Christian feast day: Raphael Kalinowski

Raphael Kalinowski

Polish friar and saint (1835–1907)

Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar. He was a teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, royal tutor, and priest, who founded many Carmelite convents around Poland after their suppression by the Russians. Kalinowski was canonized by Pope John Paul II…