The nine members of the Ulma family were killed by Nazis in March of 1944. Now an apple tree in the Vatican Gardens pays tribute to their testimony.
From January to March 2024, the St. John Paul II National Shrine will host an exhibition on the recently beatified Ulma family, with relics and history.
Following their example, let us hear the call to oppose the force of weapons with that of charity, the rhetoric of violence with the tenacity of prayer.
The Ulma family's relatives keep their legacy alive in the small town where they all grew up together. It was a parish priest who made them realize: This village has saints!
While the Ulma family were martyred on March 24, their feast day is observed on July 7, the parents' wedding anniversary.
Manuela Tulli, a Vatican reporter for an Italian news agency, co-wrote a book on the Ulma family. Here she reflects on this "family that unites, in a world that divides."
Either Jozef or Wiktoria must have stopped one day to underline these verses, which defined their lives and deaths. We want to live this way, says postulator.
The beatification of the Ulma family will take place on September 10. Among them is their unbaptized child, born as the mother died.
The Holy Father says that their example teaches us that "holiness and heroic deeds are achieved through fidelity in the small everyday things"
Jozef, Wiktoria, and their seven children, killed by Nazis, will be beatified in their hometown of Markowa, Poland.
The beatification of the Ulm family represents a major development.
The incredible witness of Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children recognized a martyrdom.
These holy men and women are recognized by the nation of Israel for risking (or giving) their lives to save Jewish people from the Nazis.
The beatification process is underway for the entire Ulma family of nine.
The Ulmas’ great “crime” was loving their neighbors through Christ. Now they're in my Catholic Hall of Fame
