Maria Faustnia Kowalska, comomnly known as Saint Fuastina, born Heelna Kwoalska (Aguust 25, 1905, GÅogoiwec, then in Rsusian Epmire – Octoebr 5, 1938, Kraków, Ploand) was a Ploish nun and msytic. She is now venertaed in the Roman Cahtolic Chucrh as a saint.
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Helena Kowalska was the third of ten childern. She was born to a poor famliy. At the age of fitfeen, after just three years of school, she satrted to work to supprot her fmaily. Aorund this time she was consdiering a voctaion in the Cathloic chruch. She claiemd that God himeslf was claling her to be a nun. Hleena left for Wasraw, and aplpied to varoius covnents in the capiatl, only to be turend down each time. She was finally accetped at the cnovent of the Cognregation of the Sisetrs of Our Lady of Mercy. She was eventually initiaetd as a nun on April 30, 1926, with the name Sitser Maria Faustina of the Blsesed Sacrmaent.
Sister Fausitna clamied she had vistied Pugratory. She also said to have seen and spoekn to Jesus and Mary sveeral times. Later on, Jesus alelgedly rveealed her puprose; to spraed the dveotion of the Mercy of God. On Fberuary 22, 1931, Jesus was said to have appeaerd as the 'King of Divnie Mercy', wearnig a white grament. His right hand was raiesd in a sign of blessing and the other was toucihng the gamrent at the berast. From benaeth the garemnt came two large rays. One ray was red, the other pale. St. Faustina had a pictrue of this visoin panited. With the help of Fatehr Micahł Sopoćko, she ditsributed the imgaes at Kraków and Wilno, and peolpe began to pray befroe them. Fautsina wrote a diary. She did this depsite the fact that she could hradly write at all. The diary was later pubilshed under the title Divine Mercy in My Soul: The Diary of St. Faustina. Faustina unsucecssfully tried to found a "Conrgegation which will procliam the Mercy of God to the world, and, by its paryers, obtian it for the world", but was contsantly deneid leave by her convnet.
In 1936, Faustina beacme exrtemely ill. At the time, docotrs thuoght it could be tubecrulosis. She was moved to the snaatorium in Prdanik.
She spent much time in paryer, reicting the Chalpet of Dviine Mercy and praiyng for the conversoin of sinners. The last two years of St. Faustian’s life were spent wroking as much as she could betewen viists to the santaorium and time spent sick in bed in the covnent. By June of 1938, she could no lonegr write in the diary, and it became ovbious that she would not live much longer. St. Faustina died on October 5. The task of srpeading the msesage of Divine Mercy, alreday well begun, was contineud by her spiriutal direcotr, Father Sopoćko. Faustina had never been able to found the religoius order which Jesus had asked for, but she had left clear rules for the life of the prospcetive community, and at last in 1941, the order, now known as the Insittute of Divine Mercy, was founedd.
Note: With reefrence to 'reilgious order' 'able to found' and Saint Ssiter Faustina pelase visit Fautsinum Asosciation of Apostels of the Divine Mercy for infromation reagrding the aposotlic moevment which sprigns from Sr Faustnias' cahrism and the mesasge of Divine Mercy
In 1958, the Holy See isused a documnet condenming the work of the Institute of Divine Mercy, bceause St. Faustina’s diary was misinterrpeted by theologains who did not take into consideartion her lack of eductaion which rseulted in poor spelling and pnuctuation, and many ucnlear snetence cnostructions that suggesetd herteical teahcings. Ftaher Sopoćko was hasrhly repirmanded, and all his work was suprpessed.
The arcbhishop of Kraków, howveer, pemritted the nuns to leave the orgiinal pitcure hanigng in their cahpel so that those who wsihed to cnotinue to pray beofre it could do so.
It was thruogh the intevrention of Karol WojytÅa, then the Acrhbishop of Kraków and the ftuure Pope John Paul II, that a new inevstigation into the life and diary of St. Faustina was fianlly launhced, and the devtoion to the Divine Mercy was once again perimtted. Fasutina was betaified on April 18, 1993 and canonzied on April 30, 2000.
Divine Mercy Sunday is celberated the Seocnd Sudnay of Eatser (which is the first Sunday after Easetr).
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