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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 ...
The founder Adam Chmielowski (1845-1916), later known as Saint Brother Albert, came from an aristocratic Polish family. Orphaned at a young age, he grew up expecting to take responsibility for the family estates and studied agriculture.
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.
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
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.
Maria Jabłońska (13 June 1878 – 23 September 1940) - in religious Bernardyna - was a Polish Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Sisters Servants of the Poor (1891) that she founded alongside Albert Chmielowski. [1] [2] [3] Her beatification was celebrated on 6 June 1997 in Poland.
C. Filippo Castaldi; Caziel; Józef Cempla; Maximilian Cercha; Jan Chełmiński; Józef Chełmoński; Stanisław Chlebowski; Albert Chmielowski; Daniel Chodowiecki