer to the Lord. Even when he was in prison. May prayer never be lacking in your priestly life, especially prayers of praise and adoration….The second is that St. Paul took every opportunity to preach the Gospel and the teachings of Christ….Prayer first, teaching second.\u201d
\nAt the conclusion of his homily, he encouraged the friars: \u201cDear brothers, looking to the tireless Apostle Paul and remaining open to the action of the Holy Spirit, go forth and proclaim the Gospel to the world, because today\u2019s world needs nothing more for its survival than the Word of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.\u201d
\nA commemorative prayer card was made for the jubilarians featuring the words of the Canticle of the Creatures,<\/em> composed by St. Francis of Assisi eight hundred years ago: \u201cPraise and bless my Lord and give Him thanks and serve Him with great humility.\u201d
\n<\/em>The next day, the friars visited the Poor Clares in Cracow to celebrate Mass for them. Afterwards, they traveled to the Shrine-Basilica of the Passion of Christ and Mother of God in Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska\u2014the place where they once underwent their novitiate formation and learned how to live as religious.<\/p>\n

Friar Jan M. SZEWEK<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, some friars from Poland, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine, Italy, Peru, and Paraguay gathered in Cracow to celebrate their silver jubilee of priesthood. They were ordained twenty-five years ago in the Basilica of St. Francis by the Most Reverend Edward BIA\u0141OG\u0141OWSKI, then Auxiliary Bishop of Rzesz\u00f3w, Poland. Sixteen confreres celebrated their jubilee, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,115,148],"tags":[1773],"class_list":["post-82266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-federations","category-femo-en","category-news","tag-poland-cracow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95241,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82266\/revisions\/95241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}