Category Archives: Saint Maria Faustina

A saint despite Vatican reservations

Posted on August 30, 2002 by admin

The story of St. Faustina Kowalska is simple enough. Born in 1905 into a Polish farm family, she had only three years of schooling before she began work as a domestic. She began to ask about being a nun at … Continue reading →

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John Paul II: The Great Mercy Pope

Posted on May 28, 2001 by admin

On October 5, 1995, the feast day of Blessed Faustina, I experienced a total healing of my severely damaged heart after praying for her intercession. During the investigative process regarding my healing, I had the privilege of meeting Pope John … Continue reading →

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Homily of the Holy Father

Posted on April 30, 2000 by admin

1. “Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius”; “Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever” (Ps 118: 1). So the Church sings on the Octave of Easter, as if receiving … Continue reading →

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Speaking of a saint

Posted on March 25, 2000 by admin

A Polish nun who will be canonized next month is the inspiration for a conference in Winter Haven next weekend. “I prayed to her constantly,” said the Rev. Ron Pytel of Holy Rosary Church in Baltimore. He was referring to … Continue reading →

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Recovery deemed work of a saint

Posted on December 21, 1999 by admin

Four years ago, The Rev. Ronald P. Pytel’s doctors took one look at his severely damaged heart and said he could die at any time. Months later, in a recovery doctors struggled to explain, he was found to be problem-free, … Continue reading →

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Priest’s recovery raises issues of faith and fact

Posted on December 8, 1996 by admin

However, his doctor, while assessing the recovery as “remarkable and unexpected,” sees more science than the supernatural in Pytel’s healing. The outcome, while rare, he said, is not unprecedented in similar cases.

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