"A Franciscan Odyssey" is a new version of the popular memoir in
Polish by Franciscan friar, Father Lucjan Krolikowski, of Chicopee,
MA. It was translated from Polish to English by Dr. Gosia
Brykczynska of London, England. The English edition is published by
William R. Parks: www.wrparks.com Father Lucjan was encouraged to
write his autobiography by 150 WW II orphans whom he adopted as
their foster parent and guardian after the war. Father Lucjan was
arrested at the outbreak of WW II and deported to Siberia with one
and a half million other Poles (officers, statesmen, intellectuals,
policemen, clergy and civilians) by the Stalin regime. Eventually
freed because of an agreement between the Polish Government in
Exile (in London, England) and Stalin, Lucjan became a soldier in
the Free Polish Army established to fight the Nazis. After the war,
Father Lucjan was ordained a Franciscan priest and became foster
parent to the 150 war orphans who lost their parents in the
Siberian Gulag. Following an arduous journey, Fr. Lucjan cared for
the orphans in Tanzania, East Africa where they recuperated. In
spite of attempts by the Polish Communist police to intercept the
children, they went with Father Lucjan to Canada. Later, Father
took on new responsibilities in nearby Buffalo, NY as producer of
the Father Justin Rosary Hour radio program and he continued to
provide guidance to his foster chidlren and grandchildren. Dr.
Zbigniew Brzezinski commented on the writing ability of Rev.
Krolikowski, concerning a previous book the author wrote, "Stolen
Childhood" which covers some of the same historical events as found
in this book. Dr. Brzezinski stated, "A compelling and moving
account of World War II: the saga of 380,000 Polish children
deported to the Soviet Union during the years 1939-41 ... of great
value to historians of World War II, but also of more general
interest as a document of love and courage." Topics covered in the
book: Life in Poland before WW II, Krotoszyn, Niepokalanow,
Novitiate, Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Religious Order,
Seminary, Scouting, Prison Camps in Siberia, Gulag Archipelago,
World War II, Polish Army, Chkalov, Buzuluk, NKVD, Kazakhstan,
artillery training, Karkin Batash, Uzbekistan, Jozef Janus, Stalin,
Soviet Empire, Red Army, German Army, Gestapo, Polish orphans,
communism, Bierut Lebanon, Polish Dragoon Regiment, Contacts with
Muslims, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, General Kazimierz Sosnowski,
Egypt, Ordination to Priesthood, Jerusalem, Holy Land, Africa,
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Tengeru Settlement, East Africa, Stolen
Childhood, Missionaries, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tengeru Orhanage, refuge
camps, Europe, Italy, Germany, England, Canada, Quebec, Montreal,
Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger, Father Justyn Holy Rosary Hour, Father
Kornelian Dende, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla,
Blessed Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Krol, Juliusz Slowacki, Third
Secret of Fatima, Blessed Virgin Mary, Black Madonna, Jasna Gora,
Our Lady of Czestochowa, Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko,
Solidarity, Taize, President Jimmy Carter, Chicopee Massachusetts,
President Lech Kaczynski.
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