Bolesław Strzelecki

bishop Jan Kanty Lorek appointed priest Strzelecki as rector of the church of St. Of the Trinity in Radom.

the bishop knew that only an outstanding priest with the ability to easily contact the faithful and a good organizer could undertake this work.

On July 15, 1940, Father Bolesław Strzelecki was nominated as a pastor of the NSJ parish in Glinice in Radom.

He prepared a makeshift church so that the parishioners could have a clean chapel in which they met with God.

He led a charity campaign that had a great task to fulfil when the rapid impoverishment of the population came.

During Epiphany 1941, he raised matters related to Poles and war torturers during his sermon.

Immediately after, on January 7, 1941, he was arrested when, after celebrating Mass he distributed bread and fats to the poorest in a long queue.

In a hungry camp community, he quickly developed charitable care, especially among those close to him, Radomians.

Exhausted by torture, weakened from excessive work, starved and as a result of beating with an oak stick, he died in the camp hospital on May 2, 1941 at 8 am.

On May 6, 1950, the residents of Radom founded and placed a commemorative plaque in the church of NSJ, describing Him as a beloved educator of youth and a priest of great zeal and extraordinary kindness of heart, protector of the poor and unhappy.

The memorial plaque is located on the family grave in Jastrzębie near Szydłowiec, where many people worship him.

Bolesław Strzelecki was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 13 1999 in Warsaw.