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Maria Faustyna Kowalska, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938), also known as Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic.
Apr 30, 2000 · Sister Mary Faustina, consumed by tuberculosis and by innumerable sufferings which she accepted as a voluntary sacrifice for sinners, died in Krakow at the age of just thirty three on October 5, 1938 with a reputation for spiritual maturity and a mystical union with God.
Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, an apostle of Divine Mercy, belongs today to the group of the most popular and well-known saints of the Church. O my Jesus, each of Your saints reflects one of Your virtues; I desire to reflect Your compas-sionate heart, full of mercy; I want to glorify it.
Saint Faustina Kowalska, the great apostle of Divine Mercy, was born August 25, 1905, in Poland, in the small village of Glogowiec. Her parents, Marianna and Stanislao Kowalski, humble peasants and fervent Christians, convey a deep and authentic faith.
In order to understand the life of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska and the remarkable spread of her devotion to The Divine Mercy throughout the world, it helps to begin by learning the story of someone else: a priest named Fr. Michael Sopocko.
Sister Faustina is one of the Church’s most popular and widely known saints and the greatest mystics in the history of the Church. Sister Faustina was born on 25 August 1905 in Głogowiec, Poland to Marianna and Stanisław Kowalski as the third of ten children.
She came from a poor family that struggled during the years of World War I. She had only three years of simple education, so hers were the humblest tasks in the convent, usually in the kitchen or garden. However, she received extraordinary revelations — or messages — from our Lord Jesus.
Oct 5, 2023 · Saint Faustina Kowalska, revered today as one of the church’s most celebrated saints, delivered the profound message of God’s mercy to the world through her experiences with the Lord Jesus. She demonstrated the Christian ideal of deep trust in God and boundless mercy towards others.
Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament was born as Helena Kowalska, in Glogowiec, Leczyca County, north-west of Lódz in Poland on August 25, 1905. She was the third of 10 children to a poor and religious family. Faustina first felt a calling to the religious life when she was ...
Oct 5, 2023 · While Catholics around the world are familiar with St. Faustina Kowalska and her connection to divine mercy, many may not know about the way in which Jesus talked to her about her calling, hell,...
