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.