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[Father Sopocko notes that “She looked like an unearthly being,” and he
adds, “At that time, I no longer had the slightest doubt that what she had
written in her diary about receiving Holy Communion from an Angel was
really true” (Memoirs of Father Sopocko, p. 5).]
October 2, 1938
October 5, 1938
October 7, 1938
Sister Faustina, progressively weaker, but always uplifting, calmly awaits
her departure (Cracow Chron. IV:133).
At 4:00 p.m. Father Andrasz, S.J., arrives, and Sister Faustina makes
her confession for the last time (Cracow Chron. IV: 134).
At 9:00 p.m. the Chaplain Rev. T. Czaputa, together with the assembled
sisters, prays at her bedside the prayers for the dying. Sister Faustina,
conscious to the end, unites with those praying (Cracow Chron. IV: 134).
At 10:45 p.m. Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska, after long sufferings
borne with great patience, goes to the Lord for her reward (Cracow
Chron. IV:134).
The funeral of Sister Faustina Kowalska takes place on the First Friday
of the month and the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
The Jesuits, Father Wojton and Father Chabrowski from the Monastery
of St. Barbara Square, and one cleric from 26 Kopernik Street, take part
in the funeral services.
At 8:30 a.m. the Matins are sung, next Father Wojton celebrates the
Liturgy at the main altar and Father Chabrowski at the altar of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus (where the image of the Divine Mercy, renowned
for countless graces, is presently found).
Fr. Chabrowski celebrates the Mass wearing white vestments. As the
chronicle notes, everything is done very beautifully. No members of
Sister Faustina‟s family are present at the funeral (Cracow Chron. IV:
134).
Sister Faustina is buried in the convent cemetery situated in the garden
of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, 3/9 Wronia
Street, Lagiewniki, Cracow, in the common grave found on this
cemetery.
October 21, 1965 Twenty-seven years after the death of Sister Faustina, Bishop Julian
Groblicki, specially delegated by Archbishop Karol Wojtyla, begins with a
solemn session in the Archdiocese of Cracow, the Informative Process
relating to the life and virtues of Sister Faustina. From this moment,
Sister Faustina is worthy of the title, Servant of God.
Nov. 25, 1966
While the Informative Process relating to the virtues, writings and
devotion of the Servant of God, Sister Faustina, is being conducted
(October 21, 1965 to September 20, 1967), her remains are exhumed
and transferred to a tomb specially prepared for this purpose in the
chapel of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. Over the tomb is a black
slab with a cross in the center. The slab usually has fresh flowers
brought by the faithful, who plead for numerous graces through the
intercession of Sister Faustina.
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