November 153 In 2003, Father CASIMIR GRZYMAŁA (Gzhe-ma-wa), a longtime minister of the Polish community in Great Britain, died unexpectedly of a sudden illness while vacationing in Valencia, Spain. He was 69 years old, a religious for 51 years and a priest for 42. He was always kind, fraternal, and full of enthusiasm and ideals, which helped him in youth ministry. His funeral Mass was celebrated at the Ealing Parish Church in London which he helped establish. He is buried in Henley-on-Thames. In 2013, Father ALEXANDER LUDWIG KARPIŃSKI (Kar-peen-ski), a member of the Polish Province, died at the age of 78. He was a religious for 61 years and a priest for 52. For 44 years, he ministered to the Polish community in England, fulling various duties including youth educator at the Divine Mercy College, a boarding school for Polish boys, in Fawley Court, Secretary of the English Province, and local Treasurer. He was also the Pastor of the Polish communities in Reading (Red-ing), Fawley Court, Cardiff, Hereford, Slough (Slao), and Ealing in London. He spent the last four years of his life in Licheń, where he died and is buried. November 3 On November 3, 1932, BRONISLAUS RAUDELIUNAS (Rao-de-loonas), a novice, died of tuberculosis at the age of 19 at the house in Marijampolė, where he is buried. In 1999, Father FRANCIS DUDA (Doo-da), a member of the American Province of St. Stanislaus Kostka, died at Mont Marie Nursing Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He was 90 years old, a religious for 58 years and a priest for 56. He served in pastoral ministry and community administration as local Superior, Councilor, and especially as Provincial and local Treasurer. He directed the Marian gift shop on Eden Hill with great success, utilizing his talents of creating floral arrangements, selecting religious items, and photographing nature. He is buried in the Marian Fathers’ cemetery on Eden Hill in Stockbridge. November 4 On November 4, 1784, after the defeat of the Polish army for which they served as chaplains, two Marians lost their lives in the carnage inflicted on the inhabitants of the Warsaw-Praga borough by the hands of the Muscovite forces that invaded Poland: Father FRANCIS KUPRELL (Koop-rell), age 57, and Father ALEXANDER JELONEK (Ye-lone-ek), age 34. They were buried in Grochów (Gro-hoovf), in the common grave for the soldiers.
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