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John Paul II
Before Papacy

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   KAROL JÓSEF WOJTYŁA:
     Born in Wadowice, Kraków, Poland., May 18, 1920.
     - Baptized on June 20, 1920. Lived with his parents at Rynek 2, (now Via Koscielna 7, apt. 4). Later, he and his father moved to Kraków (Via Tyniecka 10).
     - He made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was Confirmed at 18.
     - Ordained Priest in 1946 at Kraków, age 26.
     -  Ordained Bishop in the Cathedral of Wavel, 1958, at age 38.
    - Archbishop of Kraków, 1964, age 46.
     -  Consecrated Cardinal by Pope Paul VI, 1967, age 47.
     - Elected the 264^th Pope on October 16, 1978 at 5:15 p.m. He is the 263^rd Successor of Peter, at age 58.

    Relatives:
    - Father: Karol Wojtyła: Son of a master tailor. Tailor, from 1900 administrative officer of the Austrian army, then lieutenant in the Polish army. He died in 1941.
    - Mother: Emilia Kaczorowska. She died in 1929, when Karol was 9.
    - Brother Edmund: Born on August 27, 1906 in Kraków, physician, worked in Powszechny Hospital in Bielsko. He died in 1932, when Karol was 12.

   Since 1926 he attended the elementary school for boys, and then the prep years of secondary school "Marcin Wadowita" in which during all his classes he achieved the top grades.... during Secondary School he is president of the Society of Mary and made his first pilgrimage to Częstochowa.

    Theatrical performances: The first one in Wadowice in 1934-38. In 1938-39 he joins the "Studio 38", experimental theater group founded by Tadeusz Kudliński.while studying at Jagellonian University, in Kraków.In 1941his first presentation of Król Duch (The Spirit King) by Jiliusz Słowacki.

    Consecration to Mary:
    Young Karol made the Consecration to Mary when he wanted to be a theater artist. And just after making it, a thought came to his mind: "I want to be a priest"... but I don't want to be a priest, he reflected, I want to be a theater artist!... but the thought came back again and again and again... and he became a priest!... and then a Bishop, with the Motto of the Consecration... and then a Pope who choose the same Motto of the Consecration.
    It is the same Motto of the  of the Consecration of St. Luis Maria Grignon de Montfort... following the same order of Redemption: God gave us Jesus through Mary, so now we give everything to Jesus through Mary. So, His "Motto" is "Totus Tuus", "I am all yours, Mary"..."All to Jesus trough Mary"    

    He participates in military training exercises at Hermanice in 1935. In July 1939 military training camp at Ozomla, near Sadowa Wiszna for Polish and Ukraine students. - Second World War begins on Sep.1939.

    The Nazi occupation of Poland closed the University in 1939, and young Karol earns a living and forestalls deportation and imprisonment, as a stone cutter in quarry at Zakrzówek, Kraków...and then in in the Solvay Chemical Plant (1940-1944).

    Begins clandestine studies for the priesthood in 1942 at Kraków's underground Seminary; registers in the Faculty of Theology of the Jagellonian University,  Kraków.  

    John Paul II is possibly the most athletic Pope in history. In his youth, he played soccer as a goal-keeper, took daring swims in the flooded Skawa River, and enjoyed skiing, hiking, mountain climbing and kayaking.

    Hit by an automobile, he was at the hospital from February 29 to March 12, 1944.

    The Russian Armed Forces freed Kraków from Nazi occupation in 1945...Now Communism is in Poland!.

    He begins studies in Rome in 1946, just after his ordination as a Priest. - Registers at the Angelicum University. - Lodging with the Pallottines in Via Pettinari. and then, together with Fr. Starowieyski lives at the Pontifical Belgian College in Via Quirinale 26.
    With Fr. Starowieyski he travels in 1947 to France, Belgium and Holland. In the area of Charleroi he carries out his pastoral activities with the Polish workers.

    His doctoral Thesis in Rome, 1948: "The Problems of Faith in the Works of St. John of the Cross"; earns a doctorate in philosophy. - July,  Returns from Rome to Poland. - He earns a master's degree in theology at the Jagellonian University in Kraków (1942-1946). Earns a doctorate in sacred theology in the Faculty of Theology at the Jagellonian University with highest marks.

    He starts his publications in 1950. Appointed to the Chair of Ethics at the Catholic University of Lublin in 1956

    Ordained Bishop in the Cathedral of Wavel, 1958.

   Dissertation published by the Academy of Sciences of the Catholic University of Lublin: "Evaluation of the Possibility of Constructing a Christian Ethic based on the System of Max Scheler". - First edition of "Love and Responsibility" (ed. by TNKUL), in 1960.       

   Participates in the Second Vatican Council since 1963, making contributions to the documents that would become the Decree on Religious Freedom (Dignitatis Humanae) and the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes), two of the most historic and influential products of the council.

    Metropolitan Bishop of Kraków, in 1963. Archbishop of Kraków, 1964. - September 10, Leaves for the III session of the Second Vatican Council (September 14 - November 21); at its conclusion makes a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, remaining for two weeks.   

    The Episcopal Commission for the Apostolate of the Laity is established; Archbishop Wojtyła is made President, in 1966.

    Consecrated Cardinal in the Sistine Chapel, by Pope Paul VI, 1967.  - Reception ceremony of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa for the purpose of visitation within the Archdiocese of Kraków. The sacred image had been held previously by the authorities in Częstochowa.

   Trip to America and various pastoral visits to different European nations.in 1969-70 - During his visitation to the parish of Corpus Domini he makes a visit to the Jewish Community and to the Synagogue in the Kazimierz section of Kraków. - The Polish Theological Society (PTT) of Krakow publishes "The Acting Person" (Osoba i cyzn).   

    Participates at the beatification of Fr. Maximilian Kolbe. in 1971.

    Opening of the Archdiocesan Synod of Kraków in 1972. - Publishes Foundations of Renewal: A Study on the Implementation of the Second Vatican Council, which reflects his efforts to educate the people of his archdiocese on Vatican II, (Published by PTT)

    Participates in the Eucharistic Congress in Australia in 1973. Stops at Manila (Philippines) and New Guinea. - Visit to Belgium. - Audience with Paul VI -.Visit to France (Paris, Chamonix, Annecy).

    Visit to San Giovanni Rotondo in 1974. He was there for the first time during his student years and met with Padre Pio.

   Gives a paper "Participation or Alienation?" in 1975 an international study seminar of phenomenology in Fribourg.- Visits the German Democratic Republic (DDR).

   In 1977 he gives the spiritual exercises at the Vatican, in the presence of Pope Paul VI, the meditations from which have been published as A Sign of Contradiction. He returns to Kraków on the 16th of March. - Attends congress at the Gregorian University of Rome. He gives the introduction on the phenomenolgy of action. - Visit to the United States and Canada.
    Participates AND presides during the absence of Card. Seper at the third meeting of the Council of the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops.- Gives a lecture entitled "The Problem of Creating Culture Through Human Praxis" at Sacred Heart University of Milan. - Receives a doctorate "honoris causa" from Johannes Guttenberg University, Mainz.

    1978: Present at the funeral of Paul VI. - Conclave begins - John Paul I (Albino Luciani) is elected Pope. - Visits the Federal Republic of Germany with Cardinal Primate Stefan Wyszyński and the Bishops of Stroba and Rubin.
    - October 3-4:  Leaves for the funeral of Pope John Paul I.
    - October 14: Conclave begins.
    - October 16: Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected 264^th Pope at approximately 5:15 p.m. He is the 263^rd Successor of Peter, and takes the name of John Paul II.

 

John Paul II Gallery of Pictures
 

http://www.vatican.va/news
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/30/world/main575864.shtml
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/pope/bio/early/
http://mexicosiemprefiel.com/galeria/categories.php?cat_id=24&page=2

Biography During his Papacy
 

[Salvation]

 

'SPARK FROM HEAVEN': POPE SEEN AS SIGN OF COMING EVENTS AND WAS LINKED TO SEERS

[Salvation]

[rwfromkansas]

Pope kisses Koran

[cicero's_son]

You seem like the kind of person who, had you lived 2000 years ago and had cameras been around at that time, might have posted a picture of Jesus associating with prostitutes and tax-collectors.

[rwfromkansas]

No.....he loved them to change their hearts.

Kissing the Koran isn't what Jesus would have done. He would have loved the Muslims, but not venerated their holy book.

[cicero's_son]

He would have loved the Muslims, but not venerated their holy book.

See, now that's what I love about being a Protestant.

We don't need a Pope when we have you as Christ's representative here on Earth. Thank goodness you know His mind so perfectly and speak for Him with, dare I say it, infallible confidence.

[Okies love Dubya 2]

LOL!

[Salvation]

"Be not afraid"!!!!!

[Petronski]

[smirk]

[Salvation]

World Mourns Passing of John Paul II

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire / Agence France-Presse

Dhaka, Bangladesh / Agence France-Presse

Minsk, Belarus / Reuters

Hamburg,Germany / Reuters

Jakarta, Indonesia / Reuters

Knock, Ireland / The Associated Press

Krakow, Poland / Agence France-Presse

Londong, England /Agence France-Presse

Nagasaki, Japan / Reuters

Damascus, Syria / Agence France-Presse

Vilnius, Lithuania / The Associated Press

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[DoctorMichael]

The two 'Happy Warriors'

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CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR
by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

WHO is the happy Warrior? Who is he
That every man in arms should wish to be?
--It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought
Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought
Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought:
Whose high endeavours are an inward light
That makes the path before him always bright:
Who, with a natural instinct to discern
What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn;
Abides by this resolve, and stops not there,
But makes his moral being his prime care;
Who, doomed to go in company with Pain,
And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train!
Turns his necessity to glorious gain;
In face of these doth exercise a power
Which is our human nature's highest dower;
Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves
Of their bad influence, and their good receives:
By objects, which might force the soul to abate
Her feeling, rendered more compassionate;
Is placable--because occasions rise
So often that demand such sacrifice;
More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure,
As tempted more; more able to endure,
As more exposed to suffering and distress;
Thence, also, more alive to tenderness.
--'Tis he whose law is reason; who depends
Upon that law as on the best of friends;
Whence, in a state where men are tempted still
To evil for a guard against worse ill,
And what in quality or act is best
Doth seldom on a right foundation rest,
He labours good on good to fix, and owes
To virtue every triumph that he knows:
--Who, if he rise to station of command,
Rises by open means; and there will stand
On honourable terms, or else retire,
And in himself possess his own desire;
Who comprehends his trust, and to the same
Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim;
And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait
For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state;
Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall,
Like showers of manna, if they come at all:
Whose powers shed round him in the common strife,
Or mild concerns of ordinary life,
A constant influence, a peculiar grace;
But who, if he be called upon to face
Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined
Great issues, good or bad for human kind,
Is happy as a Lover; and attired
With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired;
And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law
In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw;
Or if an unexpected call succeed,
Come when it will, is equal to the need:
--He who, though thus endued as with a sense
And faculty for storm and turbulence,
Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans
To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes;
Sweet images! which, wheresoe'er he be,
Are at his heart; and such fidelity
It is his darling passion to approve;
More brave for this, that he hath much to love:--
'Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high,
Conspicuous object in a Nation's eye,
Or left unthought-of in obscurity,--
Who, with a toward or untoward lot,
Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not--
Plays, in the many games of life, that one
Where what he most doth value must be won:
Whom neither shape of danger can dismay,
Nor thought of tender happiness betray;
Who, not content that former worth stand fast,
Looks forward, persevering to the last,
From well to better, daily self-surpast:
Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth
For ever, and to noble deeds give birth,
Or he must fall, to sleep without his fame,
And leave a dead unprofitable name--
Finds comfort in himself and in his cause;
And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws
His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause:
This is the happy Warrior; this is He
That every Man in arms should wish to be.

[ops33]

Notice how much education he had, two doctoral degrees. The Catholic church has always placed heavy emphasis on education. I attended Bishop England High School in Charleston, SC for 4 years. While a mediocre student with poor grades I was a little surprised when I went onto college and graduate school at how much more I had been exposed to than fellow students who attended public schools. Even without paying a lot of attention the good Sisters managed to teach me something. And if someone doesn't think that the Catholic church believes in education, try getting into an argument with a Jesuit!! You better know what you are talking about.

[Salvation]

Thanks for that Tribute!

[Salvation]

I agree with you. If I had it to do over again, all my children (5) would attend Catholic School.

[DoctorMichael]

"HAPPY WARRIOR"

I've been meaning to GOOGLE that phrase for awhile. If you believe the results, then the phrase used so often by contemporary editorial pundits may have had its genesis originally from this Wordsworth poem. There doesn't seem to be any widely accepted 'popular' usage of the phrase prior to this.

[radiohead]

Salvation - Did you see the documentary these photos are from? I saw it late last night on EWTN. It was Italian w/subtitles and English voiceover; a year to year review of the Pope's activities from 1993-1997.

It was a real historical review. You got a sense of world history, the Pope's activities (I had not realized the extent of his political activities during this time), and the tremendous healing effect his efforts at apologizing and reconcilliation had on those wronged by the Church.

The Pope's disagreement with the proposed proclamations of the UN, which he felt to be anti-life and anti-family, were especially interesting. I don't even recall him speaking at the UN against these draft documents. So again, it was an interesting documentary in that the extent of his political action was put at the forefront.

I learned quite a lot.

[Siobhan]

[Salvation]

No, I don't have EWTN. Bah! I bet it was great.

I don't know, however, if everyone knows that you can go to ewtn.com

and then find the video audio link and select the choices that go with your computer. You can then watch EWTN on your computer as you type.

[Salvation]

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