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192. We do not know to what talks the vision refers. But we know that Father
Sopocko sent a memorial on The Divine Mercy to the participants of the First Plenary Synod,
which was held at Czestochowa on August 26-27, 1936. The Pope‟s delegate, Msgr.
Marmaggi presided at the Synod. He probably mentioned the matter of promulgating a Feast
of The Divine Mercy in his report of the Synod to the Holy See. That may have caused
disputes. We have reason to suppose that the report drew the interest of Eugene Cardinal
Pacelli, Secretary of State (and later, Pope Pius XII). But it is difficult to say what the work
could have been. The fact that the notification banning the devotion was not issued by the
Holy Office until after his death (November 28, 1958) suggests that Cardinal Pacelli‟s attitude
toward the devotion to The Divine Mercy was a favorable one.
193. The Ceremonies of Clothing, Temporal and Final Professions took place in the
Congregation twice a year at that time: in the spring on the last day of April or first of May,
and in the fall on October 30.
194. Only the Holy See has the right to release one from perpetual vows.
195. These words of the Lord Jesus to the Saint attest that, despite the requests to
found a new congregation, she is to remain in the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy. The
dialog of the Saint with the Lord jesus, cited on another page of the Diary (see Diary par.
1649), wherein Sister Faustina complains to the Lord Jesus that her Congregation has no
saint and received the reply: you will be that saint, likewise proves this. It is a fact that Sister
Faustina remained in the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy until her death, and in
reference to the new congregation only gave standing guidelines.
196. The Corpus Christi procession to the four altars. The procession started from
the parish church at Borek Falecki and ended at the fourth altar, which was in the
Congregation‟s garden. The Blessed Sacrament then remained in the sisters‟ chapel.
197. The sisters‟ procession was always on the Octave of Corpus Christi. The altars
were set up and decorated in the garden.
198. Cf. Isidore Borkiewicz, “O stosunku siostry Faustyny do Zgromadzenia
Najmilosierniejszego Odkupiciela” (“Sister Faustina‟s Connection with the Congregation of
the Most Merciful Reedemer”), p. 25.
199. Sister Jolanta, a group instructor in the Vilnius house, was attending a course in
pedagogy in Cracow at the time (from July 3, 1937). Sister Jolanta – Aleksandra Wozniak
was born in 1909. She entered the Congregation in 1929. She was a group instructor, and
then superior at the Radom, Czestochowa, and Cracow houses.
200. The patron saints of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy:
Our Lady of Mercy August 5
St. Ignatius of Loyola July 31
St. Joseph March 19
St. Michael the Archangel September 29
St. Mary Magdalene July 22
St. Teresa of Jesus October 15
St. Anthony of Padua June 13
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