Historical society talk to focus on life, legacy of Father Ciszek
SHENANDOAH – June’s talk at the Greater Shenandoah Area Historical Society will examine the life and legacy of a Shenandoah man who, up until recently, was under consideration for sainthood.
Father Walter Ciszek will be the focus of the Tuesday, June 2 talk at the historical society at 201 South Main.
The talk begins at 6:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served.
Last month, the Diocese of Allentown announced that the canonization process for the southside man had ended.
Born in Shenandoah in 1904, Ciszek, a Jesuit, volunteered in Poland in the 1930’s as a young priest until the outbreak of World War II when he fled into the Soviet Union where he was captured and imprisoned, accused of being a spy.
He was released as part of a prisoner swap in the 1960’s negotiated by President John F. Kennedy.
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