“January 9, 2024 The priest Tadeusz Isakovic-Zaleski died latePriest of the Archdiocese of Krakow, President of the Foundation. Brother Albert. On the first day of the funeral, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, a funeral service will be held in the parish church in Radvanowitz, St. 12.00 (rosary prayer from 11.30). On Thursday, January 18, 2024, a funeral service will be held in the parish church in Radwanowitz at 12:00 p.m., followed by a final farewell rite at the parish cemetery in Rudawa,” reads the statement of the Archbishop of Krakow.
The priest was fighting cancer.
Fr Isakovic-Zaleski is dead
F. Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski was born on September 7, 1956 in Krakow. His parents were philologist Jan Zaleski and Polish-Armenian mother, Polish teacher Tereza Zaleska, née Isakovich. He was related to the last Armenian Catholic archbishop of Lviv, prominent preacher and philanthropist Isaac Mikolai Isakovich (he was the grandson of the archbishop's brother) and a priest. Prelate Leon Isakovich (1883–1944), priest of the Armenian Catholic parish of Stanislavov.
After graduating from high school, he entered the main seminary in Krakow. His studies at the seminary were suddenly interrupted because he was drafted into the military service in a special theological unit in Brzeg. After returning to the seminary, he became involved in the independent opposition structures that emerged in the second half of the 1970s. Even during the seminary, he was an active promoter of the underground press and even a direct collaborator of the magazines published outside the censorship: “Krzyż Nowohucki” and “Spotkania” of the young Catholic quarter of Lublin.
In 1981-1983 Fr. Isakovic-Zaleski completed his deacon's practice in Chrzanow, Raicza and Krakow – Wola Justowska. He was ordained a priest on May 22, 1983 in Wawel Cathedral by Cardinal. Francisek Macharski, who had great confidence and support. He was blessed with some delay, thanks to the support of the Cardinal. Macharsky. He was delegated to study at the Armenian College in Rome, but this was prevented by the security service by denying him a passport.
In 2001, he studied at the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome and was appointed by the then ordinary of the faithful of the Armenian Rite, Cardinal. Joseph Glemp, Armenian priest in the Archdiocese of Krakow. In 2002-2009 he was the pastor of the Armenians of Southern Poland, and in 2009-2017 he was the priest of the Armenian Catholic Southern Parish. St. Gregory the Educator based in Gliwice.
The priest founded the first disabled community in Krakow “Faith and Light”. Later, he created one of the most dynamic societies in Poland, creating centers for mentally disabled people as a foundation. Brother Albert. This foundation is based on Brother Albert's spirituality, using the priest's previous community experience. He also got a lot of inspiration from the Laski community, with which Tadeusz Zaleski was connected almost from birth. His aunt, Sister Miriam from the Franciscan Ministries of the Cross, was there.
“The foundation was born out of a fundamental question for parents of intellectually disabled people, what will happen to their children when they die,” said Fr. In an interview with KAI. Isakovic-Zaleski. The founder of the foundation was Stanislav Pruszynski, who “although he was not the parent of a disabled person, but he was from Volhynia, had war experience, was wounded and was disabled for the rest of his life. He learned from Volhynia that the home for disabled people should be in a beautiful natural environment, outside the city. He kept saying that he needed a house with a garden. The two of us started traveling all over Poland and looking for such a house. It was a manor donated by Zofia Tetelovska, a resident of Radwanovice.
As a novice priest, he was fully involved in cooperation with the underground “Solidarity” and pastoral work in this area. He collaborated with Fr. Kazimierz Jankarz. In 1988, as a workers' chaplain, he participated in the strike at the Lenin Steel Plant. For many years, he participated in the struggle dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Polish genocide at the borders. He was the president of the Kresova Foundation “Memoria et Veritas” founded by him and the organizer of annual school competitions for knowledge about the border countries, as well as the chairman of the honorary committee for the construction of the “Volhynia Massacre” monument. . He also supported the campaign of the Association “Society and Memory” with the slogan “Volhynia to Powązki”. He participated in commemorations, conferences and demonstrations on this topic. He repeatedly appealed to the episcopal and state authorities of Poland. He was also a valuable pastor to families who survived the genocide in Volhynia.
He has been honored with, among others, the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2006), the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1999), the Cross of Freedom and Solidarity (2016), the Medal of the Centenary of Restored Independence (2019), the Medal “Pro Bono Poloniae ” (2019).
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