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	Andrew Bobola
		Andrew Bobola (1590 - 1657), Jesuit missionary and martyr, was born into a noble Polish family.
		In 1636, Andrew was assigned to the missions in Lithuania, which work was hampered by attacks of Protestants and members of the Orthodox faith.
		Subsequently he was joined with St. Peter the Aleut, a martyr for the Orthodox faith at the hands of Roman Catholic priests, in a special devotion[?] for the reunion of the two branches of Christianity.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Andrew_Bobola.html (160 words)

	Invicti Athletae: On Saint Andrew Bobola: Venerable Pope Pius XII
		What seems to shine forth especially in the life of Andrew Bobola is his Catholic faith, whose vigor, nourished by divine grace, grew so much stronger with the passing of the years that it conferred on him a special mark of distinction, and spurred him on to undergo his martyrdom with courage.
		Andrew was asked if he were a priest of the Latin rite, and he replied, 'I am a Catholic priest; I was born in the Catholic faith; in that faith I wish to die.
		For Andrew Bobola is their great glory, since he was born of that nation, and honored it not only by the splendor of so many virtues, but with the crimson of his martyrdom.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/pope2601.htm (2588 words)

	Andrew Bobola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Andrew Bobola (Polish: Andrzej Bobola) (1591–16 May 1657) was a Jesuit missionary and martyr, known as "an Apostle of Pinszczyzna" and "a hunter of souls".
		Saint Andrew was also told to spend his life at Valley of the gods where he continued his work on the teachings of the 'now' he also performed a one man show known as 'Champagne Comedy'.He also had many non believers who attempted to stop his research eg.
		Andrew Bobola - Saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrew_Bobola (453 words)

	St. Andrew Bobola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Bobola's success in converting schismatics drew upon him the rage of those in high authority, and the adherents of the Greek Pope decided to centralize their forces in Polesia.
		The schismatics vainly endeavoured in every manner to hinder him in the exercise of his apostolic duties, extending their persecutions to attacks upon his person.
		Father Bobola was declared Blessed by Pius IX in 1853, and his feast is kept by the Society of Jesus, 23 May.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/andrew_bobola,saint.html (381 words)

	Andrzej Bobola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Andrew Bobola (1591 - 16 May 1657) was a Jesuit missionary and martyr.
		On 16 May 1657 he was captured in the village Peredil Lithuania by the Cossacks of Chmielnicki subjected to incredible slow diabolical tortures (amputated limbs flayed skin burn wood slivers driven underneath the fingernails cut-off and killed (in Janów Poleski).
		Today some join St Andrew with St. Peter the Aleut a martyr for the Orthodox faith from the hands of Roman Catholics in a special devotion for the of the two branches of Christianity.
	www.freeglossary.com /Bobolas (561 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Andrew, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Andrew, Saint ANDREW, SAINT [Andrew, Saint] [Grmanly], in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles, brother of Peter.
		Moving to Texas in 1846, he served (1849) as attorney general, was a member of the legislature (1851-53), and in 1859 was elected as a Unionist to the U.S. House of Representatives.
		Seth, Andrew SETH, ANDREW [Seth, Andrew] (Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison), 1856-1931, Scottish philosopher, b.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Andrew,&StartAt=11 (634 words)

	St. Andrew Bobola, S.J.
		St. Andrew Bobola, who died for his Catholicism in 1657, was, in a sense, doubly persecuted.
		Andrew, the scion of a distinguished Polish family, was born in Sandomir, Poland, in 1591.
		Bobola accepted the invitation, although he knew that Pinsk was an even more perilous location.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id396.htm (786 words)

	Jesuit saints and blesseds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Andrew Bobola (Andrzej Bobola, 1597-1657) gave his life during the conflict between Catholics and Orthodox that formed part of the war between Polish and Russian forces in the mid-seventeenth century.
		Bobola took on a variety of works in various towns, until poor health restricted what he could do and he returned again to Vilnius.
		Bobola was in a nearby town, but some people told the Cossacks where to find him.
	www.sjweb.info /history/saint_show.cfm?SaintID=82 (533 words)

	Lives of the Saints, May 21, St. Andrew Bobola, St. Hospitius
		Saint Andrew Bobola, born in Poland in 1592, was sent while still young to the Jesuit school at Sandomir; his family had always protected the Jesuits and shown itself very liberal towards them.
		Saint Andrew in 1636 resigned his post as Superior to preach for twenty-one years along all the roads of Lithuania, which he was evangelizing.
		Saint Andrew was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1853, and canonized in April of 1938 by Pope Pius XI.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/05-21.htm (950 words)

	.: The Jesuit Singapore Website :.
		Andrew Bobola was born in 1591 in Strachocin, southern Poland, to a family that was part of the lesser nobility and known for its devotion to the Catholic church.
		In 1630 Fr Bobola moved to Bobruisk in eastern Poland where the majority of the people were Orthodox and many Catholics had given up their faith partly because they did not have their own priests and churches.
		Fr Bobola was in Vilnius when the Tzar’s army marched in and sacked the city in 1655, when Poland and Russia were at war.
	www.jesuit.org.sg /html/companions/saints.martys/May/bobola2005.html (733 words)

	The Compass newspaper -- May 12, 2006 Issue -- Saint of the Day
		Andrew was born at Sandomir, Poland, into an aristocratic family.
		In 1630, eight years after his ordination, Andrew was assigned to Bobruisk as pastor and superior of the Jesuit house.
		Andrew accepted a house from the prince and turned it into a center for fugitive Jesuits.
	www.thecompassnews.org /compass/2006-05-12/saintoftheday.shtml (470 words)

	McNichols Icon: St. Peter the Aleut and St. Andrew Bobola, SJ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Father Andrew Bobola was born in 1591 in Poland.
		Andrew Bobola was threatened with death if he would not leave his faith.
		Bobola was taken by the Cossacks, tortured and murdered.
	puffin.creighton.edu /jesuit/andre/i_unity.html (283 words)

	Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary : Two Patrons for True Ecumenism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Andrew Bobola was of a prominent Polish family, Catholic in the Western tradition.
		Andrew was ordained in 1622, one year before the martyrdom of St. Josaphat.
		The request was granted, and Andrew Bobola began to do the work he had wanted to do from the time he entered the Jesuit Order, the work God had meant him to do, the work at which he would spend the rest of his life.
	www.catholicism.org /patrons-ecumenism.html (3705 words)

	St. Andrew Avellino
		Andrew (originally Lancelot) Avellino was born near Naples, Italy, in 1521, a year when Martin Luther was just launching his great revolt against the Catholic Church, Lancelot felt a special call to chastity, so he entered the diocesan priesthood.
		Andrew now became an outstanding Theatine, named to offices of importance in his congregation.
		Andrew's reformist efforts were principally those of a preacher and home missionary.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id678.htm (786 words)

	SouthCoastToday.com - What I'm watching - April 29, 2006
		Andrew Bobola remains ever loyal to the medical drama now in its 12th season.
		Bobola (along with the rest of the country) loved to hate J.R. Over in the "ER," his favorite character is the much kinder Dr. Luka Kovac.
		Bobola falls in line with many across the country in his other TV picks: "American Idol," Fox's continual ratings bonanza, and "Deal or No Deal," the NBC game show that's quickly amassed viewers who tune in to watch contestants take their chances on mystery briefcases filled with anywhere from 1 cent to 1 million dollars.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/04-06/04-29-06/02living.htm (300 words)

	Saints of May 21
		Andrew Bobola was a Polish aristocrat who joined the Jesuits in 1611 when he was 20.
		Andrew's kindness to the dying and his care for the dead, in spite of the great personal danger of catching the disease, impressed many.
		For Bobola this took the forms of bands of children who followed him and tried to drown his words with their shouts.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0521.htm (4427 words)

	Andrew Bobola
		The origin of St. Andrew (in Polish: Andrzej) Bobola was unknown as late as to the half of XX century.
		In 1701 Father Martin Godebski, the rector of the Pinsk college had a vision of Andrew Bobola (compare visions of Father Niżnik).
		Since May 16, 2002 St. Andrew Bobola is a saint patron of Poland.
	www.wsm.gdynia.pl /~testep/andreas/life.html (683 words)

	Saints of May 16
		Instead of honoring his mother's desire for him to be a priest, Andrew's early life was devoted to frivolity.
		Andrew retired from his parish in 1820, but continued to direct the sisters until his death, at which time the order had over sixty convents in Poitou.
		Prayers to Saint Andrew were said to have miraculously increased food supplies for the nuns and their charges when they were in need (Attwater, Benedictines, Bentley, Delaney, White).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0516.htm (3675 words)

	St. Andrew
		Andrew (the name means “manly” in Greek) was a fisherman born in Galilee at Bethsaida but working out of Capharnaum, where he lived with his brother Simon, also a fisherman.
		As soon as Jesus saw Andrew's brother, He said, “You are Simon, son of Jonah; your name shall be Cephas (which is rendered `Peter')” (John 1:42).
		Nonetheless, the premier diocese of Scotland is still called “St. Andrew's and Edinburgh”, and the royal princes of England are always given “Andrew” as one of their baptismal names.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id788.htm (536 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Andrew, Apostle Andrew is known as a fisherman who left his net to follow Jesus, and fish for people.
		Andrew SAINT ANDREW, APOSTLE St. Andrew Avellino St. Andrew Bobola St. Andrew and Companions St. Andrew Corsini St. Andrew of Crete St. Andrew Dotti St. Andrew Dung Lac St. Andrew Kagwa St. Andrew...
		Andrew, Apostle of Jesus St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland was St. Peter's brother.
	www.apostlehome.com /andrewtheapostle (996 words)

	Andrew Bobola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Born in Sandomierz in Poland, Andrew Bobola entered the Society of Jesus in 1611 and was ordained 11 years later.
		After working in Vilnius and Warsaw, he went as a missionary to eastern Poland where the Catholic Church was being persecuted by the Orthodox.
		The above postal card was in honor of the first Congress of Catholic Organizations and Movements, which took place June 3, 1994 at the Shrine of St. Andrew Bobola in Warsaw.
	www.manresa-sj.org /stamps/1_Bobola.htm (98 words)

	INVICTI ATHLETAE
		There, at length, impelled and assisted by the grace he had obtained by constant and fervent prayers, he might be able to reach Christian perfection, for as St. Bernard wisely said, "the spiritual edifice cannot possibly stand except on the firm foundation of humility."[4]
		Andrew Bobola could apply to himself that saying, "Nothing that is known to belong to God, do I consider outside my interests."[6] He feared death and sufferings not at all.
		But on May 16, 1657, on the feast of our Lord's Ascension into heaven, he was seized near Janovia by the enemies of the Catholics.
	www.papalencyclicals.net /Pius12/P12INVIC.HTM (2612 words)

	Belarus: Historical Figures
		The Venerable Martyr Athanasius of Brest (en, ru)
		Invicti Athletae: On Saint Andrew Bobola, Encyclical of Pope Pius XII promulgated on May 16, 1957 (en)
		Andrew Bobola, S.J. Portrait, from Jesuit Family Album (en)
	www.geocities.com /albaruthenia/IA/figures.html (1059 words)

	Saint Michael Center - Saints
		Saint Andrew Bobola was born and died in Poland.
		He was martyred at the age of sixty-seven by the Cossacks, who beat and scourged him so severely, dragged him through the streets, half burned and choked him, that when he was beatified, the Sacred Congregation of Rites in Rome declared that his was the most cruel martyrdom ever submitted to that court.
		Saint Andrew Bobola was beatified in 1853 by Pope Pius IX.
	www.smcenter.org /events_saints_may01.htm (4894 words)

	Jesuit Portraits Chapter 2 (Bo-Cam)
		Andrew Bobola, S.J. (Polish: 1591-1657) suffered one of the most painful martyrdoms ever recorded.
		Andrew became an outstanding preacher and directed Sodalities from which he recruited assistants to help him in his visits to prisoners, to the poor, in catechizing and helping victims of plagues.
		Andrew found that many of the Catholics living in Eastern Poland had become Orthodox because they had no Catholic church, so he built one and it soon became a center for all who wanted to return to the Catholic Faith.
	www.faculty.fairfield.edu /jmac/jp/jpbocam.htm (3105 words)

	James Z. Dembkoski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He attended St. Andrew Bobola Church and was a member of the Quarter Century Club of American Optical Co. in Southbridge.
		A funeral Mass will be celebrated today, Thursday, in St. Andrew Bobola Church in Dudley.
		Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrew Bobola Church, PO Box 98, West Main Branch, Dudley, MA 01571; or to the American Cancer Society Mass.
	www.andovertownsman.com /news/20000406/OB_010.html (253 words)

	Fr. Hardon Archives - Hell and Purgatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For me, the most eloquent evidence of that is the martyrdom of the Jesuit Polish saint, Andrew Bobola.
		When the Holy Father canonized Andrew Bobola he declared, “We know of no martyrdom in the annuls of Christianity more barbaric than this one.” Andrew under the hours of ordeal and torture, long before he died, kept praying, “Lord keep me faithful.
		Save me from the fires of hell.” The last recorded word of St. Andrew Bobola was the word, “hell.” “Lord save me from the fires of hell.” He was afraid of weakening under torment and denying his faith.
	www.therealpresence.org /archives/Eschatology/Eschatology_002.htm (1657 words)

	St. Andrew Bobola - Catholic Online
		In 1636, Andrew was sent to the Lithuanian missions.
		A house was provided for him in Pinsk, Belarus, by Prince Radziwell, and he worked there despite attacks by Protestants and schismatics.
		On May 10, 1657, Andrew was kidnapped by two Cossacks who beat him and tied him to the saddles of their horses so they could drag him to a place of torture.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=539 (481 words)

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