Honorat Koźmiński

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Honorat Koźmiński (16 October 1829 – 16 December 1916), born Florentyn Wacław Jan Stefan Koźmiński,^[1] was a Polish priest and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who went on to establish sixteen religious congregations.^[2][3] He was a teacher before reinvigorating clandestine religious orders that the Russian Empire had suppressed during their occupation of Poland. He collaborated with a number of individuals in this venture and he publicised the Third Order of Saint Francis to people.^[2][3]

His beatification, by

Honorat Koźmiński was born on 16 October 1829 in Biała Podlaska, the second son of Stefan Koźmiński and Aleksandra née Kahl. He was christened Florentyn Wacław Jan Stefan Koźmiński.^[2][3]

He suffered a religious crisis at age eleven and it did not reignite within him until 15 August 1846 during his later imprisonment.

In 1905 he suffered ill health that prompted him to step back temporarily from his apostolate. Koźmiński died on 16 December 1916 after a painful illness. His collected writings include 42 volumes of sermons and 21 volumes of letters.[2]^[3]

Religious orders

Kozminski founded or co-founded a total of sixteen different religious congregations. Those orders are:

• Secular Institute of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
• Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Lithuania
• Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God (1881)
• Franciscan Sisters of the Suffering (1882)
• Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (1883)
• Vestiarki Sisters of Jesus
• Sisters Servants of Jesus (1884)
• Daughters of the Most Pure Heart of Mary (1885)
• Sisters of the Sacred Name of Jesus (1887)
• Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1888)
• Reparatrix Sisters of the Holy Face (1888)
• Auxiliary Sisters of the Atoning Souls (1889)
• Daughters of Mary Immaculate (1891)
• Sons of Our Lady of Sorrows
• Sisters Consolers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1894)
• Sisters Servants of the Mother of the Good Shepherd (1895)

Other orders that he either founded or co-founded were later disbanded:

• Servants of the Paralytics
• Adorers for Supplication
• Evangelical Ladies
• Housekeepers of the Holy Family
• Daughters of the Mother of God
• Marian Society of Priests
• Congregation of Saint Martha
• Valetudinarian Sisters

Beatification

The beatification cause for the late friar was conducted in the Warsaw archdiocese from 7 April 1949 until 12 January 1951 at which point the investigation turned to his writings. His writings received theological approval on 5 April 1974 before the formal introduction to his cause came on 7 February 1983. The

The current postulator for this cause is the Capuchin friar Carlo Calloni.

Bibliographical resources

• Luciana Mirri, ed. (2003). Il beato Onorato Koźmiński. Uomo di sapienza e santità. Atti del convegno, Lublino 23-24 ottobre 1998. Rome: Istituto Storico dei Cappuccini.
  ISBN 88-88001-16-6
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