How did Jerzy learn to pray?
Marianna Popieluszko: As a child he used to pray at home with all of us. We used to pray together. On Wednesdays we used to pray in front of the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the kitchen, on Fridays in front of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on Saturdays in front of the Virgin of Czestochowa. It was always like this. In other words, my son received at home the first lesson of prayer. But all that was good in him was a gift from God’s grace. Anyway, Jesus Christ was important to him. As a child he used to build little altars and play with holy pictures and build small chapels to which he used to bring flowers; he even dressed up as a priest. When he became an altar boy, he had a short chasuble, but he wanted a long one! He just lived on these things. Did he go to church everyday when he was an altar boy? Marianna Popieluszko: Yes, in all weathers and seasons. He woke up at 5 a.m. everyday to go to church and walk four kilometres through the wood from Okopy to Suchowola. As an altar
