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.