The Lives of the Saints – Żywoty Świętych
I have a rather old book in my possession that belonged to my grandparents. It is the Lives of the Saints in the Polish language with a special emphasis on the blesseds and venerables of Polish heritage.
The book is entirely in Polish and was published in 1904 in Warsaw, Winterberg, and New York by the firm of J. Steinbrenner, Catholic Book Publishers. Its author is Father J.A. Łukaszkiewicz under the authority of Bishop Martin Joseph Riha, Bishop of Budwies in the Czech Republic (Bohemia at the time).
I plan to republish the daily prayers contained in this book throughout the year.
As a start the book contains an inside plate of Mary and the child Jesus surrounded by the saints. Below them is a Romanesque church with Polish nobility and peasants kneeling in adoration.
The picture is inscribed “Królowo nasza, módl się za nami!” “Our Queen, pray for us!”
Witam!
Przepraszam z góry, że piszę trochę nie na temat.
TrafiŁem na tę stronę przypadkiem, z powodu ks. Łukaszkiewicza. Otóż, nie mogę znaleźń w polskich źródŁach informacji o jego twórczoćci, żadnego spisu wydanych utworów. Widocznie u nas dziaŁa jeszcze jakać cenzura. Może więc tutaj, “za wodą”, ktoć potrafi mi pomóc. Jesli tak, z góry dziękuję. Pozdrawiam: j.k.
Jan,
As noted above, the book I am working from was published in 1904. J. Steinbrenner was a catholic book publisher with offices in New York, Warsaw, and Winterberg. As best as I can tell, Steinbrenner is no longer an active company. They may have last published as late as 1970, but I’m not really sure.
Father J.A. Łukaszkiewicz is noted as “Honorowy Kap. Bazyliki Lor.â€
It is interesting that the imprimatur was from Bishop Martin Joseph Riha, Bishop of Budwies in the Czech Republic (Bohemia at the time). Perhaps Father Łukaszkiewicz was working in this area of Bohemia at the time. Again, there’s not much data to go on.
Steinbrenner published many catholic works including works by Eleuteryusz SiedziŁ„ski (Serce Jezusa, morze miŁosierdzia), ks. Józef KroćniŁ„ski (Marya nasza pomoc, AnioŁ Stróż), ks. Jan Brzozowski, S.P. (OŁtarzyk codziennego i caŁorocznego nabożeŁ„stwa, Pokarm Anielski, Droga do nieba), ks. WŁadysŁaw KoŁakowski (Jezus moje wspomożenie), and ks. Walenty Gadowski – prof. katech. w seminarium w Tarnowie (Hosanna).
Father Łukaszkiewicz may be the same as ks. praŁat Julian Łukaszkiewicz. Per Parafie – Dekanat IV at resinet.pl:
You may wish to contact parafia p.w. Matki Bożej SaletyŁ„skiej, ul. Dąbrowskiego 71, 35-036 Rzeszów, tel.: (0-17) 854 34 05, tel. fax (0-17) 854 06 00 for more information.
I wish you luck in your search.
Also see ks. Julian Łukaszkiewicz – Ks. praŁat Julian Łukaszkiewicz, Fundator sierociŁ„ca w Rzeszowie