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May-June 1930
Assigned to the house of the Congregation in Plock, Sister Faustina
works there by turns in the bakery, the kitchen, and the bakery store
(Memoirs of Mother Michael, p.3).
During her stay in Plock (from June 1930 to November 1932), she
spends some time in Biala (a house of the Congregation situated in a
village about 10 kilometers from Plock).
[Because the chronicles of Warsaw and Plock were ruined during World
War II, it is difficult to fully ascertain the dates of her stay in these
homes.]
A letter to Sister Justine Golofit, dated December 17, 1930, witnesses to
the fact that Sister Faustina is, at that time, still in Biala (Letters #26:68).
February 22, 1931 Sister Faustina sees a vision of the Lord Jesus, who tells her to paint an
image according to the pattern she sees (Diary I:18; Memoirs of Mother
p.4).
November 1932
She arrives in Warsaw for the Third Probation, which the Sisters of Our
Lady of Mercy make before taking perpetual vows (Memoirs of Mother
Michael, p.5; Diary I:84). Before beginning the Third Probation, she
does to Walendow to make a retreat (Memoirs of Sister Seraphina
Kukulska; Diary I:84).
December 1, 1932 Together with other sisters she begins the Third Probation under the
direction of Sister Margaret Gimbutt (Memoirs of Mother Michael, p.5;
Diary I:89).
The Third Probation in this Congregation lasts for five months. During
this time, Sister Faustina works in the vestry, helping Sister Suzanne
Tokarski (Memoirs of Mother Michael, p. 5; Memoirs of Sister Suzanne;
Diary I:89).
March 1933
April 18, 1933
April 21, 1933
May 1, 1933
May 25, 1933
January 2, 1934
Sister Faustina‟s younger sister, Wanda, visits her (Diary I:97).
With other sisters, Sister Faustina goes to Cracow to make an eight-day
retreat and her profession of perpetual vows (Cracow Chron. IV:8).
The eight-day retreat begins under the direction of Father Wojnar, S.J.
(Cracow Chron. IV:8; Diary I:102).
Sister Faustina makes her perpetual vows. The celebrant for this
ceremony is Bishop Stanislaus Rospond.
After the vows, Sister Faustina remains in Cracow for another month
(Memoirs of Mother Michael, p.5; Cracow Chron. IV:8; Diary I:114).
She leaves for Vilnius (Vil. Chron., p. 178). [The chronicle notes: “Sister
Faustina, who made her profession of perpetual vows in Cracow, arrived
Thursday evening, by train.”]
Sister Faustina goes for the first time to the artist Kazimirowski, who is to
paint the image of The Divine Mercy (Memoirs of Rev. Sopocko, p.1;
Memoirs of Mother Michael, p.6; Diary II:240).
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