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pastor in Klebow, became my husband‟s friend. He baptized him, blessed our marriage and
baptized all our children. The Rev. Canon sent us – in the summer of 1924 – Helen Kowalski
with a note that he did not know her, but hoped she would be all right” (A. SF. Recol.).
5. The convent of the Congregation of the sisters of Our Lady of Mercy at No. 3/9
Zytnia Street in Warsaw.
6. Mother Michael – Olga Moraczewska was born in 1873. She was considered
highly educated for those times. She spoke several languages and completed the
Conservatory of Music. She entered the congregation later in life. After making her final
profession of vows, she was appointed superior of the house in Warsaw. She kept this
position until 1928. After the term of office of the Superior General M. Leonard Cielecka, she
administrated the entire Congregation. During her administration as Superior General, the
Constitutions of the Congregations received approbation. She dearly loved her community
and sought its spiritual and material development. She founded new homes in Warsaw in
the suburb of Grochow, in Rabka, in Lwow, and in Biala, a house affiliated to the house in
Plock, 10 km away.
She died in Cracow November 15, 1966, and is buried in the Congregation‟s cemetery
(A.SMDM-C).
7. It is a Community tradition that sisters stay under the same roof with the Lord
Jesus in the Eucharist. Since the chapel at the Warsaw house was in a separate building a
few meters from the sisters‟ house, a second chapel was made on the second floor of the
sisters‟ convent. By permission of the Archbishop‟s Curia, the Blessed Sacrament was kept
there and, in accord with church law, on certain days the Holy Mass was said. The chapel
was commonly referred to as “The Little Chapel” or “The Little Jesus.”
8. According to the Congregation‟s custom, canonical silence was observed from 9:00
p.m. Private prayers could be recited silently. Most likely the Saint thought that praying
prostrate on the floor, not the prayer itself, offended this custom.
9. The “superiors” could be the superior general and the directress of the postulants,
for they decided whether the Saint would be admitted to the reception of the habit and so to
the novitiate in Cracow.
The superior general at the time was Mother Leonard Cielecka, born December 24,
1850 in Paplin Ziemi Siedleckiej. She came from a family of landowners, and received a
higher education in several languages and music. Entering the Congregation on September
1, 1885, she made her perpetual vows in Warsaw in 1893, and was given responsible
positions in the Congregation at an early age. In 1908 she became superior of the house in
Derdy near Warsaw. From 1912 she was superior in Warsaw, and from 1918, in Walendow.
After the Congregation separated from its General headquarters in France, in 1922 at the
First Chapter in Poland, she became the first Superior General of all the homes in Poland.
She kept this post for 6 years; i.e., until 1928, and then became assistant to the new Superior
General. She died November 1, 1933.
The directress of the postulants, Mother Jane Bartkiewicz, was born July 31, 1858.
She entered the Congregation on December 10, 1877, and made her perpetual vows in
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