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Kowalska, Faustina. 2020. Diary: Divine mercy in my soul. Krakow: Misericordia. Online at <https://www.faustyna.pl>. Diary: Divine mercy in My Soul. The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, 2003. ISBN 1-59614-110-7; Torretto, Richard (2010). A Divine Mercy Resource. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4502-3236-4. Vatican biography of Faustina Kowalska
The original Divine Mercy painting by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski (1934) as advised by Sister Faustina, in 2017 the image underwent renovation and restoration to its original form. The first painting was made by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski , under the supervision of Kowalska and her confessor, Sopoćko, in Vilnius .
In 1968 Cardinal Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) designated the church as a shrine, thanks to the remains of Sister Faustina. In 1985, Pope John Paul II called Łagiewniki the "capital of the Divine Mercy devotion". Since the beatification of Saint Faustina in 1993, her remains rest on the altar, below the image of Divine Mercy.
The Divine Mercy devotion is a Catholic devotion to the mercy of God associated with the reported apparitions of Jesus to Faustina Kowalska. [1]The Divine Mercy devotion is composed of several practices such as the Divine Mercy Sunday, the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy or the Divine Mercy image, which Kowalska describes in her diary as "God's loving mercy" towards all people, especially for sinners.
The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, also called the Divine Mercy Chaplet, is a Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, [1] based on the Christological apparitions of Jesus reported by Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), known as "the Apostle of Mercy".
Faustina, Apostle of Mercy (Polish: Miłość i miłosierdzie) is a biographical, Polish documentary film directed by Michał Kondrat. It traces the life of Faustina Kowalska who was a nun of the Merciful Jesus and Polish mystic nicknamed "the apostle of divine Mercy". [1] The film premiered to cinemas in Poland on 29 March 2019. [2]
Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938) was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic.Faustyna, popularly spelled "Faustina", had apparitions of Jesus Christ which inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, therefore she is sometimes called the "secretary" of Divine Mercy.
The motive was its relation to St. Faustina; the church was renamed to "church of Divine Mercy and St. Faustina" accordingly. [106] In practical terms, the change included the church on the list of targets of religious tourism, fairly popular in Poland, and reinforced already growing stream of pilgrims pursuing the itinerary of St. Faustina.