Historical Commission For The Cause Of The Servant Of God, Father Walter Ciszek, S.J.

"When Bishop John O. Barres went to Rome for one of his early visits, he had met with several people at the Jesuit Generalate and they were saying that the cause had met with a bit of a snag," Fr. J. Michael Beers, S.S.L. said. 

"Most of the materials that we had put together on Father Ciszek came from Father Ciszek, from his books and writings. They really felt that they needed something more in the way of getting more testimony from outsiders who knew him." 

The search for people who knew Ciszek can range from locally to around the world. "In the area, we have people like Wally Baran, who had known Father and who has helped gather the material from those who had known Father as a boy through adulthood," Beers said. 

"That's where we are right now." In order to get the work done, Barres formed the Historical Commission for the Cause of the Servant of God, Father Walter Ciszek, S.J., in November 2010. 

"There are three of us on the commission," Beers said. "One of the other two members of the commission is a Dutch Jesuit, the Rev. Marc Lindeijer, S.J., who is at the Jesuit Generalate in Rome. He'll be representing a lot of our efforts with Rome. The third member of the commission is a Russian priest whose father was in one of the camps with Father Ciszek. It's fascinating. His name is Father Victor Bilotas. (Bottom of Page 2)"

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