holidays
November 19,
Christian feast day: Raphael Kalinowski
Raphael Kalinowski
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 in 1991.