Subj : =?UTF-8?Q?8_April_=E2=80=93_Blessed_Augustus_Czartoryski_S=2ED=2EB=2E?= To : All From : rich Date : Wed Apr 07 2021 10:15:46 From: rich 8 April =E2=80=93 Blessed Augustus Czartoryski S.D.B. Religious Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Royal Prince and Duke =C2 born Prince August Franciszek Maria Anna J=C3=B3zef Kajetan Czartoryski/the Duke of Vista Alegre on 2 August 1858 in Paris, France =E2=80=93 evening of 8 April, 1893 in Alassio, Savona, Italy of tuberculosi= s. His remains were interred in the family mausoleum in the parish crypt in Sieniawa, Poland and later re-interred in the Salesian church in Przemysl, Poland. Augusto Czartoryski was born on 2 August 1858 in Paris, France, the firstborn son to Prince Ladislaus of Poland and Princess Maria Amparo, daughter of the Duke and Queen of Spain. The noble Czartoryski Family had been living in exile in France for almost 30 years, in the Lambert Palace. Here, with the hope of restoring unity in Poland, they continued to direct activities between their fellow Polish countrymen and the European chancellery. It was already planned that Augusto would be a future =E2=80=9Creference point=E2=80=9D for this restoration and would carry on the =E2=80=9CCzartor= yski=E2=80=9D name. God's designs, however, were to unfold differently. When Augusto was 6, his mother died of tuberculosis;=C2 the disease was also transmitted to him and for the rest of his life he would be plagued by ill health. Although he had to make =E2=80=9Cforced pilgrimages= =E2=80=9D with his father to Italy, Switzerland, Egypt and Spain in search of a cure, he never regained his health. As he grew up, Augusto felt that he was not meant for the life of nobility and one day, when he was 20 years old, he wrote to his father:=C2 =E2=80=9CI confess to you that I am tired [of all the parties= ;=C2 they are superficial entertainments that cause me anguish and I feel myself =E2=80=9Cforced' to make acquaintances with others at these banquet= s=E2=80=9D. Augusto already received spiritual direction from his tutor, Joseph Kalinsowski (later Saint Raphael of Saint Joseph Kalinowski O.C.D. (1835-1907) , who would later become a Carmelite and who, before leaving for Carmel in 1877, wrote to Prince Ladislaus to suggest that it would be wise, considering the boy's love for God, to entrust hi= m to the direction of a priest. Prince Ladislaus accepted the counsel given by Augusto's tutor and = Fr Stanislaus Kubowicz began to guide him. Augusto was already feeling more and more called to religious life and was hoping for a clearer indication of what God wanted from him:=C2 this =E2=80=9Cdecisive event= =E2=80=9D took place when he was 25 and met Don Bosco, founder of the Salesians. When Don Bosco came to Paris and celebrated Mass in the family chapel of the Lambert Palace, Augusto saw in this holy founder and teacher the =E2=80=9Cfather of his soul=E2=80=9D and guide for his future. While Au= gusto remained quiet and withdrawn in the face of matrimony plans made for him by his father, he had no intention of continuing the =E2=80=9Cnoble lin= e=E2=80=9D. Indeed, after his first encounter with the Salesian saint, he was more resolute than ever to answer God's call by becoming a Salesian. When his father gave him permission, Augusto would travel to Turin to meet with Don Bosco and participate in spiritual retreats. He became comfortable with the =E2=80=9Cpoverty=E2=80=9D of the Salesian Oratory and = was not disturbed by his frequent ill health or his father's opposition;=C2= he instead saw God's hand in all these circumstances. He would say: =E2=80=9CIf God wants this, all will go well since he can tak= e away every obstacle. If he does not want this, then neither do I=E2=80=9D. Don Bosco was somewhat reluctant to accept Augusto into the Salesian community:=C2 it took Pope Leo XIII to remove his doubts when he gave Augusto this message:=C2 =E2=80=9CTell Don Bosco that it is the Pope=E2= =80=99s will that he receives you among the Salesians=E2=80=9D. Don Bosco replied: =E2=80=9CW= ell then, my dear son, I accept you. From this moment, you are a part of the Salesian Family and I desire that you belong here until you die=E2=80=9D. In 1887 he began his novitiate under the guidance of Don Giulio Barberis. The young man had to overcome many =E2=80=9Chabits=E2=80=9D and a= djust to community life, schedule, frugal meals and other sacrifices. All this he did with great serenity and abandonment to God. When his father came to try to convince him to return home and accept his nobility as =E2=80=9CPrince=E2=80=9D, he refused. On 24 November 1887, = the day of his vesting in the hands of Don Bosco, the holy founder whispered into Augusto's ear:=C2 =E2=80=9CCourage, my prince! Today we have con= quered, and I can also say with great joy that one day when you become a priest you will do much for your Country=E2=80=9D. Don Bosco died two months later. Augusto's health was also worsenin= g and his father continued to try to dissuade him from becoming a priest, using his ill health as an =E2=80=9Cexcuse=E2=80=9D. When Prince Ladislaus asked the =E2=80=9Chelp=E2=80=9D of Cardinal Parocchi= to dismiss him from the Salesians, Augusto wrote: =E2=80=9CIn full liberty I made my v= ows and I did this with great joy of heart. From that day I continue to live in the Congregation with an immense peace of spirit and I thank the Lord for allowing me to know the Salesian Family and for having called me to become a Salesian=E2=80=9D. On 2 April 1892 he was ordained a priest by the Bishop of Ventimiglia. Although Prince Ladislaus was not present at the Ordination, a month later, joined by the entire family in Mentone, he reconciled himself with his son's decision and renounced his own dreams of prestige an= d nobility for Augusto. Fr Augusto died on 8 April 1893 in Alassio, where he lived his year as a priest, occupying a room which looked out onto the courtyard where the children of the Oratory played. He was 35 years old. https://anastpaul.com/2018/04/08/ =E2=80=9CYou are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a people set apart to sing the praises of God, Who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people at all and now you are the people of God: once you were outside the mercy and now you have been given mercy.=E2=80=9D 1 Peter 2:9-10 =E2=80=9CHow lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, God of hosts. My soul is longing and yearning, is yearning for the courts of the Lord=E2=80=A6. One = day within your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere=E2=80=9D =E2=80=A6Ps= alm 84[83]: 2, 11 Saint Quote: Let us abandon everything to the merciful providence of God. -- St. Albert the Great <><><><> A prayer to the Sacred Heart: O most Holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore Thee, I love Thee, and with lively sorrow for my sins, I offer Thee this poor heart of mine.=C2 Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to Thy will.=C2 Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in Thee and for Thee. Protect me in the midst of danger; comfort me in my afflictions; give me health of body, assistance in my temporal knees, Thy blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death.=C2 Amen. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .