The Church of St. Barbara, Krakow

 
POLAND, 1957, Scott C43

The 14th century Church of St. Barbara in Poland was given to the Jesuits in 1583. In the stamps above it stands to the left of the choir of Notre Dame and its well known towers (see detail). It was remodeled in the Baroque style and housed a famous Jesuit college which competed with the Krakow Jagiellonian University.

Saints Peter and Paul Church, Krakow

POLAND, 1982, Krakow Monuments Restoration S/S, Scott 2549
The Jesuit Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Krakow, built in 1579-1619
and styled like the Gesu in Rome, is illustrated at 3 PM. More

The Jesuit Church, Lublin

   
Occupied POLAND, 1942, Scott NB15-18
In the old city (left) the side of the church with its towers is above the +8 and +50;
in the modern city (right) the facade of the same church in the upper right

The Jesuit Church in Lublin, dedicated to St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, was constructed by Bernhard Maciejowski, later Cardinal Archbishop of Gnesen, , between 1582 and 1600, and remained a Jesuit church until 1722. It was rebuilt in 1757 after a fire and later became the cathedral. This is where Pope John Paul II served 6:00 AM weekday Mass when he was a professor at the Catholic university.

The Castle Chapel at Malbork

  
GERMANY, 1924, Scott 339
POLAND, 2004, World Heritage (note the syncopated perforation), Scott 3755
POLAND, 1954, the 5th centenary of the recovery of Pommerania, Scott 642

This 13th century fortified monastery belonged to the Teutonic Order and was the seat of its Grand Master. When the Jesuits arrived in Marlbork (Marienberg) in 1607 they were given charge of the chapel of St. Mary and its painting of Our Lady in the Gate. In 1656 the Swedes invaded Poland, captured Malbork and destroyed the chapel. The present terraced walls in front of the castle were rebuilt during the early 1990's by pupils of the nearby Technical High School, previously a Jesuit residence. More

The Benedictine Abbey, Tyniec

 
Occupied POLAND, 1941, 1943-44, Scott N75, N101

The Benedictine Abbey at Tyniec was the residence from 1826 of the Jesuit theology students of the Province of Galicia until they were driven away by fire in 1831. The incident is too brief in the thousand year old history of the monastery to be mentioned on the monastery web site.

The Professed House Church, Warsaw

  
POLAND, 1945, Scott 375
1946, Warsaw Liberation overprints, Scott 384

In the center of the left vignette above rises the facade of St. John's Cathedral, and in the foreground the church of the Jesuit professed house in Warsaw built from 1609 to 1620. It reverted to the Society in 1917, but was destroyed during World War II. It has since been rebuilt and is attended by fathers from the residence of the provincial of the North Polish Province.

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