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Salvatorian Father Eugeniusz Grytner, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Bartow stands with his stole before the television for the beatification of Father Francis Jordan, the founder of his order. He and several parishioners participated via Polish television in the pre-dawn hours of May 15. During Father Grytnerâs time working in Tanzania, he translated the prayer for beatification into Swahili and gave it to all of his parishioners to pray. He feels their faithfulness in praying this prayer must have helped in the beatification.Â
BARTOW | It is 4 a.m., May 15. It is still dark outside as a few parishioners from St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Bartow gather at the rectory to join their pastor, Salvatorian Father Eugeniusz Grytner for the long-awaited beatification of his orderâs founder, Venerable Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan, at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. The small group watched via Polish television.
Speaking after the recitation of the Regina Coeli May 16, the pope expressed alarm at the Israel-Gaza conflict which has left more than 100 people dead, many of them children.
He said: In these days, violent armed clashes between the Gaza Strip and Israel have taken hold, and risk degenerating into a spiral of death and destruction. Numerous people have been injured, and many innocents have died. Among them there are also children, and this is terrible and unacceptable. Their death is a sign that one does not want to build the future, but wants to destroy it.
The pope also lamented intercommunal violence involving Jews and Arabs within Israel.
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