Saint of the Day – 17 June – St Albert Chmielowski T.O.S.F.  (The 19th-century Polish saint who was influenced by St. Francis of Assisi later influenced Pope St. John Paul II.)   (20 August 1845 at Igoalomia (Aigolonija), Poland as Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski – 25 December 1916 at Krakow, Poland, of natural causes).   Canonised … Continue reading Saint of the Day – 17 June – St Albert Chmielowski T.O.S.F. (The 19th-century Polish saint who was influenced by St. Francis of Assisi later influenced Pope St. John Paul II.)