【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2018 年 03月 30 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─ 2005年4月2日，在位26年，年屆85歲的教宗若望保祿二世安息主懷。他所尋找並邀請跟隨基督，陪伴著他生命最後時刻的一眾青年，在他極度痛苦之時，齊集聖伯多祿廣場，並在舉行葬禮之日，展示寫上Santo Subito的橫額，意即「立即讓他成為聖人」。這位波蘭籍教宗與青年之間的深厚感情，也來自一份使他聖召成長的慈幼氛圍，尤其源於一位不遺餘力的平信徒，若望‧泰拉諾夫斯基的神恩。
「成聖不是一件難事」這一句話，啟發了若望‧泰拉諾夫斯基，並且在這位未來教宗卡羅爾‧沃伊蒂瓦，於克拉科夫Debniki地區的慈幼會堂區聖達尼老‧高斯加堂辨別聖召時，把這訊息傳遞給他。當人們看到若望保祿二世，如何破紀錄地於2014年封聖，以及這位平信徒若望‧泰拉諾夫斯基，於去年成為可敬者，便能證實上述句子無可否認的影響力。
若望‧泰拉諾夫斯基於1901年2月9日生於波蘭，他喜愛登山，從科學到外語，從園藝到心理學，無一不喜歡。他曾作過會計，接著打理父親的生意，成為裁縫。這時他加入了「公教進行會」的使徒工作。
後來他越來越喜愛堂區活動，於1935 年一次慈幼會司鐸的講道之中，他感受到一份強烈的召叫，引領他度深度的神修生活。
納粹入侵波蘭，改變了他的一生。堂區中九名慈幼會士被逐，並死在集中營。1940 年，若望‧泰拉諾夫斯基被請求負責一群年輕人的牧民工作，他戰戰兢兢地接受了。數十名青年參與了他的「生活玫瑰經圈」，其中十一人追隨了聖召，包括那位未來教宗。
這位波蘭籍教宗，永遠不忘若望‧泰拉諾夫斯基的影響，在他宗座官邸的房間內，有一幅若望‧泰拉諾夫斯基的小相片。教宗把他司鐸聖召的健康成長歸功於他。
若望‧泰拉諾夫斯基因染上肺結核，沒有出席沃伊蒂瓦於1946年11月舉行的晉鐸典禮。他於1947年3月15日，擁抱著十字架苦像去世。
Jan Tyranowski, St. John Paul II’s mentor
(ANS – RMG –Rome, 30 March 2018) – On April 2, 2005, after 85 years of life and over 26 of the Pontificate, John Paul II died. The young people, whom he had always sought and invited to follow Christ, accompanied him in his last moments on this earth, filling St. Peter’s Square in the hours of his agony and displaying banners with the words “Santo Subito”, literally ‘Saint right away’, already on the day of his funeral. At the origins of this great feeling between the Polish Pope and the young there was also the contribution of the Salesian environment wherein he matured his vocation, especially due to the charism of a committed lay person, Jan Tyranowski.
“Being saints is not difficult.” This sentence inspired Jan Tyranowski and he repeated it to Karol Wojtyła while the future Pope discerned his priestly vocation in the Salesian parish of “St Stanislao Kostka” in Krakow-Debniki. A sentence that proved to be of undeniable impact, if one observes how John Paul II became a saint in record time in 2014, while for the layman Tyranowski the recognition of Venerable came last year.
Tyranowski, born in Poland on 9 February 1901, loved to walk in the mountains and was interested in many things, from science to foreign languages, from gardening to psychology. He was first an accountant, then took over his father’s business and began working as a tailor. It was at that time that he joined the apostolate of “Catholic Action.”
He became increasingly involved in parish activities and in 1935, during the homily of a Salesian priest, he felt a strong call that led him to undertake a life of profound spirituality.
The Nazi invasion of Poland changed his life. Nine Salesians from the parish were deported and died in concentration camps. In 1940, Tyranowski was asked to become responsible for pastoral care for young men. A little fearful, he accepted. Tens of young people took part in his “circles of the living Rosary” and eleven vocations arose, including the future Pope’s.
The Polish Pontiff never forgot Tyranowski’s influence, and he had a small portrait of him in his room in the Apostolic Palace. The Pope attributed the flourishing of his vocation to the priesthood to him.
Tyranowki could not be present on the day of the Wojtyla’s ordination in November 1946, as he was affected by tuberculosis. He died on 15 March 1947, embracing a crucifix.