He was baptized in the church that housed the Black Madonna. He was good friends with the priest responsible for bringing the Divine Mercy message to the western hemisphere. During World War II, he spent time in a Soviet labor camp. He credited the Blessed Mother for leading him to the Marian Fathers.
Father Walter Gurgul, MIC, one of the Marians’ cherished priests who until only recently lived and ministered at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, died Dec. 7, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was 90.
Carefully following COVID-19 protocols, hundreds of pilgrims visit the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, each week. This is the latest in a series in which we ask a Shrine visitor what brings him or her here:
Meet Will Cusumano of Albany, New York, who returned to the Church after 29 years