Jan was born on May 15, 1850, in Beyzymy Wielkie in Wolyń as the oldest child in the family of Counts Jan and Olga Beyzym. Jan, till he was thirteen, and his siblings were educated at home at the mansion house of Onatskovtsy. When his father was sentenced to death (in absentia) for taking part […]
The fragment of the second letter sent by Father Beyzym from Madagascar.
Antananarivo, February 1899. […] We happily sailed to Majunga (Madagascar’s port). In Majunga our captain was ordered to disembark all the passengers to Tamatave, as there was the plague there. Well, I had to disembark with my entire luggage. I had lots of pieces of luggage with me, for Provincial had sent from Toulouse plenty […]
THE LOVE FOR THE CROSS OF JESUS
“Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me” (Mt 10, 38). Father Beyzym followed Our Lord with his cross without fail. This was the cross of the daily reality. He often wrote in his letters: “There is no crown without a cross”; “There is no progress without a […]
BELIEF IN THE INTERCESSION OF THE SAINTS AND THE ANGELS
Father Beyzym’s faith was very humble. He did not confide in himself, his services or merits, he sought help in others: on earth and in heavens. In the very beginning of his work for the lepers and being aware of their and his misery (and having no penny to his name) he understood the necessity […]
PRAYER IN FATHER BEYZYM’S LIFE
Father Beyzym prayed, asked for a prayer and strongly believed in its effectiveness. His letters to Father Marcin Czerminski, Krakow Carmelites and other people were full of appeals for a prayer, thanks for a prayer and assurance in praying for them. There was not a letter where the prayer was not mentioned. From his letters […]