B. Jan Beyzym 
One day in 1890, at a Jesuit community in the Ukraine, an article about lepers was being read in the refectory. A novice pushed away his plate, saying, «I'm amazed that people can read such disgusting things during meals.» His neighbor, who was listening with a completely different frame of mind, was moved by the description of the lepers' sufferings... A few years later, he spoke about it to his confessor, Father Beyzym. The confessor, profoundly moved in turn, seized the opportunity to ask to leave to serve the lepers. «I know very well,» he wrote to the Superior General of the Jesuits, «what leprosy is and what I must expect. However, all this doesn't frighten me — on the contrary, it attracts me.» Full text - Download
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