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Bl. Honorat Koźmiński

Founder of the Congregation of Felician Sisters -I

Current Church statusBlessed
Feast / commemorationOctober 13
Remembered asFounder of the Congregation of Felician Sisters -I
BirthplaceBiała Podlaska
Country / regionPoland
Period1829–1916
Religious familyOrder of Friars Minor Capuchin

Life and historical setting

Honorat Koźmiński (1829–1916) is remembered in the Church as founder of the Congregation of Felician Sisters -I. The supplied Catholic source associates this life with Biała Podlaska.

Documented offices and forms of service associated with Honorat Koźmiński include Catholic priest, Catholic theologian, religious. The religious family connected with this vocation is Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

Honorat Koźmiński was arrested and imprisoned in the Warsaw Citadel in 1845. Honorat Koźmiński later became ill with typhoid.

Honorat Koźmiński was ordained in 1852. The founding of were subordinated to the bishops in 1908 became part of Honorat Koźmiński's lasting work.

The enduring witness of Honorat Koźmiński is especially connected with teaching and sacred learning, religious life and community, and founding and renewal. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Vocation and witness

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Teaching and sacred learning

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Religious life and community

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Founding and renewal

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Family and lay vocation

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Courageous public witness

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Faithful endurance

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Spiritual legacy

The enduring witness of Honorat Koźmiński is especially connected with teaching and sacred learning, religious life and community, and founding and renewal. Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

Prayerful reflection

God of holiness, through the witness of Honorat Kozminski, strengthen us in steadfast prayer, trust in God, and hope during sorrow or uncertainty. Keep our attention fixed on Jesus Christ, and teach us to answer grace faithfully in the duties, relationships, and needs placed before us. Amen.

Historical and liturgical note

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Dates, offices, and institutions are presented as biographical facts, while later devotional interpretation is kept distinct from the historical outline.

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