Albert Chmielowski (20 August 1845 – 25 December 1916) - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863. He was founder of both the Albertine Brothers and Albertine Sisters who are servants of the homeless and destitute.

Having taken the name of Brother Albert, he became the creator of shelters whose aim was to improve the financial and moral condition of the most miserable, the senile, beggars, vagrants, the elderly, and anyone who temporarily or permanently faced extreme poverty.

In 1887, Albert founded the Brothers of the Third Order of Saint Francis, Servants of the Poor, known as the Albertines or the Gray Brothers. Then, in 1891, he founded a community of Albertine...

Albert Chmielowski was a Polish religious brother and founder of the Albertines. He is a saint of the Catholic Church. Albert is also known as Brat Albert (Brother Albert); in recognition of his holiness, he has also been called the 'Brother of Our Lord', 'Brother of …

In 1887, he founded the Brothers of the Third Order of Saint Francis, Servants of the Poor, commonly known as the Albertines or the Gray Brothers, named after their rough gray habits. He also established the women’s congregation of the Order, known as the Gray Sisters, in 1891.

2024年1月13日 · The life of St. Brother Albert Chmielowski, priest and painter, was marked by a series of apparent failures, failures that, when turned over to God, became the source of life for others. Born into a wealthy family in Poland in 1845, St. Brother Albert fought in the uprising against the Russians, lost a leg, and was exiled.

In following the foot steps of Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Brother Albert Chmielowski gave up his promising career as a painter to live among the beggars. So too, the Albertine Sisters consecrate themselves by means of following the evangelical counsels and serving the poorest and most miserable, in whom they recognize the image of the ...

In 1887 he joined religious life as Brother Albert of the Third Order of St. Francis. He lived in the homeless shelters with those he served. Within a year, Brother Albert had founded his own branch of the Franciscans, the Servants of the Poor, …

2023年6月17日 · Brother Albert was born in that part of Poland seized by the Russians. His father, who worked as a customs inspector on the border, died just short of Albert’s 8th birthday; his mother, just...

In proclaiming this 20th century Polish St. Francis among the saints, the Church presents Brother Albert Chmielowski to a world in need of his unique witness of God’s mercy. By his own example, our present Pope Francis seems to put an exclamation point on St. Albert’s message: