D“eTdhi ceaHt i oe an vteon lOy uNruLr saed”y , Mary, the Immaculate Mother of God, is my guide on how to know, love, and serve Jesus, Our Lord. She has directed me since my youth to understand the importance of my vocation as a nurse. Deeply grateful, I thank her as the mother of my heart. Blesseds Anthony and George Marian Martyrs & Special Patrons Blesseds Anthony Leszczewicz and George Kaszyra were Marian priests living and working in Belarus during World War II. When the Nazis took action against the people for partisan activity, and herded 1,500 of them into their parish church, Fathers Anthony and George, not only ministered to them day and night by offering Sacraments of Penance, Baptism, and the Eucharist in order to prepare them for death, but also chose, out of love for them and for Christ to voluntarily remain with them to the end. They were willing to be burned alive with them to save them from despair and to give them courage and strength to bear suffering and death with a firm hope in the life to come. This occurred on February 17/18, 1943, in a town named Rosica. We invoke them to pray especially for our burn and trauma victims. © 2004 Marie Romagnano Bl. Anthony Bl. George “The Heavenly Nurse” with author in Balsamao, Portugal ~
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