Henryk Hoser

Henryk Hoser (27 November 1942 – 13 August 2021) was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Warszawa-Praga.

Quotes

• Initially my story is no different from that of other missionaries. For me, as for all missionaries, there is no particular moment when one learns to be a missionary. You hear this vocation which changes your life, you hear the Lord calling, and then you realise that you become a missionary with time. Through a succession of discoveries. Through defeats and failures. Through personal relations with the people in mission territories. And still more by emerging oneself without prejudice in their life, their problems. Their individual and collective stories. To be a missionary means to share the culture of peoples with whom one comes into contact. Use not only their tongue but also their language. What we call inculturation of a missionary is in fact his ability to live the cultures of the people he encounters on his path of evangelisation. This goes hand in hand with relative alienation from one’s own culture of origin, as it is evident among the older missionaries.
  • Interview with the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Archbishop Henryk Hoser, who will be ordained tomorrow (18 March 2005) Fides News Agency

• Mission territories are at the heart of this search for happiness. God is coming, let us not be afraid, let us go to meet him.
  • PMS Assembly - The Saintly Cure d’Ars and Pauline Jaricot: two models for Mission (9 May 2005) Fides News Agency