In 1930, he passed the secondary school leaving examination at the Nicolaus Copernicus State Gymnasium in Żywiec.

[4] After the outbreak of World War II, he was in Romania, then through Yugoslavia and Greece he got to Marseille, and then to Coëtquidan, Morbihan, where he joined the 3rd Rifle Company of the Polish army being formed in France.

[3] He was, among others, the co-founder of the Krakow Dominican "Beczka" pastoral ministry and the spiritual guardian of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal that was emerging in Poland.

His spiritual interests included Zen Buddhism, Carl Jung's depth psychology, the teachings of Meister Eckhart, and the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.

[5] After he turned 90, his memoir books began to appear, concerning both theological and existential issues (conversations transcribed by journalists from the Catholic media, including Artur Sporniak, Jan Strzałka, and Alina Petrova).

His book Sekrety mnichów, czyli sprawdzone przepisy na szczęśliwe życie ("Secrets of Monks, or Proven Recipes for a Happy Life)", written together with Father Leon Knabit, OSB, was awarded the Krakow Book of the Month Prize in January 2008.

"[6] By the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, of 12 March 2010, he was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta "for outstanding services to the independence of the Republic of Poland, for achievements in scientific work and pastoral activity in the academic community".