"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.