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    Jan Franciszek Macha

    Jan Franciszek Macha was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. Macha was once rejected for ecclesial studies so studied law for some months before being accepted as a seminarian. He was ordained just months before the outbreak of World War II and was assigned to a parish church as a vicar on 1 September 1939 just as the Nazi forces invaded Poland in an attack that sparked the conflict. Macha aided student and scout activities and set about providing material assistance to families who lost sons and husbands to the war. He was arrested in 1942 and was moved from prison to prison before being executed by the guillotine. Pope Francis beatified Macha on 20 November 2021. Wikipedia

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    Jan Franciszek Macha (18 January 1914 - 3 December 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. [1] [2] [3] Macha was once rejected for ecclesial studies so studied law for some months before being accepted as a seminarian.He was ordained just months before the outbreak of World War II and was assigned to a parish church as a vicar on 1 September 1939 just as the Nazi forces invaded Poland in an ...
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    Jan Franciszek (John Francis) Macha, known as Hanik, was born on Jan. 18, 1914, in Chorzów Stary, a village in the southern Polish province of Silesia. He had two sisters and a brother. Trending
  5. catholicworldreport.com

    Jan Franciszek Macha was born in Chorzów Stary in Upper Silesia on January 18, 1914, the first child of ironworker Paweł and his wife Anna; in total, they would have six children, two of whom ...
  6. catholic365.com

    Jul 16, 2023Barely anyone pays attention to it. However, it was a sign of Father Jan's possible fate. Nazis invade Poland. The Nazis invaded Poland at 4:45 a.m. on September 1, 1939. At the same time, Father Jan Macha was beginning his priestly ministry as an assistant pastor in St. Joseph's parish in Ruda.
  7. catholicherald.com

    Pilgrims dressed in traditional clothing pose near an image of Fr. Jan Franciszek Macha outside Christ the King Cathedral in Katowice, Poland, Nov. 20. The 28-year-old Polish priest was beatified that day inside the cathedral, 79 years after he was guillotined by the country's Nazi occupiers for links with the underground resistance.
  8. catholicnewsagency.com

    Fr. Jan Macha will be declared blessed at a Mass on Nov. 20 in the Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice, southern Poland. The Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of ...
  9. detroitcatholic.com

    Blessed Jan Macha "died, like the grain of wheat, killed by a Nazi system full of hatred for those who sow goodness," said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Saints' Causes. "In a divided society, where individualism and selfishness seem to assert themselves due to a lack of authentic and sincere relationships ...
  10. saintforaminute.com

    Blessed Jan Franciszek Macha, also known as Father Jan Macha, was born on 18 January 1914 in Chrozów, Poland, as one of four children to Pawel Macha and Anna Cofalka. From an early age, Jan felt a strong calling to the priesthood, and despite facing initial rejection from the seminary in 1933, he persevered and was accepted the following year.

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