6 June 2026: Beatification of Fr Jan Świerc SDB and his Companions
On 6 June 2026, in Krakow, nine Salesian martyrs will be beatified: Fr Jan Świerc SDB and his Companions, who gave their lives with faith and love in the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps during World War II.
https://episkopat.pl/doc/239369.6-czewrca-2026-roku-Beatyfikacja-ks-Jana-Swierca-SDB-i-jego
https://episkopat.pl/doc/239430.6-giugno-2026-Beatificazione-di-don-Jan-Swierc-SDB-e-dei-suoi
The postulator general, Fr Pierluigi Cameroni SDB, arrived in Poland together with Fr Gabriel Cruz SDB to begin preparations for the ceremony. The delegation met with Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski and Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, among others, and visited Krakow's churches and the sanctuary in Oświęcim, where a Mass of thanksgiving will be celebrated the day after the beatification.
The Salesians Jan Świerc, Ignacy Antonowicz, Ignacy Dobiasz, Karol Golda, Franciszek Harazim, Ludwik Mroczek, Włodzimierz Szembek, Kazimierz Wojciechowski and Franciszek Miśka, involved in pastoral and educational activities, fell victim to Nazi persecution after the German occupation of Poland on 1 September 1939.
sdb.org.pl/ vaticannews.va/ Press Office of the Polish Bishops' Conference
