St.Mary Faustina Kowalska

Maria Faustina Kowalska, commonly known as Saint Faustina, born Helenka Kowalska (August 25, 1905, near Lodz, Poland then in the Russian Empire – Died October 5, 1938, Kraków, Poland) was a Polish nun, mystic and visionary. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a saint, and is known as the Apostle of Divine Mercy.

Throughout her life, she reported a number of visions of Jesus and conversations with him, which she wrote about in her diary, later published as the book Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul.
At age 20 she joined a convent . Faustina and Sopocko directed an artist to paint the first Divine Mercy image, based on Faustina's reported vision of Jesus. Sopocko used the image to celebrate the first Mass on the first Sunday after Easter - which later became known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

In her diary Faustina predicted that her work would be suppressed for some time, then accepted again. Two decades after her death the Divine Mercy devotion was banned by the Vatican, but was approved again in 1978 and she was declared the first saint of the 21st century in April 2000. The Divine Mercy devotion is now followed by over 100 million Catholics.

Quick Summery

Born	25 August 1905small village west of Lodz, Poland
Died	October 5, 1938(1938-10-05) (aged 33), , Poland
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	18 April 1993, Pope John Paul II
Canonized	30 April 2000, Pope John Paul II
Major shrine	Basilica of Divine Mercy, Poland
Feast	5 October
Attributes	habit of the Discalced Carmelites, Book and Quill, arrow-pierced heart
Patronage	World Youth Day

 

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