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Andrew (Andrzej) Bobola was born in 1591 of an old and distinguished Polish family, in the Palatinate of Sandomir, Poland. In 1611, he entered the Jesuit order in Vilnius, Lithuania and was ordained a priest in 1622 and appointed preacher in the Church of St Casimir, Wilno.

After making his solemn vows on 2 June, 1630, he became superior at Bobruisk, where he worked wonders by his preaching and was much admired for his devotion during an epidemic of the plague.

Saint andrew bobola biography samples

In 1636, he began his work in the Lithuanian missions. During this period Poland was being ravaged by Cossacks, Russians, and Tatars, and the Catholic faith became the object of the combined attacks of Protestants and Orthodox.

The Jesuits, in particular, suffered greatly.

Andrew first laboured in Vilmius, Lithuania and Warsaw, and later, from 1652, as an itinerant missioner in Eastern Poland. He served for several years as an adviser, preacher, and superior of a community in various places such as Polock, Lithuania, wher