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This great, supranational community of people is one family, which is being united,
first of all, by god in the mystery of His mercy, and secondly, by people’s longing, both, to reflect that
mercy in their own hearts and works, and for God’s glory to be reflected in all souls. It is a
community of people who in different ways, depending upon their state in life and vocation (priestly,
religious, lay), live by the Gospel ideal of trust and mercy, proclaim the incomprehensible mystery of
God’s mercy by their life and words, and obtain Divine Mercy for the world with the entreaties.
St. Faustina’s mission finds deep justification in Holy Scripture and documents of the
Church; it superbly corresponds especially with the encyclical Dives in misericordia (Rich in mercy)
of the Holy Father, John Paul II.
3. REMARKS REGARDING THE THIRD
ENGLISH EDITION OF ST. FAUSTINA’S DIARY.
The former scientific study by Fr. George Mrówczynski concerning the composition of
Saint Faustina’s Diary, that served as an introduction to its last two editions, has been replaced with
the present text, the aim of which is to bring the reader closer to the personality of the author herself
and her mission, as an aid to understanding the Diary.
For the greater glory of The Divine Mercy!
Cracow, December of 1991
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
In The Life of Saint Maria Faustina – Helen Kowalska
of The Congregation of
The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
Sr. M. Elizabeth Siepak, ZMBM
August 25, 1905
August 27, 1905
Helen Kowalska is born in the village of Glogowiec, Turek County, Lodz
Province, Poland (Parish records of births).
She is baptized in St. Casimir Church, Swinice Warckie, Turek County,
by pastor, Rev. Joseph Chodynski. She receives the name of Helen.
(Acts of the Parish in Swinice).
1912 At the age of seven, Helen hears for the first time a voice in her
soul, calling her to a more perfect way of life (Diary I:3).
1914 She receives First Holy Communion from the hands of her pastor,
Rev.Pawlowski (Acts of the Parish in Swinice).
November 1917
She begins her primary education in Swinice (Minutes from Zbiorczej
Szkoly Gminnej w Swinicach Warckich, April 6, 1976).
1919 At the age of 14, Helen begins to work for the Bryszewski family in
Aleksandrow, near Lodz, in order to help her parents (Memoirs of her
mother, Marianne Kowalska).
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