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Collection: Pilgrimages to Poland backstage
Available languages: PL, EN
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Reference code: 419/I/1/12/211
Owner signature: W/211/08/S/192
Title: Rev. Zbigniew Pajdak on John Paul II's visits to Australia
Date: 2008-08-27
Size and medium: 2,95 GB; MP4
Creator's name: The Centre for the Thought of John Paul II
Repository: The Centre for the Thought of John Paul II
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JOURNALIST:
Tomasz Sobiecki
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Piotr Świtek
Short biographical note:
Father Zbigniew Pajdak (1934-2022) the Jesuit. After his ordination he was vicar, parish priest, provincial, rector of the Polish Catholic mission. He served the Polish community in Australia.
He met Bishop Karol Wojtyła personally for the first time at the Markowe Szczawiny mountain hut. He received Cardinal Wojtyła during his trip to Australia, and later participated in the Pope's pilgrimages to that country.
Summary:
First meeting with Bishop Wojtyła. Mass with Karol Wojtyła in the mountains. Cardinal Wojtyła's visit to Australia (1973) and personal meetings. The future Pope and his "charism of contact with people". Anecdotes about Cardinal Wojtyła's visit to Australia. The election of Karol Wojtyła to the See of Peter and his reception in Australia and among the Polish community. An audience in Rome. Meeting with compatriots in Melbourne (1986).
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