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Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863. He was founder of both the Albertine Brothers and Albertine Sisters who are servants of the homeless and destitute.
By 1887, Chmielowski had decided to abandon his career, to live among the poor and needy and to accept a beggar's life and lifestyle. On 25 August of that year, the feast of the patron saint of the order, Louis, King of France , he became a member of the Third Order of St. Francis , publicly wearing the traditional gray habit of the order and ...
Therefore, the Society of Christ built the Saint Brother Albert Chmielowski Polish Mission from the foundations up. In 1976, Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken of San Francisco established the Polish Mission of St. Adalbert. Its purpose was to provide permanent ministry in the native language to those Poles living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Upon the completion of his year of novitiate on the same feast in 1888, Albert Chmielowski was allowed to profess religious vows.At that time, he gathered other men who had expressed interest in sharing his commitment and established the Brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis, Servants of the Poor, in 1888.
Saint Albert of Trapani (c. 1240–1307), Sicilian priest – also known as Albert of Sicily and Alberto degli Abbati; Saint Albert Chmielowski (1845–1916), Polish founder of the Albertine Brothers – also known as Adam Chmielowski, Brat Albert (Brother Albert), Brother of Our Lord, Brother of Our God, and Our God's Brother
Albert Chmielowski (Albert) (1845–1916), Founder of the Brothers of the Third Order of Saint Francis, Servants of the Poor (Albertine Brothers) and the Sisters Servants of the Poor (Albertine Sisters) (Igołomia-Wawrzeńczyce – Kraków, Poland) Declared "Venerable": 20 January 1977; Beatified: 22 June 1983 by Pope John Paul II
Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863. He was founder of both the Albertine Brothers and Albertine Sisters who are servants of the homeless and destitute.
Chmielowski (Polish pronunciation: [xmjɛˈlɔfski]; feminine: Chmielowska, plural: Chmielowscy) is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Chmielowski (1845–1916), Polish Catholic saint; Benedykt Chmielowski (1700–1753), Polish priest; Claudia Chmielowska (born 1998), Polish gymnast