Being a humble person, attributing to himself nothing but sins and considering himself undeserving, Father Beyzym felt showered by Our Lord ad His Holy Mother, by people and benefactors (especially from Poland) with gifts. He was deeply and movingly grateful in his humbleness. Every gift, even the smallest, evoked the impulse of gratitude in him. […]
CELEBRATION IN MARANA
The 12th of October is a unique holiday in Marana. It is a liturgical commemoration of Father Jan Beyzym, who has been serving the lepers on Madagascar for more than 13 years. He served the poorest of the poor, the outcasts, people deprived of the human dignity and marginalized. It was Father who built the […]
FATHER BEYZYM. THE LOVE FOR THE HOMELAND
One of the most acute and heartbreaking “splints of Our Lord’s Cross” for Father Beyzym was his homesickness. He missed his native country, Chyriv boarding school, Krakow and Krakow Carmels. Being the only Pole on Madagascar, he yearned for the Polish language and cheered up when he got and wrote the letters to his friends. […]
THE INVITATION TO MARANA
Marana is neither a city nor a village. People would call such settlements “the place of isolation”. It is the place where only the lepers live. Why is it called Marana? What can the word mean? Well, there is no such a word in the Malagasy language. The local legend says that Marana was the […]
FATHER BEYZYM’S SJ LOVE TO THE SOCIETY OF JESUS AND GALICIA PROVINCE
Father Beyzym loved his religious vocation. He loved it in the context of his belonging to the Society of Jesus and Galicia Province (Polish Province in other words). Loving his vocation, he loved his Order. Father was ready for anything, even for “the thousand of deaths”, but for the leaving of the Society, as he […]