A great patriot and benefactor of the Catholic University of Lublin – WE DO REMEMBER!!!

Section 227, row 3, plot 23 – a nondescript, modest grave, one among the hundreds of others in the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. It is really difficult to find your way there, but we did it! On the "eve" of All Saints' Day, our students, on behalf of the entire community of the Catholic University of Lublin, laid a wreath on the grave of our University's founder Karol Jaroszyński.

"To a Great Patriot and Our Founder – Rectors’ College and Academic Community of the Catholic University of Lublin” – the few voluble words were emblazoned on the ribbon of the white and red wreath which our students Kamila Bilska and Piotr Artysiewicz laid on the grave of Karol Jaroszyński in the Stare Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.
- We need to remember our roots, those who came before us, those who blazed trails and paved the way. We need to nurture the memory of those without whom our reality would look very different. These people included, without doubt, Father Idzi Radziszewski and Karol Jaroszyński. Great Poles, great patriots, without whom both Poland and Lublin would look different. Our role is to remember, and we teach this remembrance at the Catholic University of Lublin, says Fr. Prof. Mirosław Kalinowski, Rector of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.
- We cannot build the future without cherishing the past. The responsibility and role of the young generation is to ensure the continuity of memory, which is why we are in this place – notes Piotr Artysiewicz, a psychology student.

Karol Jaroszyński was an entrepreneur and philanthropist and probably the richest Pole in history. He was born on 13 December 1878 in Kyiv into a family of nobles living in Podolia. In the early 20th century, his wealth was so impressive that, according to popular opinion, he was the richest man in Russia at the time. He owned a number of banks, mines, shipping companies, factories, cement plants, and hotels. He was involved in comprehensive charity activities throughout Russia, especially benefitting Poles, mainly children and young people. He was friends with the founder of the Catholic University of Lublin (then the University of Lublin), Father Idzi Radziszewski, and became the founder of the Catholic University of Lublin. Until the end of his life, he regularly sent transfers supporting the activities of our University. In the years 1921-1922, he was a finance advisor to the Head of State Józef Piłsudski. Towards the end of his life, he suffered from health problems, probably connected with an attempted assassination he survived. He died in the Holy Spirit Hospital in Warsaw.