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  Faustyna Kowalska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faustina gave him some soup and bread, and after eating it, Jesus revealed Himself to her, and told her that He had come down from His heavenly throne to "taste the fruits of her mercy." Her spiritual director, Father Sopocko, assisted her in having the Divine Mercy image painted.
Faustina had never been able to found the religious order which Jesus had asked for, but she had left clear rules for the life of the prospective community, and at last in 1941, the order, now known as the Institute of Divine Mercy, was founded.
Faustina was beatified on April 18, 1993 and canonized on April 30, 2000.
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 Marians: Saint Faustina
In the 1930s, Saint Faustina received from the Lord a message of mercy that she was told to spread throughout the world.
Saint Faustina's spiritual life was based on deep humility, purity of intention, and loving obedience to the will of God in imitation of the virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The message of mercy that Saint Faustina received is now being spread throughout the world; she was canonized by the Church on April 30, 2000; and her diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul, has become the handbook for devotion to The Divine Mercy.
www.marian.org /divinemercy/faustina   (563 words)

  
 Biography of St. Faustina (Catholic Youth Networking)
St. Faustina gave him some soup and bread, and after eating it, Jesus revealed Himself to her, and told her that He had come down from His heavenly throne to "taste the fruits of her mercy." Her spiritual director, Father Sopocko, assisted her in having the Divine Mercy image painted.
Her superiors did not always agree with what Jesus asked her to do; once, when Faustina went to Mother Jane to ask for permission to make a certain sacrifice which Jesus had requested, the Mother scolded her and told her she was not allowed to make the sacrifice.
St. Faustina was beatified on April 18, 1993 and canonized on April 30, 2000.
catholicyouth.freeservers.com /mercy/faustina.htm   (1792 words)

  
 Saint Faustina, Apostle of Divine Mercy
Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska was born on August 25, 1905 in Glogowiec in Poland of a poor and religious family of peasants, the third of ten children.
Faustina — know that your task is to write down everything that I make known to you about My mercy, for the benefit of those who by reading these things will be comforted in their souls and will have the courage to approach Me (Diary 1693).
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.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/stf28001.htm   (1240 words)

  
 Holy Spirit Interactive: Divine Mercy - Faustina's Miracles
Saint Faustina's mission to mankind began when she had a vision of Jesus Christ on Feb. 22, 1931.
Faustina was beatified by Pope John Paul II at the Vatican on April 18, 1993.
The healing was dubbed a miracle by theologians from the Church's Congregation for the Causes of Saints on Dec. 7.
www.holyspiritinteractive.net /features/divinemercy/fmiracles.asp   (1364 words)

  
 Life Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Saint Faustina was the third of ten children born into a poor family in Glogowiec, Poland.
Faustina is born as Helen Kowalska in Glogowiec, Poland.
Faustina is sent to the hospital in Pradnik for her tuberculosis.
www.divinemercymessenger.com /dmm_stories/Jan_2004/StFaustinaStory.html   (2677 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 18
Saint Diarmis was the spiritual director and teacher of Saint Kieran of Clonmacnois and later abbot-founder of a monastery on Innis-Clotran Island (Benedictines).
Saint Leobard was an anchorite in a cell near Marmoutier in Tours, France, where he lived for 22 years under the spiritual direction of Saint Gregory of Tours (Benedictines).
Saint Sigfrid, was an Englishman of great learning and virtue, who quit his homeland to preach the Gospel in Germany and Sweden during the reign of the pious Olav II, the first king of Sweden.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0118.htm   (1200 words)

  
 Saint Faustina Kowalska
Saint Faustina was born Helena Kowalska in the village of Glogowiec near Lodz, Poland, one of ten children.
On March 10, 2000, in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, an ordinary public consistory for several causes of canonization was held, in the presence of the Holy Father.
Sister Faustina was honoured as the first canonized saint of the new millennium.
www.rc.net /australia/divinemercy/stfaustina.htm   (524 words)

  
 Saint Faustina
Saint Faustina was born in 1905 in the village of Glogowiec near Lodz (Poland) as the third of ten children in the family of Marianna and Stanislaw Kowalski.
From her childhood she desired to become a great saint, and she consistently strove toward that goal, working together with Jesus for the salvation of lost souls, even to the extent of offering her life as a sacrifice for sinners.
Worn out and weakened by tuberculosis and the sufferings she bore in sacrifice for sinners, Saint Faustina died in the odor of sanctity in Cracow on October 5, 1938 at the age of 33.
www.geocities.com /b_bufetti/faustina.html   (694 words)

  
 Marian Fathers: Saint Faustina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Faustina (1905-1938) was a member of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Poland.
Faustina and John Paul II Faustina and John Paul II The foremost champion of the Divine Mercy message in our day has been Pope John Paul II.
St. Faustina was beatified by Pope John Paul II at the Vatican on April 18, 1993.
www.marians-uk.org /d_faustina.html   (1120 words)

  
 :: Christendom College :: News and Events :: One-woman Drama on Life of Saint Faustina Comes to Christendom College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Using excerpts from the Saint's diary as her script, Scimone sought to create the person of Saint Faustina right before the audience.
Saint Faustina Kowalska died in 1938 at the age of 33, and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in April 2000.
Scimone has performed Saint Faustina -- Messenger of Mercy for churches, schools and conferences in both the United States and Canada, as well as at the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, DC, and the Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
www.christendom.edu /news/archives/archives04/scimone.shtml   (390 words)

  
 Divine Mercy - Sister Faustina Saint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
ister Maria Faustina Kowalska was born in Poland.
Sister Faustina died on October 5, 1938, at a convent in Krakow.
She was honoured by becoming the first saint of this millenium, giving thus great emphasis to the Divine Mercy Devotion.
www.theworkofgod.org /Devotns/DivMercy/Faustina.htm   (361 words)

  
 Friends of the Divine Mercy Community, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Saint Faustina was born Helena Kowalska in the village of Glogowiec west of Lodz, Poland, on August 25, 1905.
The message of mercy that Sister Faustina received is now being spread throughout the world; she has been recognized by the Church as a "Saint"; and her diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul, has become the handbook for devotion to The Divine Mercy.
Through Saint Faustina, Jesus also revealed special ways to live out the response to His mercy--one of which is the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, as both a novena and a prayer for the three o'clock hour -- the hour of His death.
www32.brinkster.com /divinemercycom/chaplet.htm   (383 words)

  
 CATHOLIC APPARITIONS OF JESUS TO BLESSED FAUSTINA IN POLAND:BIO OF BLESSED FAUSTINA (11-May-1995)
BACKGROUND Saint Faustina was born Helena Kowalska in the village of Glogowiec west of Lodz, Poland, on August 25, 1905.
In the 1930's, Sister Faustina received from the Lord a message of mercy that she was told to spread throughout the world.
This booklet presents the message of The Divine Mercy and the special forms of devotion to The Divine Mercy that are outlined in the Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska.
www.apparitions.org /Faustina.bio.html   (642 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Faustina Kowalska
After being rejected by several religious orders, she became a nun in the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Warsaw, Poland on 1 August 1925; the order is devoted to care and education of troubled young women.
In the 1930's, Sister Faustina received a message of mercy from Jesus that she was told to spread throughout the world, a message of God's mercy to each person individually, and for humanity as a whole.
Jesus asked that a picture be painted of him with the inscription: "Jesus, I Trust in You." She was asked to be a model of mercy to others, to live her entire life, in imitation of Christ's, as a sacrifice.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintf28.htm   (487 words)

  
 Blessed Saint Mary Faustina - The Catholic Pacific Northwest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Faustina was born in 1905 near the town of Lodz, Poland and was baptized Helena Kowalska.
Faustina died of tuberculosis in 1938 after predicting the coming war to the sisters of her community.
Faustina was the first saint of the new millennium to be canonized.
home.comcast.net /~cpnwmarysaints/SaintFaustina.html   (729 words)

  
 Saint Michael Center - Saints
She was the mother of Saint Simon, Saint James the Less and Saint Jude, Apostles, and of Saint Mary Salome, the mother of the Apostles Saint James the Greater and Saint John.
Saint Mary of Cleophas was put on a boat with others by the Jews in the year 47, and pushed out to sea without sails or oars.
Saint Louis Marie de Montfort was a tall, handsome, noble and heroic priest, constant in the thought of Mary, the Mother of God, in everything he did and said.
www.smcenter.org /events_saints_april01.htm   (2298 words)

  
 Divine Mercy & St. Faustina
Faustina to pen for the world, along with her life and conversations she had with Jesus.
Faustina Kowalska, bearer of the message and devotion of the Divine Mercy.
Born Helena Kowalska (1905) in Poland, Faustina entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy when she was nearly twenty.
www.catholicshopper.com /products/divine_mercy.html   (722 words)

  
 Saint Michael Center - Divine Mercy
Faustina, who died in 1938, (and was beatified on Divine Mercy Sunday, 1993) was instructed by Jesus to initiate a devotion in the form of a chaplet of Divine Mercy, teaching the following prayer to be said on the beads of the Rosary:
Faustina was also told by Jesus of the graces that would come from the recitation of the chaplet:
Faustina to have a painting made in the Image of His Divine Mercy.
www.smcenter.org /stfaustina.htm   (688 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Diary of Sister M. Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Faustina was a humble and devout young woman when she began to encounter Jesus.
Faustina also chronicles her sufferings at the hands of the other sisters in the convent.
Sister Faustina was a Polish nun who died in 1938 and was recently cannonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0944203043?v=glance   (2349 words)

  
 Marians: Saint Faustina
Ron Pytel prays through the intercession of Saint Faustina at a healing Mass at his Baltimore, Maryland, parish.
In His revelations to St. Faustina Kowalska, Jesus Christ asked that the first Sunday after Easter be established as Mercy Sunday, the "Feast of Divine Mercy," when His graces will be available in an extraordinary way to all those who ask.
Jesus commissioned Saint Faustina to have an image painted of Him as He appeared to her in a vision: with red and pale rays coming from the area of His heart.
marian.org /divinemercy/faustina/facts.html   (506 words)

  
 St. Faustina - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
St. Mary Faustina's name is forever linked to the annual feast of the Divine Mercy (celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter), the divine mercy chaplet and the divine mercy prayer recited each day by many people at 3 p.m.
Because Sister Mary Faustina knew that the revelations she had already received did not constitute holiness itself, she wrote in her diary: “Neither graces, nor revelations, nor raptures, nor gifts granted to a soul make it perfect, but rather the intimate union of the soul with God.
Four years after Faustina's beatification, Pope John Paul II visited the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy at Lagiewniki (near Krakow) and addressed members of her congregation.
www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay?id=1931   (651 words)

  
 Faustina of Divine Mercy: Need a miracle!
Jesus told Saint Faustina that the final age of the world was approaching.
She was canonized a Saint of the Catholic Church on April 30, 2000 (Mercy Sunday) by Pope John Paul II.
Saint Faustina is extremely powerful as an advocate for anyone who desires to gain confidence in God.
www.newjerusalem.com /faustina.htm   (1489 words)

  
 DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET, History, Saint Faustina, the Image, Prayers, Beads, Bibliography
The key revelation to Saint Faustina was that God's mercy is infinite and unfailing.
In 1934, at the request of her spiritual director, Faustina began keeping a diary of her mystical experiences and visions.
The Church elevated Faustina to sainthood on April 30, 2000, making her the first saint of the new millennium.
www.ixeh.net /faith/Divine-M/dm-info.html   (1443 words)

  
 Life Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Saint Faustina Kowalska, known today the world over as the Apostle of the Divine Mercy.
She was the third of ten children born into a poor and pious peasant family in Glogowiec, Poland.
Faustina's entire life was a constant striving for an even fuller union with God and on
www.divinemercymessenger.com /faustinavisionhell.html   (574 words)

  
 Mary Faustina Kowalska
Sister Mary Faustina, an apostle of the Divine Mercy, belongs today to the group of the most popular and well-known saints of the Church.
Through her the Lord Jesus communicates to the world the great message of God's mercy and reveals the pattern of Christian perfection based on trust in God and on the attitude of mercy toward one's neighbors.
Mary Faustina's remains rest at the Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Kraków-
www.vatican.va /news_services/liturgy/documents/ns_lit_doc_20000430_faustina_en.html   (1275 words)

  
 Divine Mercy - Canonization of Sister Faustina - Saint
On April 18, 1993 the Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday (the first Sunday after Easter), Pope John Paul II elevated Sister Faustina to the status of Blessed during the Beatification of this Venerable Servant of God, a day when St. Peter's Square was packed with enthusiastic Divine Mercy devotees.
On March 10, 2000 at 11:30 a.m., during the celebration of sext, in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, an ordinary public consistory for several causes of canonization was held, in the presence of the Holy Father.
Sister Faustina was canonized on April 30, 2000 the first Sunday after Easter, on Divine Mercy Sunday.
www.theworkofgod.org /Devotns/DivMercy/MrcySnt.htm   (267 words)

  
 Saint MARY FAUSTINA KOWALSKA
Faustina was born on August 25, 1905 in Glogowiec in Poland of a poor and religious family of peasants, the third of ten children.
Sr Faustina's canonization has a particular eloquence: by this act I intend today to pass this message on to the new millennium.
And you, Faustina, a gift of God to our time, a gift from the land of Poland to the whole Church, obtain for us an awareness of the depth of divine mercy; help us to have a living experience of it and to bear witness to it among our brothers and sisters.
www.wf-f.org /StMFaustina.html   (2484 words)

  
 Divine Mercy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Faustina's 100th anniversary of birth and the Year of the Eucharist
"The Beatification was held, not in Poland, but in Rome, emphasizing that Faustina is not to be considered primarily a Polish saint, but a saint for the whole Church.
"Clearly, there is a challenge here for us--a challenge to adopt [Saint] Faustina's mission as our own and to live as she did, putting the message of mercy into action in our daily lives.
www.thedivinemercy.org /dmlibrary/article.php?newsID=38   (329 words)

  
 The Divine Mercy and St. Faustina
Jesus called Faustina His “Secretary of Divine Mercy”, and commanded her to write everything He told her.
In obedience, Faustina kept a diary, now called "Divine Mercy in My Soul", and published by the Marians Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
The devil tried on numerous occasions to dissuade her from her mission, even appearing to her in the form of wild dogs threatening to tear her to pieces.
www.faustina.org   (610 words)

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