He was born in Detroit, Michigan on the Feast of Saint Martha,
disciple of the Lord - July 29, 1928. Little did anyone realize at the
time that he too would become a devoted disciple of the Lord as a
Basilian Priest.
The seeds for this vocation were planted in his early years through elementary Catholic schooling and then at Central Catholic High School in Detroit where he graduated in 1946. He went on to the University of Western Ontario, receiving his Bachelor's degree in 1951. That same year he entered St. Basil's in Toronto, the major scholasticate for the Congregation of Saint Basil, where four years later he was ordained a Basilian priest.
He returned to his home state where he enrolled in graduate studies at the University of Michigan acquiring a Masters a year later and then his Doctorate in Biochemistry in 1961. He was assigned by his Order to teach Biochemistry at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada for sixteen years. After eleven years of teaching and experimental research work with twenty-four research publications in biochemistry and his five years of religious formation, Fr. Kosicki felt the pull to renew and deepen his interest in Spiritual renewal, in prayer life and in experimental work in the community.
A prolific writer, inspiring preacher, and researcher, Fr. George has written and published a plethora of books and articles beginning in 1966 with his book Like a Cedar of Lebanon published by Sheed and Ward, which was a study of images in Scripture from a biochemical point of view. Talk about an interesting viewpoint! Other books followed, first The Lord Is My Shepherd, a collection of witnesses by fellow priests, and secondly Forty-Days of Intercession, the continuous miracle of a loving community of priests interceding in prayer and fasting for their brother priests. Both books were published in 1975 by Word of Life. Key to the Good News, a summary of the Gospel that Jesus Christ is Lord, was published the same year by Dove Publications.
That same year, after active involvement in the Charismatic Renewal and the Houses of Prayer in Detroit for several years, he became coordinator of Bethany House of Intercession, a community of priests, bishops, and deacons in Warwick, Rhode Island and in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York interceding for bishops, priests and deacons worldwide. He remained there until 1983.
During that time he wrote a number of articles for several publications: Renewed Religious Life: The Dynamics of Re-discovery followed by The Mountaintop Experience: Its Value and Purpose in Spiritual Growth. A year later he released Steps Toward Christian Community and Assume Nothing: On Making Assumptions Explicit in Religious Renewal. In 1978, he wrote on Intercession, first Intercession: a Re-discovery of Power to Renew for Sisters Today followed by Pope Paul VI, Prophet in our Time and then Eucharist as Intercession in Emmanuel.
The year 1979 prompted him to write Keys to Christian Community in Pastoral Life and Pilgrimage and Purification: The Church in Travail in the 80's for The Crux of Prayer. In 1980 he wrote The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come!": Mary's role in the New Pentecost for the Ave Maria Institute and then Walk in Forgiveness in 1981, the same year he wrote The Good News of Suffering released by the Liturgical Press in Collegeville, Minnesota. Many of these have been re-released as leaflets or booklets.
After eight years at Bethany where he was in great demand as a speaker throughout the English-speaking world, he was called in 1983 to spend two and a half years with the Fraternity of Priests team working out of the Franciscan University of Steubenville in eastern Ohio where he remained for two and a half years, spending the last half of the third year in solitude with the Camaldolese hermits in prayer and writing. It was during this time he wrote a number of articles for New Covenant Magazine including Bless do not Curse, You are what you Think, Interceding as a Priestly People, and The Holy Spirit: Lord and Giver of Life.
He also wrote Born of Mary which was a compendium of testimonies, tensions and teachings published by Marian Press in Stockbridge. Led by a desire to promote the Message of God's Mercy that had been planted when his Polish family was introduced to the Divine Mercy devotion in the 1940's, Fr. George joined the Marians of Eden Hill in Stockbridge in 1987.
He was later appointed Director of the Department of Divine Mercy, working in the publishing headquarters and devoted himself full time to writing, preaching and publishing the message of Divine Mercy, speaking to thousands at conferences, retreats and appearing often on Mother Angelica's Live Show as a guest on EWTN as well as becoming a regular fixture for years in a popular series on Divine Mercy.
During this association with the Marians he has written some best selling books including Revelations of Divine Mercy: Daily Readings from the Diary of Blessed Faustina, Be Apostles of Divine Mercy: Leader's Formation Manual, Now is the time for Mary, and Rejoice in the Lord Always all published by the Marian Helpers. Two of his books have been published by Faith Publishing Co. They are Intercession: Moving mountains by living Eucharistically and Spiritual Warfare, one of his most popular books. He continues to write a quarterly column that appears in the Marian Helpers' official publication the Bulletin four times a year.
After residing on Eden Hill for eight years, he returned to his Basilian roots, choosing to live in community of fellow priests from the Congregation of St. Basil in Rochester, New York.
Credits : The Daily Catholic
The seeds for this vocation were planted in his early years through elementary Catholic schooling and then at Central Catholic High School in Detroit where he graduated in 1946. He went on to the University of Western Ontario, receiving his Bachelor's degree in 1951. That same year he entered St. Basil's in Toronto, the major scholasticate for the Congregation of Saint Basil, where four years later he was ordained a Basilian priest.
He returned to his home state where he enrolled in graduate studies at the University of Michigan acquiring a Masters a year later and then his Doctorate in Biochemistry in 1961. He was assigned by his Order to teach Biochemistry at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada for sixteen years. After eleven years of teaching and experimental research work with twenty-four research publications in biochemistry and his five years of religious formation, Fr. Kosicki felt the pull to renew and deepen his interest in Spiritual renewal, in prayer life and in experimental work in the community.
A prolific writer, inspiring preacher, and researcher, Fr. George has written and published a plethora of books and articles beginning in 1966 with his book Like a Cedar of Lebanon published by Sheed and Ward, which was a study of images in Scripture from a biochemical point of view. Talk about an interesting viewpoint! Other books followed, first The Lord Is My Shepherd, a collection of witnesses by fellow priests, and secondly Forty-Days of Intercession, the continuous miracle of a loving community of priests interceding in prayer and fasting for their brother priests. Both books were published in 1975 by Word of Life. Key to the Good News, a summary of the Gospel that Jesus Christ is Lord, was published the same year by Dove Publications.
That same year, after active involvement in the Charismatic Renewal and the Houses of Prayer in Detroit for several years, he became coordinator of Bethany House of Intercession, a community of priests, bishops, and deacons in Warwick, Rhode Island and in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York interceding for bishops, priests and deacons worldwide. He remained there until 1983.
During that time he wrote a number of articles for several publications: Renewed Religious Life: The Dynamics of Re-discovery followed by The Mountaintop Experience: Its Value and Purpose in Spiritual Growth. A year later he released Steps Toward Christian Community and Assume Nothing: On Making Assumptions Explicit in Religious Renewal. In 1978, he wrote on Intercession, first Intercession: a Re-discovery of Power to Renew for Sisters Today followed by Pope Paul VI, Prophet in our Time and then Eucharist as Intercession in Emmanuel.
The year 1979 prompted him to write Keys to Christian Community in Pastoral Life and Pilgrimage and Purification: The Church in Travail in the 80's for The Crux of Prayer. In 1980 he wrote The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come!": Mary's role in the New Pentecost for the Ave Maria Institute and then Walk in Forgiveness in 1981, the same year he wrote The Good News of Suffering released by the Liturgical Press in Collegeville, Minnesota. Many of these have been re-released as leaflets or booklets.
After eight years at Bethany where he was in great demand as a speaker throughout the English-speaking world, he was called in 1983 to spend two and a half years with the Fraternity of Priests team working out of the Franciscan University of Steubenville in eastern Ohio where he remained for two and a half years, spending the last half of the third year in solitude with the Camaldolese hermits in prayer and writing. It was during this time he wrote a number of articles for New Covenant Magazine including Bless do not Curse, You are what you Think, Interceding as a Priestly People, and The Holy Spirit: Lord and Giver of Life.
He also wrote Born of Mary which was a compendium of testimonies, tensions and teachings published by Marian Press in Stockbridge. Led by a desire to promote the Message of God's Mercy that had been planted when his Polish family was introduced to the Divine Mercy devotion in the 1940's, Fr. George joined the Marians of Eden Hill in Stockbridge in 1987.
He was later appointed Director of the Department of Divine Mercy, working in the publishing headquarters and devoted himself full time to writing, preaching and publishing the message of Divine Mercy, speaking to thousands at conferences, retreats and appearing often on Mother Angelica's Live Show as a guest on EWTN as well as becoming a regular fixture for years in a popular series on Divine Mercy.
During this association with the Marians he has written some best selling books including Revelations of Divine Mercy: Daily Readings from the Diary of Blessed Faustina, Be Apostles of Divine Mercy: Leader's Formation Manual, Now is the time for Mary, and Rejoice in the Lord Always all published by the Marian Helpers. Two of his books have been published by Faith Publishing Co. They are Intercession: Moving mountains by living Eucharistically and Spiritual Warfare, one of his most popular books. He continues to write a quarterly column that appears in the Marian Helpers' official publication the Bulletin four times a year.
After residing on Eden Hill for eight years, he returned to his Basilian roots, choosing to live in community of fellow priests from the Congregation of St. Basil in Rochester, New York.
Credits : The Daily Catholic
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