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Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski
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Born22 January 1913
Chełmża, Poland
Died23 February 1945(1945-02-23) (aged 32)
Dachau concentration camp, Germany
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified7 June 1999, Toruń, Poland by Pope John Paul II
Feast22 February
PatronagePolish scouts

Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski (22 January 1913 in Chełmża – 23 February 1945 in Dachau) was a Polish priest and Scout, and is the patron of Polish Scouts.[1][2][3] He joined Scouting on 21 March 1927.[1][2][4] Frelichowski served as patrol leader and later as troop leader and during his years in the High Seminary of Pelplin Diocese he was an active member of its Scout Club.[4][5]: 18–20  Furthermore, he was an active member of the Marian Congregation in Chełmża[5]: 19–20  and since he was nine years old he had been an altar boy.[5]: 14  During his years in the seminary of Pelpin, he was active in the temperance movement.[5]: 23  On 14 March 1937, he was ordained a priest in Pelpin.[1][2][5]: 23  In the following years, he served as a priest in Pelpin and Toruń.[5]: 23–25  While working as a priest, he continued his studies at the University of Lwów.[5]: 25  In Toruń he was responsible for the parish press.[4][5]: 25  In 1938 he became leader of the Old Scouts and chaplain of the scout district Pomerania.[1][2] Arrested by the Gestapo on 18 October 1939, he was imprisoned in the German concentration camps Stutthof, Grenzdorf, Sachsenhausen and Dachau, where he died.[1][2][4][5]: 26–32  On 7 June 1999, Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski was beatified by Pope John Paul II.[1][2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Gedenkstättenfahrt polnischer Pfadfinder nach Dachau". SCOUTING-Unabhängige Zeitschrift für Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (in German). 1: 27. 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Patron Seliggesprochener Priester - Pfadfinder Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski (1913-1945)" (in German). ZHR. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Patron Harcerstwa-Bł ks. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski" (in Polish). ZHP pgK. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Blessed Father Stephen Vincent Frelichowsk". International Catholic Conference of Guiding. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Helmut Holzapfel (1988). Pfadfinder zu Gott (in German). Baunach: Deutscher Spurbuchverlag.
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