Bienheureux Antonin
Bajewski
Franciscain martyr à
Auschwitz (+ 1941)
Né à Vilnius en 1915, Jan Eugène Bajewski prend l'habit franciscain en 1934 et le nom de Antonin. Il est ordonné en 1939 et est vicaire de Maximilien Kolbe. Arrêté en même temps que Maximilien Kolbe et Boniface Zukowski en 1941, jeté en prison à Varsovie, il donne ses rations aux autres prisonniers et les encourage. Il est transféré à Auschwitz, attrape la fièvre typhoïde et y meurt épuisé le 8 mai 1941. Béatifié par Jean-Paul II le 13 juin 1999.
Au camp de concentration d'Oswiecin, près de Cracovie en Pologne, l'an 1941, le
bienheureux Antonin Bajewski, prêtre franciscain conventuel et martyr.
Compagnon de saint Maximilien Kolbe, il fut arrêté et détenu en captivité avec
lui et mourut à la suite des conditions de détention inhumaines.
Martyrologe romain
Blessed Jan Eugeniusz
Bajewski
Also
known as
Antonin Bajewski
prisoner 12764
12
June as one of the 108
Martyrs of World War II
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Member of the Franciscan Conventuals,
taking the name Antonin. Priest.
Worked with Saint Maximilian
Kolbe. Imprisoned, tortured and executed by
the Nazis for
the crime of being a Catholic priest. Martyr.
Born
17
January 1915 in
Vilnius, Lithuania
8 May 1941 in
the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) death camp, Malopolskie, occupied Poland
26
March 1999 by Pope John
Paul II (decree of martyrdom
13
June 1999 by Pope John
Paul II
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Blessed Martyrs of
Niepokalanów
Ludwik Bartosik
Ludwik Bartosik was born
on August 21, 1909, at Kokanin, near Kalisz. He was the firstborn of
Wojciech, shoemaker, and Wiktoria Tomczyk. His parents were very poor. Thanks
to the efforts of the family, of their acquaintances and of the parish priest
of the village, the young Ludwik was so well intellectually prepared that he
could begin his studies in the gymnasium “Tadeusz Kosciuszko” of Kalisz, where
he attended classes.
In 1926 he was accepted
in the Conventual Franciscan Order. He began his novitiate on September 7,
1926, at Kalwaria Paclawska, receiving the name Pius. On September 8, 1927, he
pronounced his temporary vows. He started his studies again in the Franciscan
minor seminary, at first at Sanok and then in Lwow (now Lviv, Ukraine),
crowning them in 1931 with a diploma. Afterward, he began to study philosophy
and theology in the major seminary of Krakow, where the Bishop Stanislaw
Rospond ordained him a priest on June 23, 1935.
His first destination was
the friary of Krosno, where he distinguished himself for his devotion and especially
for his dedicated ministry in the confessional. In August 1936 he was transferred
to Niepokalanów, by explicit request of Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, just elected
guardian of that friary, after six years of mission in Japan. Perceiving in
Father Pius a lot of spiritual and intellectual qualities, Father Kolbe
entrusted him with many tasks of responsibility, appointing him editor of the
monthly magazines Rycerz Niepokalanej (The Knight of the Immaculata,
1936-39), Rycerzyk Niepokalanej (The Little Knight of the Immaculata,
1937- 38) and the quarterly review in Latin Miles Immaculatae (1938-39).
Father Bartosik wrote many articles and a book with a Marian theme, which remain
in print. The friars remember Father Pius as a thoughtful priest, who spent a lot
of time in the confessional, and treated his collaborators with extraordinary
kindness and respect.
Martyrdom
On September 19, 1939,
the Germans arrested him together with St. Maximilian Kolbe and about forty
confreres, and he spent nearly three months in the prison camps of Lamsdorf,
Amtitz, and Ostrzeszow. He patiently bore hunger and sufferings, repeating:
“Until now we wrote and told others how to bear suffering, now it is our turn
to experience all this, otherwise what value could our words have?”
On February 17, 1941, he
was arrested for the second time, together with Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, Fr. Antonin
Bajewski and other two friars, and taken to Warsaw in the Pawiak prison, where
he patiently bore every mistreatment. During Holy Week, on April 4, 1941, he
was transported with Father Antonin to Auschwitz, where he was registered with
the number 12832. At the beginning, he was assigned to building works.
Afterward, because of his bodily breakdown, a skin infection and a painful
injury to the leg, he was sent to the hospital of the “lager.” There, with
extreme dedication, he helped the other patients, cleaned their wounds,
assisted them both bodily and spiritually, above all with the sacrament of
Penance. He repeated: “The sufferings of this moment can’t be compared with the
future glory, with the future happiness that we are going to have near God, in
Heaven.”
Father Pius,
notwithstanding his severe sufferings, patiently bore the situation that he was
compelled to undergo. He died, after receiving Extreme Unction by Fr. Konrad
Szweda, in the night between the 12th and 13th of December, 1941. “So died the
editor of the Rycerz Niepokalanej, of the Rycerzyk
Niepokalanej and of the Miles Immaculatae, a knight of the
Immaculata and an authentic apostle of suffering, as he was called in the
concentration camp. He got through the most terrible torments with heroic patience,
following the example of the divine Master Jesus Christ, crucified for our
salvation. ‘Blessed are they that suffer, for theirs is the kingdom of
Heaven!’” With these words, ends the testimony of Fr. Konrad Szweda,
ex-prisoner of Auschwitz and Dachau.
Father Pius was
proclaimed “blessed” by Pope John Paul II on June 13, 1999.
Jan Eugeniusz
Jan Eugeniusz was born at
Vilnius on January 17, 1915, the only child of Jan and Aniela Wilkowska. His
parents were well-to-do. He was baptized on March 14, 1918, in the parish
church of the Holy Spirit, at Vilnius.
After the middle school
certificate, he continued his studies, at first in the royal gymnasium J.
Lelewel and then in the classical gymnasium A. Mickiewicz, also in Vilnius. He
was a very gifted person. He could speak fluently several languages. On June
16, 1933, he obtained a diploma and decided to consecrate himself to God, in spite
of his family’s resistance. This is what he wrote about that period of his
life: “In 1933, after the school diploma, I was faced with a dilemma: to become
a friar or a diocesan priest. As some of my classmates came from the diocesan
seminary, and I often went to visit them, I opted for the second solution even
if in my heart I was more inclined to a religious Order.” So he began to study
in the major seminary of the Diocese of Vilnius. However, his vocation for the
religious life was so strong that, after one year of studies, he left the
diocesan seminary and entered the Conventual Franciscan Order. He was accepted
in the Polish Province on August 17, 1934, and on September 1st of the same
year he received the Franciscan habit and the name Antonin. He spent his novitiate
in Niepokalanów, where he pronounced the temporary vows on September 2, 1935.
Afterward, he started again to study theology in the Franciscan seminary of
Krakow. He crowned his religious formation with perpetual profession on November
1, 1938, and priestly ordination on May 1, 1939. His first destination was
Niepokalanów, where he arrived on July 2, 1939. Very soon the guardian of the
friary, Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, chose him as his second substitute, that is, the
second vicar of the friary.
The brethren of his
community remember Fr. Antonin Bajewski as a generous priest, who distinguished
himself for his deep faith, devotion, spirit of prayer and gentleness toward
others. Because of his weak health, Father Antonin spent the first months after
his arrival in Niepokalanów in the nursing home, called “Lasek,” a couple of
kilometers from the friary. Here, he was staying at the outbreak of the Second
World War, on September 1, 1939. When the Germans, on September 19th, arrested
and deported almost all the friars who remained in the friary of Niepokalanów,
those who resided in the “Lasek,” including Father Antonin, avoided the
imprisonment.
Martyrdom
However, later he could
not avoid the arrest. On February 17, 1941, the Gestapo arrested him, together
with Father Maximilian, Fr. Pius Bartosik and other two friars from
Niepokalanów, and he was detained in the Pawiak prison, in Warsaw. During his
stay in that prison, Father Antonin encouraged his fellow prisoners, showing
great patience, inviting them to behave correctly and offering them his
rations of food. While in prison, he continued to wear the Franciscan habit,
although it was the cause of additional ill treatment by the SS. In the night
between the 4th and 5th of April 1941, he was transported with Father Pius to
Auschwitz, where he was tattooed with the number 12764. When he arrived in the
“lager,” he was brutally beaten by the SS with the Franciscan rosary he wore on
his side.
Besides these
mistreatments, Father Antonin suffered because he became ill with abdominal
typhus. In spite of his disease, he devoted himself to the patients of the
“lager,” as the good Samaritan, giving them bodily and spiritual help, above
all through the sacrament of Confession, seriously risking his life. He patiently
bore the sufferings of life in the “lager,” often repeating: “I’m nailed to the
cross together with Christ.”
Exhausted by hard labor,
Father Antonin died in Auschwitz on May 8, 1941, on the day dedicated to the
martyr St. Stanislaus. Before his death, he said to Fr. Konrad Szweda, who had
heard his last confession, “Tell my brethren of Niepokalanów that I died here,
faithful to Christ and Mary.” He died with the names of Jesus and Mary on his
lips.
Father Antonin was
proclaimed “blessed” by Pope John Paul II on June 13, 1999.
Piotr Zukowski
Piotr Zukowski was born
on January 13, 1913, at Baran-Rapa, a village populated by the lower middle
class, in the parish of Niemenczyn, in the province of Vilnius. The son of
Andrzej and Albina Walkiewicz. After the first four years of primary school at
Rudowiek, he stayed at home to help his parents in the farm work. When he was
sixteen, he entered the Conventual Franciscan Order in Niepokalanów, where he
arrived on September 9, 1930. He began his novitiate on June 14, 1931, and he
pronounced his temporary vows on July 16, 1932, receiving the name Bonifacy. On
August 2, 1935, he made his perpetual profession. Before it, the then-guardian
of the friary, Father Florian Koziura, wrote in his report: “A good person from
every point of view. I wish there were others like him!”
Friar Bonifacy spent his
whole religious life in Niepokalanów, carrying out many tasks of responsibility
in the printing works, devoting himself in this way to the apostolate of the
printed word. He was quiet, serene, a well-balanced friar.
After the outbreak of the
war, he remained in the friary and he safely put away the typographical
machines, seriously running the risk of losing his life. He was a brave person
and sometimes he showed it, in his conversations with the German occupants.
Martyrdom
On October 14, 1941, he
was arrested by the Gestapo, together with other six friars, including Friar
Tymoteusz Trojanowski, and shut up in the Pawiak prison in Warsaw. During the
imprisonment, he often said the Rosary and in the evening, with the other
friars, he sang religious hymns. Talking with the other prisoners, he
spiritually comforted them. He shared with his fellow prisoners, the food he
received from the outside.
On January 8, 1942, he
was transported with Friar Tymoteusz to the concentration camp of Auschwitz,
where he was registered with the number 25447. He was assigned to the transport
of building materials (“Bauhofkommando”), the transport of gravel, the demolition
of the crumbling buildings of Auschwitz (“Abruchkommando”), the roof
maintenance staff and, finally, to the harvest of oil seed. He tried to bear
his sufferings with courage and spirit of faith. Once he was beaten with a
piece of wood until he bled.
The labor in the cold
gave rise to pneumonia. He died on April 10, 1942, after spending two weeks in
the hospital of the lager (barrack).
Proclaimed “blessed” by
John Paul II on June 13, 1999.
Stanislaw Antoni
Trojanowski
Stanislaw Antoni
Trojanowski was born on July 29, 1908, in the village of Sadlowo, parish of
Poniatow, dioceses of Plock; son of Ignacy and Franciszka Zebkiewicz. He was
compelled by their financial difficulties to work from his earliest youth to
support his family. For this reason, he attended only three years of primary
school. On March 5, 1930, he was accepted as a candidate to the Franciscan
life in the friary of the Conventual Franciscan Friars of Niepokalanów and, on
January 6, 1931, he began his novitiate, receiving the name Tymoteusz. He
pronounced his temporary vows on February 2, 1932 and the perpetual ones on
February 11, 1935.
He spent his whole
religious life in Niepokalanów, mostly working in the posting department of
the Rycerz Niepokalanej (Knight of the Immaculata), in the supplies
storehouse and in the infirmary, where he did his utmost to help the ill
friars. On May 3, 1937, he expressed to his superior his willingness to go in
mission “everywhere and in every moment, at God’s disposal.”
He was a well-disciplined friar, faithful to his Franciscan vocation, and the
superior of the friary, Father Maximilian Kolbe, completely trusted him.
Martyrdom
After the outbreak of the
Second World War, at the beginning of September 1939, he decided to remain in
Niepokalanów. On October 14, 1941, he was arrested by the Gestapo together with
other six friars, including friar Bonifacy Lukowski, and shut up in the Pawiak
prison in Warsaw. During the imprisonment, he prayed a lot, he infused courage
into the others and he was always the first to undertake to do various servile
tasks.
On January 8, 1942, he
was transported with Friar Bonifacy to the concentration camp of Auschwitz,
where he was registered with the number 25431. He was assigned to the transport
of building materials in the “Bauhof” department, then to the digging and the
transport of gravel in the “Kiesgruppe” department and, finally, to the harvest
of oil seed.
He bore with courage the
hunger the cold and the hard labor. He didn’t lose heart; he even encouraged
his fellow prisoners and exhorted them to have confidence in divine protection.
Because of the cold he became ill with pneumonia and he died in the hospital of
the lager (barrack) on July 28, 1942.
Proclaimed “blessed” by
John Paul II on June 13, 1999.
Jozef Wojciech Guz
Jozef Wojciech Guz was
born on March 18, 1890, in Lwow (now Lviv, Ukraine). After attending the primary
school and the gymnasium in his hometown, he wanted to enter the Company of
Jesus, but he wasn’t accepted because his financial situation wasn’t enough
good. So he decided to become a Franciscan.
On August 25th, 1908, he
put on the Franciscan habit, receiving the name Innocenty. At the end of the
year of novitiate, on August 26, 1909, he pronounced his temporary vows in
Lviv. Afterwards, he began to study philosophy and theology in Krakow and, when
he finished studying, he was ordained priest (June 2, 1914).
He practiced his sacred
ministry at Hanaczow, Czylki, Halicz, Warsaw, Lviv and Radomsko, but his
longest stay was in Grodno. Here, he met Saint Maximilian Kolbe, who in the
years 1922-27 published, in that friary, the Rycerz Niepokalanej (Knight
of the Immaculata). In the years 1933-36 he stayed in Niepokalanów, where he
practiced the ministry of confessor for the numerous brethren of that friary;
moreover, he was the vice-teacher of the seminarians and singing-master in the
missionary minor seminary. In 1936 he was moved again to Grodno, where he was
caught in the Second World War and the Russian occupation.
Martyrdom
On March 21, 1940, he was
arrested by the Soviet authorities and shut up in the prison of Grodno, from
which he succeeded to escape. Crossing the Russian-German frontier, he was
captured by the Germans and taken at first to the prison of Suwalki and then on
April 20 he was taken to the prison of Dzialdowo. On May 8, he was transported
to the concentration camp of Sachsenhausen, near Oranienburg. On May 29, as
reported by a priest, Fr. Stanislaw Borowczyk, “All the priests and the Jews
were put together and for one week they were subjected to inhumane exercises.
Father Innocenty had several fractures. On June 6th, when our section moved to reach
our place of work, he wasn’t able to keep in step with the others because his
leg was so swollen. For this reason he was taken out of the group and, together
with Fr. Czapczyk of Warsaw, he was beaten up, kicked and compelled to reach
the section, jumping with his legs bent. Here, the guard of the dormitory,
Fritz, took both of them to the bathroom and began to throw cold water at them.
After a while, he pushed the priest into a basin full of water, he poked a
rubber hose in his mouth and, in this way, he killed him.” At the point of
death, Father Innocenty spoke to the friend who was beside him: “I go to the
Immaculata. You remain here and do what you have to do.” Fr. Borowczyk, his
fellow prisoner at Sachsenhausen, says: “Father Guz spent the last period of
his life as a real martyr and I think that we should pray not for his soul, but
in order to obtain his help.”
Proclaimed “blessed” by
John Paul II on June 13, 1999.
SOURCE : https://militiaoftheimmaculata.com/blessed-martyrs-of-niepokalanow/
Beato Antonio
(Antonin Jan Eugeniusz) Bajewski Sacerdote e martire
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Scheda del Gruppo cui appartiene
Vilnius, 17 gennaio 1915
- Oswiecim, 8 maggio 1941
Nato a Vilnius nel 1915,
figlio di benestanti genitori, intraprese un percorso di studi ginnasiali che
lo portò a maturare la vocazione religiosa. Entrato nel seminario diocesano, la
sua inclinazione verso la vita francescana lo spinse a unirsi all'Ordine dei
Frati Minori Conventuali nel 1934, assumendo il nome di Antonin. Dopo la
professione solenne e l'ordinazione sacerdotale, il suo fervore religioso lo
portò a Niepokalanów, dove divenne vice-guardiano del convento e si distinse
per la sua fede profonda e la dedizione al prossimo. La salute cagionevole lo
condusse alla casa di cura "Lasek", dove sfuggì alla prima
deportazione dei confratelli da parte dei nazisti. Arrestato nel 1941 e
incarcerato a Varsavia, padre Antonin si distinse per la sua pazienza e il
sostegno ai compagni di prigionia. Trasferito ad Auschwitz, nonostante le
percosse e la malattia, continuò a servire i più deboli, offrendo loro conforto
fisico e spirituale. Morì il 8 maggio 1941, stremato dal lavoro forzato.
Martirologio
Romano: Nel campo di sterminio di Auschwitz vicino a Cracovia in Polonia,
beato Antonio Bajewski, sacerdote dell’Ordine dei Frati Minori Conventuali e
martire, che, durante l’imperversare della guerra, crudelmente torturato in
carcere per la sua fede raggiunse la gloria di Dio.
Jan Eugeniusz nacque a Vilnius, capitale lituana, il 17 gennaio 1915, unifo figlio di Jan e Aniela Wilkowska, genitori alquanto benestanti. Il 14 marzo 1918 ricevette il battesimo nella vicina chiesa parrocchiale dello Spirito Santo. Studiò prima nel ginnasio regio e poi in quello umanistico. Giovane molto intraprendente, parlava correntemente varie lingue. Egli stesso raccontò come vedeva il suo futoro dopo la fine di tale scuola: “Superato l’esame di maturità nel 1933, mi trovai di fronte al dilemma se diventare frate o prete diocesano. Poiché al ginnasio avevo già dei colleghi che venivano dal seminario diocesano e li visitavo spesso, optai per la seconda soluzione, anche se con il cuore ero più inclinato verso un Ordine religioso”. Entrò così nel seminario maggiore di Vilnius, ma tuttavia la vocazione alla vita religiosa era così forte che dopo solo un anno di studi lasciò il seminario diocesano per accedere all’Ordine dei Frati Minori Conventuali nella Provincia polacca il 17 agosto 1934. Già il 1° settembre vestì l’abito francescano, prendendo il nome di Antonin. Novizo a Niepokalanów, dove emise i primi voti religiosi il 2 settembre 1935, riprese poi con gli studi teologici nel seminario francescano di Cracovia. Il suo percorso formativò culminò nella professione solenne il 1° novembre 1938 e con l’ordinazione sacerdotale il 1° maggio 1939. Prima sua destinazione fu Niepokalanów. Il guardiano del convento, padre Kolbe, lo scelse presto come secondo vicario del convento. Dai confratelli padre Antonin fu ricordato quale sacerdote premuroso, dalla fede profonda, dallo spirito di preghiera e sempre delicato nei rapporti col prossimo. A Causa della sua salute cagionevola padre Antonin trascorse il suo primo periodo a Niepokalanów nella casa di cura “Lasek”, immersa nel bosco. Qui fu sorpreso dallo scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale. Fortunatamente, quando i tedeschi il 19 settembre 1939 arrestarono e deportarono i frati del convento di Niepokalanów, coloro che dimoravano al Lasek evitarono prigionia e persecuzioni. Padre Antonin non evitò tuttavia l’arresto in un secondo momento, il 17 febbraio 1941, quando la Gestapo lo deportò insieme con il Kolbe, il Bartosik ed altri due padri e furono rinchiuso in prigione a Varsavia. Qui Antonin incoraggiava con estrema pazienza i compagni di prigionia, invitandoli ad un comportamento corretto e cedendo loro le razioni di cibo a lui destinate. Anche in prigione persistette a portare l’abito francescano, nonostante ciò si rivelasse causa di maltrattamenti da parte delle SS. Nella notte tra il 4 e il 5 aprile 1941 fu trasferito con padre Pius ad Oswiecim e gli fu assegnato il numero 12764. All’arrivo al lager venne brutalmente percosso con la corona francescana che portava sempre al fianco. Nel frattempo padre Antonin era stato colpito da tifo addominale, ma nonostante la malattia nel lager si dedicò al servizio dei malati fornendo loro aiuto fisico e spirituale, principalmente tramite la confessione sacramentale, ponendo seriamente a rischio la propria sopravivenza. Sopportava pazientemente le sofferenze del lager, solendo ripetere: “Sono inchiodato alla croce insieme con Cristo”. Esausto del lavoro forzato, padre Antonin morì nel campo di concentramento l’8 maggio 1941. Incaricò il suo confessore: “Di’ ai miei confratelli di Niepokalanów che sono morto qui, fedele a Cristo e a Maria”. All’8 maggio questo santo frate è ricordato dal martirologio: “Nel campo di sterminio di Oswiecim (Auschwitz), presso Cracovia in Polonia, ricordo del Beato Antonio Bajewski, presbitero dell’Ordine dei Frati Minori Conventuali e martire, che vi fu rinchiuso durante la guerra a causa della sua fede cristiana, pervenendo infine, dopo innumerevoli tormenti, alla gloria del Signore”.
Autore: Fabio Arduino
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92574
Antonio Bajewski, Beato
Mártir, 8 de mayo
Por: . | Fuente: Franciscanos.org
Presbítero y Mártir
Martirologio Romano: En
el campo de concentración de Oswiecim o Auschwitz, cerca de Cracovia, en
Polonia, beato Antonio Bajewski, presbítero de la Orden de los Hermanos Menores
Conventuales y mártir, que alcanzó la gloria del Señor durante la guerra,
terriblemente quebrantado por los tormentos sufridos en la cárcel a causa de su
fe (1941).
Etimológicamente: Antonio = Aquel que es digno de estima, es de origen
latino.
Breve Biografia
Sacerdote, profeso en la
Orden de los Hermanos Menores Conventuales desde 1934.
Vivió en el convento de Niepokalanów, y fue uno de los más cercanos
colaboradores de San Maximiliano Kolbe.
Se destacaba por su fe profunda y viva. Arrestado el 17 de febrero de 1940,
murió en Auschwitz el 8 de mayo de 1941 a causa de las condiciones inhumanas
del campamento.
En medio de los sufrimientos repetía: «Quiero ser clavado con Cristo en la
cruz». Al acercarse la muerte pidió a uno de los prisioneros: «Cuenta a mis
cohermanos de Niepokalanów que he muerto aquí, fiel a Cristo y a la
Inmaculada».
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BEATO ANTONIO BAJEWSKI
8 de mayo
1941 d.C.
Juan Eugenio nació en Vilna, Lituania, en el seno de una familia burguesa. Hablaba correctamente varios idiomas. Ingresó en el seminario mayor de Vilna, pero un año después dejó el seminario y, en 1934, entró en los franciscanos de la provincia polaca. Tomó el nombre de Antonio y en 1939 fue ordenado sacerdote. Su primer destino fue Niepokalanów. El guardián del convento san Maximiliano Kolbe, lo eligió como segundo vicario del convento. Fue recordado por sus cohermanos como sacerdote premuroso, de fe profunda, de espíritu de oración y siempre delicado en su relación con el prójimo. A causa de su mala salud, transcurrió su primer periodo en Niepokalanów en el sanatorio de “Lasek”, inmerso en el bosque.
Aquí le sorprendió el inicio de la II Guerra Mundial, por eso no fue arrestado
ni deportado como los frailes de Niepokalanów. En 1941, la Gestapo lo deportó a
Varsovia, junto con el padre Kolbe, aquí Antonio animaba con extrema paciencia
a sus compañeros de prisión, invitándoles a un comportamiento correcto y
cediendoles su ración de comida. Persistió en llevar el hábito franciscano y
esto le llevó maltratos por parte de las SS. En 1941 fue trasladado con el
beato padre Pío Bartosik a Oswincim-Auschwitz, y le fue asignado el número
12764. Allí enfermó de tifus abdominal, pero a pesar de su enfermedad, se
dedicó al servicio de los enfermos, ayudándoles fisicamente y espiritualmente,
principalmente con la confesión sacramentral, poniendo en grave riesgo su
propia vida. Soportó pacientemente los sufrimientos del campo de concentración,
y solía repetir: “estoy clavado a la cruz junto a Cristo”. Exausto del trabajo
forzado murió, encargando a su confesor: “Di a mis cohermanos de Niepokalanów
que he muerto aquí fiel a Cristo y a María”. Fue beatificado por SS Juan
Pablo II el 13 de junio de 1999.
(Parroquia San Martín de Porres)
SOURCE : http://www.parroquiasanmartin.com/antoniobajewski.html
BEATO ANTONIO BAJESWKI,
MÁRTIR
Fiesta: 8 de Mayo
En el campo de
concentración de Oswiecim o Auschwitz, cerca de Cracovia, en Polonia, beato
Antonio Bajewski, presbítero de la Orden de los Hermanos Menores Conventuales y
mártir, que alcanzó la gloria del Señor durante la guerra, terriblemente
quebrantado por los tormentos sufridos en la cárcel a causa de su fe (1941).
Etimológicamente: Antonio: Aquel que es digno de estima, es de origen latino.
Sacerdote, profeso en la Orden de los Hermanos Menores Conventuales desde
1934.
Vivió en el convento de
Niepokalanów, y fue uno de los más cercanos colaboradores de San Maximiliano
Kolbe. Se destacaba por su fe profunda y viva. Arrestado el 17 de febrero de
1940, murió en Auschwitz el 8 de mayo de 1941 a causa de las condiciones
inhumanas del campamento. En medio de los sufrimientos repetía: «Quiero ser
clavado con Cristo en la cruz». Al acercarse la muerte pidió a uno de los
prisioneros: «Cuenta a mis cohermanos de Niepokalanów que he muerto aquí, fiel
a Cristo y a la Inmaculada».
SOURCE : https://santosybeatos.blogspot.com/2012/05/beato-antonio-bajeswki-martir.html?m=0
BŁ. ANTONIN BAJEWSKI
(1915-1941)
Bł. O. Antonin Jan Eugeniusz Bajewski
17 stycznia 1915 – 8 maja 1941
Jan (bł. Ojciec Antonin)
urodził się 17 stycznia 1915 r. w Wilnie. Na chrzcie św. otrzymał imiona: Jan i
Eugeniusz. Po skończeniu szkoły elementarnej i średniej poczuł w sobie
powołanie do życia zakonnego i kapłaństwa. Był jedynakiem dość zamożnych
rodziców, którzy niechętnie zgodzili się na jego wstąpienie do seminarium
duchownego w Wilnie. Po rocznym pobycie w seminarium diecezjalnym opuścił je i
zgłosił się do franciszkanów konwentualnych. Został przyjęty na nowicjat w 1934
r. i otrzymał zakonne imię Antonin. Po ukończeniu nowicjatu w Niepokalanowie
złożył zakonne śluby zwyczajne w 1935 r. i solemne w 1938. Studiował filozofię
i teologię w Krakowie i w 1939 r. otrzymał święcenia kapłańskie. Jak o kapłan
odznaczał się pobożnością, nieprzeciętną wiedzą. Miał też łatwość przyswajania
sobie obcych języków. Nic też dziwnego, że zwrócił nań uwagę Ojciec Maksymilian
i chciał go mieć jako swojego współpracownika. W środowisku niepokalanowskim
cieszył się wielkim poważaniem braci ze względu na swą pobożność i grzeczność.
Społeczność
niepokalanowska już w 1939 r. doznała pierwszych prześladowań ze strony
nazistów. Wywieziono dużą liczbę Braci wraz z Ojcem Maksymilianem i Ojcem
Antoninem do przejściowych obozów. Na szczęście po tym pierwszym aresztowaniu
wszyscy zostali zwolnieni i to w uroczystość Matki Bożej Niepokalanej 8 grudnia
1939 r. Jednak17 lutego 1941 r. gestapo zaaresztowało Ojca Maksymiliana z
innymi czterema ojcami. Osadzono ich najpierw w więzieniu na Pawiaku w
Warszawie. Tutaj przeszli różne cierpienia ze strony gestapo. 4 kwietnia
wywieziono wszystkich do Oświęcimia, gdzie przeżyli jeszcze bardziej brutalne
traktowanie ze strony katów obozowych. W tych warunkach Ojciec Antonin zachował
się po kapłańsku i po samarytańsku wobec współwięźniów. W cierpieniach
powtarzał: "Jestem przybity do krzyża wraz z Chrystusem". Wyniszczony
nieludzkimi warunkami życia i jeszcze bardziej nieludzkim traktowaniem, zmarł 8
maja 1941 r. Przed śmiercią przekazał dla braci w Niepokalanowie swoje
przesłanie przez współwięźnia ks. Szwedę: "Powiedz moim współbraciom w
Niepokalanowie, że umarłem tu jako wiemy Jezusowi i Maryi.
13 czerwca 1999 r. Ojciec
Święty Jan Paweł II zaliczył go w poczet błogosławionych wraz z innymi 107 Męczennikami,
ofiarami nazizmu w okresie II wojny światowej.
Sławniejsi franciszkanie
w Polsce. Ich życiorysy i dzieła, Rzym - Watykan 2000
SOURCE : https://niepokalanow.pl/dziedzictwo-kolbianskie/bracia-zakonni/bracia-bajewski-antonin-ojciec
O. Antonin - wybitnie
zdolny uczeń Chrystusa
2009-05-08 14:15:22
Był wybitnie zdolny, znał
kilka języków obcych. Zginął w Auschwitz w wieku 26 lat, w drugą rocznicę
święceń kapłańskich.
Jan Eugeniusz Bajewski
urodził się 7 stycznia w 1915 r. roku w Wilnie. Był jedynakiem. Od lat
dziecięcych przejawiał duże zdolności do nauki, dlatego już w szóstym roku
życia rozpoczął szkołę powszechną. Po jej ukończeniu wstąpił do Gimnazjum
Realnego im. J. Lelewela, a później do Gimnazjum Humanistycznego im. A.
Mickiewicza. W 1933 r. z bardzo dobrymi wynikami uzyskał maturę.
W tym samym 1933 r.
rozpoczął naukę w Wyższym Seminarium Duchownym w Wilnie. Po roku opuścił je i
17 sierpnia 1934 r. wstąpił w Niepokalanowie do zakonu franciszkanów (Zakon
Braci Mniejszych Konwentualnych). 1 września 1934 r. przywdział habit zakonny i
otrzymał imię Antonin. Studia teologiczne podjął w Wyższym Seminarium Duchownym
Franciszkanów w Krakowie.
1 listopada 1938 r.
złożył śluby wieczyste, a 1 maja 1939 r. otrzymał święcenia kapłańskie.
Skierowano go do pracy w Niepokalanowie. Był drugim zastępcą św.
Maksymiliana Kolbego. 17
lutego 1941 r. razem z o. Kolbe został aresztowany przez hitlerowców i osadzony
w warszawskim więzieniu na Pawiaku. W nocy z 4 na 5 kwietnia został
przewieziony do obozu Auschwitz w Oświęcimiu, otrzymał numer 12764.
Od czasu aresztowania
chodził w habicie zakonnym, co wywoływało szczególną złość esesmanów. Już w
dniu przybycia do obozu został przez nich brutalnie pobity koronką
franciszkańską, którą nosił u boku. Mimo iż był słabego zdrowia i chorował na
tyfus brzuszny, w obozie pomagał chorym. Ryzykując życiem, pełnił posługę
kapłańską i spowiadał współwięźniów.
Cierpliwie znosił obozowe
udręki, powtarzając: "Z Chrystusem jestem przybity do krzyża".
Przeczuwając zbliżającą się śmierć, powiedział spowiednikowi: "Powiedz
braciom w Niepokalanowie, że wierny Chrystusowi i Maryi tu zginąłem".
Wyczerpany pracą i cierpieniem zmarł 8 maja 1941 r., kiedy to Kościół w Polsce
wspomina św. Stanisława, biskupa i męczennika.
Został
beatyfikowany 13 czerwca 1999 r. w Warszawie, podczas siódmej podróży
apostolskiej Jana Pawła II do ojczyzny. Jako jeden z siedmiu franciszkanów
znalazł się w gronie 108 męczenników Kościoła w Polsce z okresu II wojny
światowej. Czterej z nich pracowali w Niepokalanowie - o. Antonin
Bajewski, o. Pius Bartosik, br.
Tymoteusz Trojanowski i br.
Bonifacy Żukowski; dwaj w Pierszajach (obecnie na Białorusi) - o. Achilles
Puchała i o. Herman Stępień; jeden w Grodnie - o. Innocenty Guz. W liturgii
męczennicy wspominani są 12 czerwca.
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SOURCE : https://web.archive.org/web/20140707145000/http://franciszkanie.pl/news.php?id=6318
Voir aussi ; http://www.swzygmunt.knc.pl/MARTYROLOGIUM/POLISHRELIGIOUS/vENGLISH/HTMs/POLISHRELIGIOUSmartyr0045.htm
