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Galleries span throught time and space. You can see me in my early days of priesthood in Poland, glimpse the places I served as priest on three continents, explore Madagascar during my work there and enrich your understanding of my writing through pictures related to my books.
Please note that some images are decades old. Excuse their quality, some of them were scanned from slides or the only print copies left. For example Gallery 3.17 Exhumation. Scrolling corpses in the tribe Betsileo in Madagascar documents rituals performed about 30 years ago. Unfortunately pictures are of low quality but thanks to them you can partake in real events rarely seen today.
You might be also interested in my latest book "Challenges And Achievements: Real Life Of Canadian First Nations" (orig. in Polish: "Wyzwania i sukcesy: realia życia Indian Kanadyjskich Pierwszych Narodów") stemming from 2 decades-long experience of living there and studying their ways. There are a few sample pictures from numerous ones published in the book presented in gallery 3.18.
Gallery 1.1 Josef Niesyto - early period of priesthood in Poland, 6 pictures
Gallery 1.2 Josef Niesyto - the beginning of missionary work in Madagascar, 7 pictures
Gallery 2.1 1989-1996 Novitiate OMI, Ambinanindrano, Madagascar - served as Novitiate Master, 10 pictures
Gallery 2.2 1996-06.26.1996 Prenovitiate OMI, Tamatave, Madagascar - served as Prenovitiate Director, 12 pictures
Gallery 2.3 1997-1999 St. Maximilian Kolbe Polish Roman Catholic Church, Mississauga, Toronto, Ontario, 6 pictures
Gallery 2.4 2015-2021 St. Agnes Catholic Church, Azilda, Sudbury, Ontario, 23 pictures
Please see About page for longer list of parishes I served.
Book 3 Funerary Beliefs and Practices of the Betsimisaraka of Madagascar, Relative to the Christian Tradition
Gallery 3.3, 6 pictures
Book 5 The Mysteries Surrounding Death Among the Betsimisaraka in Light of the Christian Tradition
Gallery 3.5, 37 pictures
Book 6 Malgasy Tombs
Gallery 3.6, 7 pictures
Book 7 Living For Others and Among Others
Gallery 3.7, 77 pictures
Book 8 In Betsimisaraka Country
Gallery 3.8, 29 pictures
Book 15 Christian view on exhumation and Zebu sacrifice at Betsimisaraka tribe in Madagascar
Gallery 3.15, 18 pictures
Book 17 Exhumation. Scrolling corpses in the tribe Betsileo in Madagascar
Gallery 3.17, 70 pictures
Book 18 Challenges And Achievements: Real Life Of Canadian First Nations
Gallery 3.18, 15 pictures
Please see Books page for full list of books written by Josef Niesyto.
Gallery 4.1 My latest visit to the modern Madagascar in 2011, 29 pictures
Gallery 5.1 Gdansk University students during expedition directed by Josef Niesyto among Ojibway Canadian Native Americans in 2016, 22 pictures
Gallery 5.2 Original Masks of Iroquois Canadian Native Americans from Josef Niesyto collection, 10 pictures
Gallery 5.3 Iroquois Masks and other artifacts donated by Joseph Niesyto to The University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, 16 pictures
Gallery 5.4 Second batch of artifacts (First Nations) donated by Joseph Niesyto to The University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, 4 pictures
Gallery 5.5 Third batch of artifacts (Betsimisaraka, Madagascar) donated by Joseph Niesyto to The University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, 1 picture
Gallery 5.6 Fourth batch of artifacts (Native Americans, Ojibwe Clan Symbols paintings) donated by Joseph Niesyto to The University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, 7 pictures