Dec. 13, Bl. Pius Bartosik, Priest, Conventual religious, Martyr 1941 Ludwik Bartosik was born on August 21st, 1909, at Kokanin, near Kalisz. He was the firstborn of Wojciech, shoemaker, and Wiktoria …More
Dec. 13, Bl. Pius Bartosik, Priest, Conventual religious, Martyr 1941
Ludwik Bartosik was born on August 21st, 1909, at Kokanin, near Kalisz. He was the firstborn of Wojciech, shoemaker, and Wiktoria Tomczyk. His parents were very poor. Thanks to the efforts of the family, of the acquaintances and of the parish priest of the village, the young Ludwik was so well intellectually prepared that he could begin his studies in the gymnasium "Tadeusz Kosciuszko" of Kalisz. Here, he attended the classes of the inferior gymnasium.
In 1926 he was accepted in the Conventual Franciscan Order. He began his novitiate on September 7th, 1926, at Kalwaria Paclawska, near Przemyl, and at Pagiewniki, near Lodz. He received the name Pius. On September 8th, 1927, he pronounced his temporary vows. He started his studies again in the Franciscan minor seminary, at first at Sanok and then in Lwow (now Lviv, Ukraine), crowning them in 1931 with a diploma. Afterwards, he began to study philosophy and theology in …More
Ludwik Bartosik was born on August 21st, 1909, at Kokanin, near Kalisz. He was the firstborn of Wojciech, shoemaker, and Wiktoria Tomczyk. His parents were very poor. Thanks to the efforts of the family, of the acquaintances and of the parish priest of the village, the young Ludwik was so well intellectually prepared that he could begin his studies in the gymnasium "Tadeusz Kosciuszko" of Kalisz. Here, he attended the classes of the inferior gymnasium.
In 1926 he was accepted in the Conventual Franciscan Order. He began his novitiate on September 7th, 1926, at Kalwaria Paclawska, near Przemyl, and at Pagiewniki, near Lodz. He received the name Pius. On September 8th, 1927, he pronounced his temporary vows. He started his studies again in the Franciscan minor seminary, at first at Sanok and then in Lwow (now Lviv, Ukraine), crowning them in 1931 with a diploma. Afterwards, he began to study philosophy and theology in …More