The International Scouts Moot WICEK 2013

An article about the International Scouts Moot WICEK 2013 on Toruń's Diocese website (in Polish):

http://diecezja-torun.pl/miedzynarodowy-zlot-harcerzy-i-skautow-wicek-2013/

It's TODAY!

It's TODAY! International Scouts Moot WICEK 2013 is starting!

Anniversaries associated with the Bl. Fr. phm Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

• July 1st, 2013 - 75th anniversary of nomination the vicar in the parish of St. Mary in Toruń (1938) 
• September 20th, 2013 - 11th anniversary of Bl. Fr. phm Stephen W. Frelichowski Patron of Polish Scouts (2002)
• October 10th, 2013 - 75th anniversary of the appointment of the Bl. Fr. Stefan W. Frelichowski chaplain Pomeranian Scout District (1938)
• January 15th, 2014 - 14th anniversary of issue resolution by the XXVII Congress of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Scout Disctrict receiving Bl. Fr. phm Stephen W. Frelichowski as their spiritual Patron (2000) 
• January 22th, 2014- 101th birthday Patron Polish Scouts (1913) 
• February 23th, 2014 - 69th anniversary of the martyrdom (1945) 
• March 14th, 2014 - 77th anniversary of Priest Ordination (1937) 
• March 21th, 2014 - 87th anniversary of Scouts Start - join the 2nd  'Zawisza Czarny' Scout Team in Chełmza (1927) 
• June 7th, 2014 - 15th anniversary of the beatification by the Bl. John Paul II (1999) 
• June 26th, 2014 - 87th anniversary of Scout Promise (1927)

Pope John Paul II about Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

Stanisław Bieńka presented to the Holy Father the relics of Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski, June 7th, 1999

I appeal to the whole family of Polish scouts, of which the new blessed was deeply connected. Let it be for you, the patron, the teacher of noble and the advocate of peace and reconciliation.

John Paul II, June 7th, 1999

International Meeting of Scouts - WICEK 2013 August 6 - 12, 2013

International Meeting of Scouts WICEK 2013 organized the centenary of the birth of Bl. Fr. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski.

More information: www.wicek2013.pl

New post cards - Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

S. W. Frelichowski

number: 3/Bydgoszcz, 500 copies, March 27, 2013

Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski blessed by Pope John Paul II on June 7th, 1999

number: 8/Bydgoszcz, 500 copies, May 28th, 2013

by: http://www.kzp.pl/index.php?artykul=nws-n30-n3000

New special stamp cancellation - Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

2013.06.08. Torun 1: XIII National Convention of the Club St. Gabriel. The blessed priest, scoutmaster Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski (designed by Wojciech Lewandowski).

by: http://www.kzp.pl/index.php?artykul=nws-n29-n2989

Scout ID card

Scout ID card of Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski.

Rule of Life

A Rule of Life by Francis J. Parater: 

1. Be large minded. 
2. Don’t be a bluffer. 
3. Be frank, but be gentle. 
4. Love the poor. 
5. Make every minute count. 
6. Strive to be a man of your ideals. 
7. Let your charity be unbounded. 
8. Don’t be disheartened at failures. 

Scout photographs of Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

Young Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski with his boy scout troop.

Young Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski - a photo from his scout ID card.

Young Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski.

On a scout camp.

Francis J. Parater

(October 10, 1897, – February 7, 1920) 

Francis J. Parater is Servant of God, a seminarian who died at the age of twenty-two while studying in Rome at the North American College. 

Frank joined the Boy Scouts, eventually earning the rank of Eagle Scout. 

Discerning a call to religious life, he first thought about joining the order that educated him, the Benedictines. Later, he opted for the diocesan priesthood and was sent to the “Eternal City” for studies. 

He was only in Rome for a few months before he became ill with rheumatic fever. He died with the last sacraments and with great piety and joy just eleven days after being admitted to the hospital.

From Dachau...

Camp number and the indication of prisoner type from camp in Dachau.

The country - the most powerful of all countries

First page from 'Diary' with mother's dedication.

I strongly believe that the country, which all citizens would be scouts, it would be the most powerful of all.

Scouting in fact, a Polish especially, has the resources to help that those who pass through his school, this is the kind of man, what we need now. And now the strangest, but the best is the idea of ​​scouting: formation youth by youth.

I myself, as long as I can, which God forbid, that has always been, and never will be a scout working for him and support him will not stop.

Be Prepared!

In Polish: Wierzę mocno, że państwo, którego wszyscy obywatele byliby harcerzami, byłoby najpotężniejsze ze wszystkich. Harcerstwo bowiem, a polskie szczególnie, ma takie środki, pomoce, że kto przejdzie przez jego szkołę, to jest typem człowieka, jakiego nam teraz potrzeba. A już najdziwniejszą, ale najlepszą jest idea harcerstwa. Wychowanie młodzieży przez młodzież. I ja sam, jak długo tylko będę mógł, co daj Boże, aby zawsze było, będę harcerzem i nigdy dla niego pracować i popierać go nie przestanę. Czuwaj! 

S.W. Frelichowski, Pamiętnik [Diary], January 16th, 1930

Saint Amand

(c. 584 – 675) 

Amandus, commonly called Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of the great Christian missionaries of Flanders.

He is venerated as a saint of France and Belgium.

Saint Amand is the patron saint of all who produce beer: brewers, innkeepers, bartenders, and hopgrowers. He is also the patron of vine growers, vintners and merchants, and of Boy Scouts.

The 76th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Bl. Fr. S. W. Frelichowski

On Thursday, March 14 marked the 76th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Bl. Fr. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski.

On this occasion, in the seminary chapel of the Seminary in Torun, on Wednesday, March 13 Mass was celebrated.

Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski

(January 22, 1913 in Chełmża – February 23, 1945 in Dachau) 

Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski was a Polish priest and scout, and is the patron of Polish Scouts.

He joined Scouting on March 21, 1927.

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.

On March 14, 1937, he was ordained a priest in Pelpin.

In the following years, he served as a priest in Pelpin and Toruń.

In 1938 he became leader of the Old Scouts and chaplain of the scout district Pomerania.

Arrested by the Gestapo on October 18, 1939, he was imprisoned in the German concentration camps Stutthof, Grenzdorf, Sachsenhausen and Dachau, where he died.

On June 7, 1999, in Toruń, Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski was beatified by Pope John Paul II.

Feast: February 22.

Who is the patron saint?

A patron saint (or a patron hallow) is a saint who is regarded as the tutelary spirit or heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person. 

Our website is dedicated to the Holy Patrons of Scouting: Saint George, Saint Amand, Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski, Servant of God Francis J. Parater.

Saint George

(c. 275/281 – 23 April A.D. 303) 

Saint George, born in Lydda in Palestine, was a soldier in the Roman army later venerated as a Christian martyr.

He is a Patron of Scouting Movement.