Kalinowski was already living a quasi-Carmelite life before he had even decided to join the Carmelites… Earlier in March [1874] Kalinowski had begun a novena to his patron St. Joseph and this reminded him to write to his parents and thank them, especially his mother, for inculcating in him a devotion to St. Joseph.
Timothy Tierney, O.C.D.
Saint Raphael Kalinowski: Apprenticed to Sainthood in Siberia
Tierney, T 2016, Saint Raphael Kalinowski: Apprenticed to Sainthood in Siberia, Balboa Press, Bloomington, Indiana
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