St. Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament was born in Poland as Helena Kowalska on Aug. 25, 1905. She died on Oct. 5, 1938.

Sister Faustina’s name is forever linked to the annual feast of Divine Mercy, which is the Sunday after Easter, the Divine Mercy chaplet and the Divine Mercy prayer prayed each day at 3 p.m. by ...

At the same time Pope John Paul II canonized Sister Faustina Kowalska the first saint of the new millennium on Apr. 30, 2000, he proclaimed the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday for ...

On this day the Catholic Church remembers St. Faustina Kowalska, 1905-1938. "Sister Mary Faustina, an apostle of the Divine Mercy, belongs today to the group of the most popular and well-known ...

Vatican City, May 18, 2020 / 06:15 am. Pope Francis has decreed that St. Faustina Kowalska's feast day be added to the Roman Calendar as an optional memorial to be celebrated by all on October 5.

Faustina Kowalska was born in August 1905 to a peasant family in Poland, the third of ten children. She only attended school for three years until she was compelled to seek work as a housekeeper ...

Loving Mercifully, Living Marian” are the words printed on the welcome doormats of Divine Mercy Church in Kenner, sharing St.

St. Faustina was beatified in 1993 and canonized in 2000 both by Pope St. John Paul II. She was honored as “the first saint of the new millennium.” Her feast day is October 5th, and she is the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has decreed that St. Faustina Kowalska’s feast day be added to the Roman Calendar as an optional memorial to be celebrated by all on October 5.

The Rev. Gus Puleo submitted this column prior to his death on April 3, 2024. He served as director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and the Spanish Department at St. Charles Borro… ...