“Among these blessed martyrs, there are also lay people. There are five young people trained at the Salesian oratory; there is a zealous Catholic Action activist, there is a lay catechist, tortured to death for her service and a heroic woman, who freely gave her life in exchange for that of her daughter-in-law while expecting a child. These blessed martyrs are now inscribed in the history of the holiness of the People of God, who have wandered through the Polish land for over a thousand years.

Stanislaw Staroweyski

Francis, Evangelii Gaudium 263