Pychowice, Poland – October 2024 – On Sunday 6 October, the Salesian parish of Pychowice, belonging to the Province of Krakow (PLS), located in a location in the VIII Dębniki District of Krakow, celebrated the 80th anniversary of the consecration of the Chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. During the solemn Eucharist presided over by Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow, faithful, inhabitants and Salesians, renewed the entrustment of their hearts to the Sacred Heart of the Lord Jesus. At the beginning of the Mass, the parish priest, Fr Robert Bieleń, SDB, recalled the history of the construction of the Pychowice Chapel. During the war, the idea emerged among the inhabitants of Pychowice to buy an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to consecrate Pychowice to the Heart of God, and that a chapel would later be built to be able to place the image. This was made possible by the courage and generosity of heiress Olga Wojtowicz and Fr Jan Kanty Zeman, SDB. The chapel was consecrated on 8 October 1944 by the suffragan bishop of Katowice, Bishop Juliusz Bieniek. During the Eucharist, after communion, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow read the same act used 80 years ago. At the end of the Mass, medals and certificates were awarded to deserving parishioners, but also to the Salesians: Fr Jan Krawiec and Fr Jacek Rylko, former parish priests. Finally, Archbishop Jędraszewski blessed the new Salesian house in Pychowice.

Photo: Press Office of the Archdiocese of Krakow