12 JUNE

There were two Carmelite beati celebrated this day.

The Ancient Observance Carmelites celebrated Blessed Hilarion Januszewski, O.Carm. He was a victim of the Nazi persecution of the Church in Poland. The Irish Carmelite website contains a short notice of his life from the Carmelite office propers here.

The Discalced Carmelites honor Bl. Alphonsus Maria Mazurek, O.C.D. He, too, was murdered by the Nazis. I have not found any web-based material on him. But the following was provided by a Carmelite secular in the U.K. It appears to be from the Carmelite office propers also.

He was born in 1891 at Baranowka, near Lubartow, Poland. He entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites in 1908, taking the religious name Alphonsus Mary of the Holy Spirit. He was ordained a priest and appointed as a professor, while dedicating himself to the education of youth. Afterwards he served in his Order as prior and bursar. In 1944, after having been arrested by the troops that had invaded his country, he was shot on 28 August at Nawojowa Gora, near Krzeszowice. He was beatified by John Paul II on 13 June 1999, together with many other Polish martyrs.