On June 5 and 7, the Annual Divine Mercy Medicine, Bioethics, and Spirituality Conference will be held at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, organized by the Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy in cooperation with the Marian Fathers. This event will be attended by Sr. Salwatricze from the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy, who will give a conference on transformation of painful experiences into a gift.
On June 7th, Sr. Ligia and Sr. Wincenta from the Roman community of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy will share the message of Mercy and the spiritual legacy of St. Faustina in Viterbo, at the Parish of the Holy Family, with Apostles of Divine Mercy from three different parishes. There will be prayer at the Hour of Mercy and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, followed by Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
On June 4th, Sr. Franciszka Siadaczka of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy will celebrate the centenary of her birth. On this occasion, on June 8th at 11:00 a.m. a Mass will be celebrated in Walendów for the intention of the Jubilarian with the participation of Sisters from many convents, followed by wishes, a joint lunch and reminiscences.
Sister Franciszka entered the Congregation in 1945, took her first vows on April 30th, 1948, and made her perpetual vows five years later. During her 79 years of religious life, she performed various duties, including serving as a sacristan in Krakow-Łagiewniki, a nurse and caretaker of the sick in Warsaw’s Grochów, in Zakopane and Walendów. As a pensioner – so far fully fit and active, interested in the life of the Congregation, the Church, Poland and the world – she testifies to God’s merciful love and obtains required graces for everyone.
On June 4th, at 5 p.m. at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, Mass will be celebrated in the intention of all IT Specialists and Donors who have contributed to our on-line broadcasting from the Łagiewniki Shrine and to the purchase of the new camera, which has been on-line since May 27th. The live video streaming is available at Faustyna.pl including its 8 different language versions, our Faustyna.pl YouTube channel and our Faustyna.pl mobile application. Last year, it has been accessed by more than 4,400,000 unique visitors and TV broadcasters in Poland and abroad. May Merciful Jesus abundantly bless our Donors Benefactors. Our Sisters are imploring for these blessings each day in their prayers.
On 5 June (Sunday) at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Plock at the Old Market Square, another formative meeting of the Faustinum Divine Mercy Apostles Association community will be held. The topic of the meeting is: “Bond with the Church and concern for the salvation of souls”. It will begin at 2:15 p.m. with joint adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament with prayer at the Hour of Mercy and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. At 3.20 p.m. Eucharist, followed by agape, conference from the series “ABC of spiritual life” and sharing your thoughts and experience on this topic. The meetings are led by sisters from the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy and priests.
This Sunday, June 1, a solemn introduction of the relics of St. Faustina to the Church of St. John the Baptist will take place at the parish of Sabinov, Slovakia. Relics of the Apostle of Divine Mercy will be handed over by Sr. Blanka Krajčikova and Sr. Antoniana Štullerová from the convent of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy in Košice, Slovakia. On this occasion, they will share the spiritual legacy of St. Faustina, especially the message of Mercy with which Jesus sent her to the whole world, they will lead the prayer at the Hour of Mercy, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and Adoration.
On June 1rd, the Youth Meeting at Lednica will be held for the twenty-seventh time. This year the main theme will be the Eucharist, and the motto of the meeting will be Come home. Sisters from the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy will be there with Sr. Gaudia Skass who will deliver a message to the participants of this event, which flows from the spiritual legacy of St. Faustina. The Saint’s relics also have accompanied the young during the Lednica meetings for a few years.
On May 27th, work is planned for the installation of the new camera in the chapel with the miraculously famous Divine Mercy image and the tomb of St. Faustina at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, Due to this, video broadcasting at www.faustyna.pl and its other language versions will be temporarily offline. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope for your understanding. We also thank you for all the offerings made for the purchase of the new camera and the conservationist’s approval for its installation.
A spiritual retreat of members and volunteers of the Faustinum Apostles of Divine Mercy Association from Slovakia will be held at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki on May 24-26. The topic of the retreat will be This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him! (Matthew, 17:5). The retreat will be delivered by Fr. Tomáš Belá from Košice, Slovakia, and Sr. M. Clareta Fečová from the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, vice-head of the Faustinum Association.
On Saturday, May 18st, there will be a spring pilgrimage to the Rock Shrine of Divine Mercy on Mount Butkov in Slovakia. Celebrations will start with communal prayer at the Hour of Mercy and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy led by the Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy from from Slovakia. Solemn Mass in honor of St. John Paul II at 3.30 p.m. The site devoted to the worship of Divine Mercy located at Mount Butkov (11th floor of a stone quarry), where a large illuminated cross, in addition to statues of St. Faustina and St. John Paul II have been placed, is part of the Rock Shrine of Divine Mercy with a church in Ladce.
On May 15th, in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Prešov, Slovakia, a “Day of Divine Mercy” will be held. Sister from both communities of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy in Slovakia will take part, the ones from the Košice and Nižny Hrušov, together with members and volunteers of the “Faustinum” Association. The program includes: Holy Mass, sisters’ conference on “Mercy – God’s limit for the evil of the whole world”, adoration and prayer at the Hour of Mercy and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
This is the motto of a retreat dedicated to listening to the voice of God in the whirlwind of daily activities, joys and worries, to be held at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki on May 10-12. The participants will learn this art from St. Faustina, who wrote: “I’m striving for interior silence, so as to hear His voice…” (Diary, 1828). The retreat will be delivered by Fr. Robert Więcek, S.J., retreatist, director of the National Secretariat of the Pontifical World Prayer Network, and Sr. M. Emanuela Gemza, I.S.M.M., president of the “Faustinum” Association of Apostles of Divine Mercy, author of “Faustinum” books and formation notebooks. For more information, go to www.faustinum.pl.
Such is the theme of the retreat for women of the Kostanay deanery in Kazakhstan to be held on May 3-5 at the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Lisakovsk. The topic of the meeting will be woman’s dignity. It will be delivered by Sr. Anastasis Omelchenko of the Petropavlovsk community of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy, Sr. Madlen Hofmann. The retreat will feature Bible meditations, lectures and workshops.
The 2nd National Faustinum Convention will be held in San Giovanni Rotondo from April 26-28 under the theme United with Merciful Jesus. It will be attended by sisters from the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy from Krakow and Rome: Sisters Emanuela Gemza, president of the Faustinum Association of Apostles of Divine Mercy, and Sr. Wincenta Mąka, who will deliver presenations, and Sisters Eliana Chmielewska and Tymoteusza Kmiotek, who will share their testimonies.
Earlier, the sisters from the Krakow community will meet with the faithful at St. Dominic’s Church in Bari and Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Taviano to introduce them to the spiritual heritage of St. Faustina,
Under this motto, a day of recollection for women will be held at the convent of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Gdańsk on April 27th. On the schedule: entering into silence, meditating on the Word of God and selected texts from the Diary of St. Faustina, conferences from Fr. Andrzej Bulczak and Sr. Gracjana Szewc, optional Holy Confession or just having a conversation, adoration of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament, Mass, lunch, tea and snacks.
On the channel: Faustyna.pl you can listen to Sunday homilies by Fr. Józef Pochwat MS, chaplain of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy at the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Kraków-Łagiewniki, lecturer, patrolologist, author of many publications related to the life and spiritual heritage of Saint Sister Faustina. His homilies are highly appreciated by the faithful because, embedded in the Word of God, they very vividly and accurately show the help, threats and obstacles in the development of the spiritual life of people living today.
Broadcast of Holy Mass live on weekdays at 6.30, on Sundays and holidays at 8.30: You Tube, website faustyna.pl and all its language versions, Faustyna.pl application and Radio Doxa from Opole and Radio Droga from Vienna.
The archive of the daily broadcast of prayer at the Hour of Mercy and the Chaplet from the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Kraków-Łagiewniki is available on YouTube in the channel: Faustyna.pl. The prayer is led by the sisters from the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy in the chapel with the miraculous image of Merciful Jesus and the tomb of Saint Faustina.
Live broadcast every day at 3 p.m.: You Tube, the website faustyna.pl and all its language versions, the Faustyna.pl application and several TV stations from Poland and abroad and a dozen or so radio stations.
A retreat on God’s mercy “With the Diary of St. Faustina” will be held at Pustelnia (a diocesan retreat center in a former Camaldolese monastery, Świętokrzyskie Province) from April 19-21. It will be led by Sr. Anna Maria Trzcińska from the Łagiewniki convent of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy. It can be attended by anyone who, through prayer with the word of God and reflection on texts from the Diary of St. Faustina, wants to meet with Jesus to imitate Him in an attitude of trust in the Father and mercy toward neighbors, and to participate in His saving and enlightening mission.
April 18 is the 31th anniversary of the beatification of Sister Faustina. Therefore, it is an excellent opportunity to thank God for her life, her school of spirituality, her prophetic mission to remind the world of the biblical truth about God’s merciful love for man and to proclaim it with a new strength through the witness of life in a spirit of trust in God and mercy towards others, word and prayer. Today, there is no country left in the world without an image of Merciful Jesus painted according to the vision she had in Płock. The Feast of Mercy has been inscribed in the liturgical calendar of the universal Church, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, dictated by the Lord Jesus in Vilnius, is recited even in tribal languages on tiny islands in the oceans, and prayer is increasingly practiced at the moment when Jesus died on the cross, called the Hour Mercy as more and more people join in spreading the message of Mercy, creating today a multi-million movement of the Apostles of Divine Mercy.
A parish retreat will be held at Holy Trinity Parish in Slovenska Ľupča, Slovakia, on April 12-14, prior to the solemn reception of the relics of St. John Paul II, the Apostle of Mercy. At the invitation of Fr. Dean Patr Ivanič, it will be led by Sr. M. Antoniana Štullerová from the Košice community of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy. The retreat will conclude with a solemn Mass on Sunday at 10:30 am, presided over by Bishop Jozef Haľko, auxiliary bishop of Bratislava.
A spiritual retreat will be held at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki on April 12-14. The theme of the event is Indifferent or merciful. The motto is the words of Jesus recorded in the Diary of St. Faustina. “Always be merciful, just as I am merciful. Love everyone out of love for Me, even your greatest enemies, so that the full extent of My mercy may be fully reflected in your heart” (Diary, 1695).
We live in a world full of haste, competition and increasing indifference, where selflessness and mercy are often considered weak and naive. Called to love our neighbor as ourselves, we want to see ourselves in the light of the parable of the merciful Samaritan, the state of our heart to love more.
The retreat will be delivered by Fr. Michał Legan, OSPPE, a Pauline, PhD in pastoral theology, missionary of Mercy, journalist, publicist, vlogger, head of the Department of Media Theology at the Faculty of Social Sciences at UPJPII, head of the Editorial Board of Catholic TV broadcasts, and Sr. Maria Faustyna Ciborowska, ISMM, PhD in biblical studies, committed to spreading the message of Mercy.
On Sunday, April 14, the 8th National Bible Reading will take place, this time his main idea will be the words from the Acts of the Apostles: “They persevered in the teaching of the Apostles and in the community”. Ceremonial celebration led by Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski, Metropolitan of Krakow will take place at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki at 7.00 a.m and will be broadcasted together with the Eucharist by TVP1 and on the website: www.saint-faustina.org, You Tube and on mobile applications: faustyna.pl.
From Sunday, April 14-20, 2024, the Church will be experiencing the 15th Biblical Week under the motto: “Called to Community – Communion with God and neighbors in the Church.”
At the Shrine of Divine Mercy at the Old Market Square in Płock, the site of St. Faustina’s revelation of the Divine Mercy image and the Feast of Mercy, Mercy Sunday (16 April) services will be celebrated at the following times: 8:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. (High Mass presided over by Bishop Szymon Stułkowski, pastor of the Płock diocese), and 5:00 p.m. At 3 pm, the Hour of Mercy and Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed.
On April 5-7, Sr. Norberta and Sr. Damaris from the convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy at the Shrine in Krakow-Łagiewniki will share the message of Mercy and the spiritual legacy of St. Faustina with the faithful at the parish of St. Bruno in Soest, western Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia. The program includes conferences, preparation for the Feast of Mercy and prayer to Divine Mercy.
On April 5-7, the St. John Paul II National Shrine will organize Mercy Days in Washington, D.C. to prepare for the solemn celebration of the Feast of Divine Mercy. The program includes conferences by Sr. Donata Farbaniec and Sr. Faustia Szabóová of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy, introducing the essence and proper experience of this feast, , i.e. in accordance with the will of Jesus, endowed with great promises of graces, daily Eucharist, confession and adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the Hour and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. On Mercy Sunday, Masses will be celebrated in English and Spanish.
Traditionally, on the eve of the Feast of Mercy, on Saturday, April 6 this year, at the Church of St. Faustina in Łódź at ul. Niepodległości, Festival of Mercy will be held in honor of St. Faustina, the patron saint of the city of Łódź. It will begin at 3 p.m. with prayer at the Hour of Mercy and the Divine Mercy Chaplet, followed by a concert and singing together with the Sacred Music Ensemble “Lumen” from Poznań.
This year’s festivities will be a preparation for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the revelation that St. Faustina had in Łódź “Wenecja” park and in the Cathedral of St. Stanislaus Kostka, which will be celebrated on June 29 this year.
Such is the theme of the retreat to be held at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki on March 22-24. The message will be the words of St. Faustina recorded in her Diary. “O Jesus, do with me whatever you please; I know You are my merciful Savior” (Diary, 854). In an atmosphere of silence and prayer the participants of the retreat will discover the beauty of the face of Merciful Jesus through His names which the Apostle of Divine Mercy used, or which He revealed to her Himself. Your guides during the retreat will be Sr. Emanuela Gemza of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, head of the Faustinum Association, and Fr. Krzysztof Kowal, M.S., spiritual director responsible for the La Salette postulate.
On March 22-24, a vocational retreat for girls and women will take place in the Discalced Carmelites monastery in Lorinčík near Košice in the south of Slovakia, themed “I will never leave you nor forsake you”: (Heb 13:5. It will be led by Father Andrej Valent OCD and Sr. Benediktína Fečová from the Košice community of the Congregation of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy.
On March 21-23, the parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Lipinki Łużyckie and the filial churches in Boruszyn and Pietrzykow (Zielona Góra-Gorzów Diocese) will hold a Lenten retreat for children, teens and adults dedicated to the Mercy of God and people. Based on the Bible and the spiritual experience of St. Faustina recorded in her Diary, it will be delivered by Sr. Leonia, Sr. Rachela and Sr. Mariam from the Płock community of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy.
On March 18-22, the parish of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Krakow’s Nowa Huta will hold a retreat for children from three elementary schools (Nos. 88, 91, 105) under the theme: “Explorers of the Buried Treasure”. They will be led by Sr. Maria Faustina and Sr. Tobiana from the Krakow community of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy, based on the Gospel and the spiritual legacy of St. Faustina.
