Blessed Alfons Maria Mazurek

Also known as

• Alfons Maria of the Holy Spirit
• Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit
• Joseph Mazurek
• Józef Mazurek

Memorial

• 28 August
• 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

Profile

Discalced Carmelite friar, taking the name Alfons Maria of the Holy Spirit. Ordained in July 1916. Teacher and noted administrator. Professor at the Carmelite minor seminary. Prefect of the seminary. Prior of the Carmelite monastery at Czerna, Poland in 1930. Under his leadership, the house renewed their evangelization work in the community. Murdered by Nazis for being a Christian leader. One of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.

Born

• 1 March 1891 at Baranówka, Lubelskie, Poland as Józef Mazurek

Died

• beaten then shot on 28 August 1944 in Nawojowa Góra, Malopolskie, Poland

Venerated

• 26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Alfons, contact
     Postulacja Generalna Procesu Meczenników Kosciola w Polsce
     ul. Karnkowskiego 3
     87-800 Wloclawek, POLAND

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

Readings

All our sanctity and perfection consists in conforming ourselves to the will of God, which is the sole and supreme rule of perfection and of holiness. - Blessed Alfons

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Alfons Maria Mazurek”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 March 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-alfons-maria-mazurek/>