Franciszek Blachnicki

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Venerable Franciszek Blachnicki
Priest
Born	(1921-03-24)24 March 1921 Rybnik, Second Republic of Poland
Died	27 February 1987(1987-02-27) (aged 65) Carlsberg, Bad Dürkheim, Germany
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Patronage	Light-Life

Franciszek Blachnicki (Polish: [frant͡ɕiʂɛk blaxɲit͡skʲi] ^ⓘ; 24 March 1921 – 27 February 1987) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Light-Life movement, also known as the Oasis Movement, and the Secular Institute of the Immaculate Mother of the Church.^[1] He founded several other movements and religious congregations that would address a range of social and ethical issues. These issues included anti-alcoholism and human rights.^[2][3] His movements first came about after starting out as simple retreats designed for both altar servers and families that later began to address a series of issues in Poland at the time.^[1] His concern for human rights came during the communist era in Poland as well as his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II in which he was incarcerated in Auschwitz and other concentration camps under the German Nazi regime.^[3][2]

Blachnicki's beatification process opened in Poland in the 1990s and he became titled as a Servant of God upon the cause's commencement. The decisive moment in the process came on 30 September 2015 after Pope Francis confirmed his heroic virtue and titled him as Venerable.^[1]