Pope Saint John Paul II Traditional Unbreakable Catholic Chaplet - Patron Saint of World Youth Days - Pope St. fashion John Paul II Catholic Rosary

This chaplet is made with 5 groups of five ( twenty-five) 8x6mm Montana blue Czech crystal beads in the loop and one 8mm Montana blue Czech crystal bead in the tail for a total of 26, the number of years of his pontificate. The spacers connecting the groups are lead-free Tibetan silver. The center is a Pope Saint John Paul II rosary connector. I finished it off with the papal crucifix, the one most closely associated with Pope Saint John Paul II. Each Tibetan silver capped bead is permanently wrap-linked by hand using nickel-silver wrapping wire. This chaplet will last a lifetime of wear & prayer and would make a beautiful gift of faith for anytime of the year! I will include the handmade prayer card and chaplet prayer booklet, plus an organza pouch with your purchase.

AKA:
•Karol Wojtyla
•Juan Pablo II
•John Paul the Great

Memorial
•22 October
•2 April on some calendars

A Brief History:
For many years Karol believed God was calling him to the priesthood, and after surviving two nearly fatal accidents, he responded to the call. He studied secretly during the German occupation of Poland, and was ordained on 1 November 1946. In these years he came to know and practice the teachings of Saint Louis Marie Montfort and Saint John of the Cross. Earned his Doctorate in theology in 1948 at the Angelicum in Rome, Italy.

Parish priest in the Krakow diocese from 1948 to 1951. Studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University at Krakow. Taught social ethics at the Krakow Seminary from 1952 to 1958. In 1956 he became a professor at the University of Lublin. Venerable Pope Pius fashion XII appointed Wojtyla an auxiliary bishop in Krakow on 4 July 1958. Servant of God, Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Krakow on 30 December 1963.

Wojtyla proved himself a noble and trustworthy pastor in the face of Communist persecution. A member of the prepatory commission, he attended all four sessions of Vatican II; is said to have written Gaudium et spes, the document on the Church in the Modern World. He also played a prominent role in the formulation of the Declaration on Religious Freedom. Following the Council, Pope Paul VI, appointed Karol Wojtyla cardinal on 26 June 1967.

In 1960 he published Love and Responsibility. Pope Paul VI, delighted with its apologetical defense of the traditional Catholic teaching of marriage, relied extensively on Archbishop Wojytla's counsel in writing Humanae Vitae. In 1976 he was invited by Pope Paul VI to preach the lenten sermons to the members of the Papal Household.

In 1978, Archbishop Wojtyla became the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI. He took the name of his predecessors (John, Paul, John Paul) to emphasize his desire to continue the reforms of Vatican II.

John Paul II is the most traveled pope in history, having visited nearly every country in the world which would receive him. As the Vicar of Christ he has consecrated each place that he has visited to the Blessed Virgin Mary. On 13 May 1983 he went to Fatima to consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. He later repeated the consecration of the world to Mary in union with all the Bishops of the Catholic Church, in fulfillment of Our Lady‘s promises at Fatima.

Born:
•18 May 1920 as Karol Wojtyla at Wadowice, Poland

Papal Ascension:
•16 October 1978

Died:
•2 April 2005 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

Venerated:
•19 December 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified:
•1 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy
•the beatification miracle involved the cure from Parkinson's disease of a man in France

Canonized:
•27 April 2014 by Pope Francis
•the canonization miracle involved the healing of a Costa Rican woman who suffered from a brain aneurysm

Patronage:
•World Youth Days