Fr. Stanisław Dadej

Father Stanisław Dadej was born on May 9, 1933 and was 87 years old. He took his first vows on September 13, 1951 and was ordained priest on June 29, 1959.

He was currently living in  Kąty Stare (Poland). He belonged to the Province POL.

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing (Ps 23:1)

Father Stanisław Dadej, SCJ died on December 7, 2020 in a hopistal in Busko-Zdrój. During his last years, he lived in Kąty Stare – Stopnica.

He was in his 88th year of life, 70th year of religious profession, and 62nd year of priesthood.

When he was a parish priest in Gołąb, restored a very old and historical Church with Loreto House, the exact replica of the “Basilica della Santa Casa” in Loreto. In the same parish, he built two filial churches.

He spent the last 32 years of his life in Kąty Stare – Stopnica at the Dehonian Novitiate, where he was a parish priest, confessor for novices and nuns, as well as the custodian of the monastery in Kąty Stare. A real ambassador of the old Stopnica monastery in Kąty Stare and the city of Stopnica. Many visitors and tourists were guided through the monastery, city of Stopnica, and many historical country sites by Fr. Stanisław Dadej, SCJ.

It was for this reason that in 2011, he was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the Stopnica Commune.

He was born on May 9, 1933 in Jadowniki. He made his first vows on September 13, 1951 in Stadniki, and was ordained a priest on June 19, 1959 in Kraków by the Archbishop Karol Wojtyła.

It is worth remembering from his ministries, that he was the secretary of the provincial and the catechist in Kraków-Płaszów. He was a parish priest in the parishes in Stadniki, Mychowo, Gołąb, and Stopnica and the superior of the community in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.