Dec. 17, 2023 | Heroic Story of the Ulma Family

Catholic Review Radio

During World War II, Hitler made it forbidden and punishable by death for anyone who harbored those of Jewish descent. In southeastern Poland, a Catholic family – Josef, Wiktoria and their seven children of the Ulma family – were executed for hiding two Jewish families in their attic. Pope Francis beatified the whole family, including an unborn child, Sept. 10, 2023. Beginning in mid-January, the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., will have an inspiring display of the Ulma family’s story along with an opportunity to venerate the relics of St. John Paul II and relics of all nine members of the family for all those who make a pilgrimage to the shrine. Catholic Review Radio host, Father Brian Nolan, pastor of St. Ignatius in Ijamsville, Md., talks with Sofia Maurette, the director of Intercultural Ministry for the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, who worked intimately with the creation of the exhibit of the newly beatified Ulma family soon to be on display at this shrine.