{"id":2904,"date":"2026-05-08T17:44:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postocd.carmelitaniscalzi.com\/cause\/alfonso-maria-dello-spirito-santo-mazurek-en\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:44:50","slug":"alfonso-maria-dello-spirito-santo-mazurek-en","status":"publish","type":"causa","link":"http:\/\/postocd.carmelitaniscalzi.com\/en\/causes\/blessed\/alfonso-maria-dello-spirito-santo-mazurek-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfonso Maria dello Spirito Santo (Mazurek)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit (Mazurek) was born on the first of March, 1891, in Baran\u00f3wka, near Lubart\u00f3w, Poland. In 1908 he entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites in Czerna, taking the name of Brother Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit. After making his vows, he studied in Krak\u00f3w, Linz and Vienna, where on 16<sup>th<\/sup> of July 1916 he was ordained a priest. From 1920 to 1930 he worked in the minor seminary of the Discalced Carmelites in Wadowice as a teacher and educator of boys. From 1930 he held the position of Prior and Bursar of the Czerna monastery.<\/p>\n<p>Attentive and delicate in the various community services and assiduous in the ministry of confessions, he encouraged everyone to a tender and solid devotion to Our Lady. His apostolic zeal and fidelity to the Lord were the fruit of continuous prayer and devotion to Jesus Crucified.<\/p>\n<p>He remained faithful to his vocation during the years of Nazi persecution. He was captured and shot by the Nazis on August 28, 1944 in Nawojowa G\u00f3ra, near Krzeszowice: he gave his soul to God while praying the rosary.<\/p>\n<p>The decree on martyrdom was promulgated on March 26, 1999. 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