Traces of Holiness in “A Freedom Within: The Prison Notes” by Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Primate of Poland

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https://doi.org/10.12775/TiCz.2021.024

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Blessed Stefan Wyszyński, Primate of Poland, A Freedom Within: The Prison Notes of Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, persecution of the Church in Poland

Abstract

Published after Cardinal S. Wyszyński death, A Freedom Within: The Prison Notes offers an insight into his difficult prison experience of 1953–1956. The book conveys his struggles with the external situation in which he found himself as well as his spiritual confessions that transformed into an intimate conversation with God and the Mother of God. A reading of the book reveals the image of a man who, under these conditions, was able to penetrate deeply into himself and open himself to God. This allowed him to leave – on the pages of his diary – the traces which today testify to his holiness, especially his discipline of work and prayer, his bond with the Virgin Mary, his heroism of forgiveness, his humility towards God’s will and the ability to stay true to his priestly mission.

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2021-12-28

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BEDNARCZYK, Rafał. Traces of Holiness in “A Freedom Within: The Prison Notes” by Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, Primate of Poland. Theology and Man. Online. 28 December 2021. Vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 11-25. [Accessed 29 June 2025]. DOI 10.12775/TiCz.2021.024.

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Vol. 56 No. 4 (2021)

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