Honorat da Biała

Blessed
Honorat from Biała
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Priest
BornFlorentyn Wacław Koźmiński
(1829-10-16)16 October 1829
Biała Podlaska, Lubelskie, Congress Poland
Died16 December 1916(1916-12-16) (aged 87)
Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, Mazowieckie, Vistula Land
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified16 October 1988, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast13 October
AttributesFranciscan habit

Blessed Honorat from Biała (16 October 1829 – 16 December 1916), born Florentyn Wacław Koźmiński,[1] was a Polish priest and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who went on to establish sixteen religious congregations.[2][3] He served as a teacher before reinvigorating clandestine religious orders that the Russian Empire had suppressed during their occupation in Polish borders. He collaborated with a number of individuals in this venture and he prompted the Third Order of Saint Francis to people.[2][3]

His beatification cause culminated on 16 October 1988 after Pope John Paul II beatified the friar in Saint Peter's Square.[2]

Life

Honorat Koźmínski was born on 16 October 1829 in Lubelskie as the second son to Stefan Koźmínski and Aleksandra Kahlów (or Kahlowa); he was baptized that month as "Florentyn Wacław Jan Stefan".[2][3]

He suffered a religious crisis in his late childhood at age eleven which did not reignite within him until 15 August 1846 during his later imprisonment.[2] He received his first formation in Płock and then studied architecture in Warsaw at the Fine Arts School from 1844 after having graduated from school. His father died in 1845.[3] It was there on 23 April 1846 that the Russian troops arrested him upon accusing him of taking part in a secret patriotic organization. It was in the Warsaw Citadel prison that his religious vocation matured but he contracted typhus which forced his release from prison on 27 February 1847.[2] On 21 December 1848 entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in their convent in Lubartów and commenced his novitiate after vesting in the habit and receiving his new religious name. He made his initial profession of vows on 21 December 1849 before being sent to undergo a philosophical course in Lublin in 1849. He made his solemn profession of vows on 18 December 1850 and was then sent in 1851 to Warsaw for a theological course that he graduated from in 1852. Koźmínski received his ordination to the priesthood on 27 December 1852 in Warsaw from its archbishop Antoni Fijałowski.[3]

The new priest first served as a lecturer in Warsaw from 1853 to 1855 before aiding in the founding of the Felician Sisters. Even in the hostile climate that the Russian occupants created against the Latin Church it was Koźmínski who carried out his apostolate in secret. He was moved to two different cities after the Russians decreed the abolition of religious orders in 1863. He gave life to numerous clandestine religious communities. From 1892 he was stationed in Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą where he became a popular and sought-after confessor and spiritual director.[2] He became a vocal advocate for the Third Order of Saint Francis and encouraged people to join them.[3]

In 1905 he suffered ill health that prompted him to step back from his apostolate until he managed to recover. Koźmínski died on 16 December 1916 after suffering from a painful ailment. His collected writings include 42 volumes of sermons and 21 volumes of letters.[2][3]

Religious orders

Kozminski founded or co-founded a total of sixteen different religious congregations. Those orders are:

  • Secular Institute of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
  • Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Lithuania
  • Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God (1881)
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Suffering (1882)
  • Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (1883)
  • Vestiarki Sisters of Jesus
  • Sisters Servants of Jesus (1884)
  • Daughters of the Most Pure Heart of Mary (1885)
  • Sisters of the Sacred Name of Jesus (1887)
  • Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1888)
  • Reparatrix Sisters of the Holy Face (1888)
  • Auxiliary Sisters of the Atoning Souls (1889)
  • Daughters of Mary Immaculate (1891)
  • Sons of Our Lady of Sorrows
  • Sisters Consolers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1894)
  • Sisters Servants of the Mother of the Good Shepherd (1895)

Other orders that he either founded or co-founded were later disbanded:

  • Servants of the Paralytics
  • Adorers for Supplication
  • Evangelical Ladies
  • Housekeepers of the Holy Family
  • Daughters of the Mother of God
  • Marian Society of Priests
  • Congregation of Saint Martha
  • Valetudinarian Sisters

Beatification

The beatification cause for the late friar was conducted in the Warsaw archdiocese from 7 April 1949 until 12 January 1951 at which point the investigation turned to his writings. His writings received theological approval on 5 April 1974 before the formal introduction to his cause came on 7 February 1983. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints validated the informative process on 1 February 1985 before receiving the Positio dossier from the postulation in 1986; that September theologians approved the dossier. The C.C.S. members approved the cause also on 3 February 1987. One month later on 16 March he was named as Venerable after Pope John Paul II confirmed his heroic virtue.

The miracle leading to his beatification was investigated in Poland in an investigation that moved to Rome; the C.C.S. validated this process twice on 1 February 1985 and on 30 April 1987 before a medical board approved the miraculous nature of the healing on 14 October 1987. Theologians also confirmed this miracle on 4 March 1988 as did the C.C.S. two months later on 17 May. John Paul II confirmed this miracle on 1 September and beatified Koźmínski on 16 October in Saint Peter's Square.

The current postulator for this cause is the Capuchin friar Carlo Calloni.

Bibliographical resources

  • Luciana Mirri (Editor) (2003). Il beato Onorato Koźmiński. Uomo di sapienza e santità. Atti del convegno, Lublino 23-24 ottobre 1998. Rome: Istituto Storico dei Cappuccini. ISBN 88-88001-16-6.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

References

  1. ^ Catholic University of America (2003). New Catholic Encyclopedia: Jud-Lyo. Gale virtual reference library. Thomson/Gale. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-7876-4004-0. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Beato Onorato (Venceslao) Kasminsky". Santi e Beati. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Blessed Honoratus of Biała". All Saints & Martyrs. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

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