Join the St. John the Evangelist Eucharist Apostles of Divine Mercy for a half day of recollection on Saturday, Feb. 18. We are thrilled to welcome Sr. M. Donata Farbaniec of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy Sisters, presently in Washington, D.C., at the National Shrine of Saint John Paul II, as our featured speaker. Her presentation is, “Trust in God: The Most Certain Way Through Darkness.”*
We will begin at 8:30a.m. for Mass, followed by a light breakfast, talk and Eucharistic Adoration until 12:30p.m. Prepare for Lent, spend time in prayer and learn more about Divine Mercy: Jesus I Trust in You.
For more information contact Mary Tamplin at mtamplin@verizon.net. All are invited. Free-will offerings kindly accepted.
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Trust in God: The Most Certain Way Through Darkness
Our time and life circumstances are marked by fear and confusion. Many of us try to find an anchor to provide us with an unwavering hope. The message of mercy given to St. Faustina Kowalska by the Lord Jesus is an unbreakable assurance that we are safe. Ninety-two years ago on Feb. 22, 1931, our Lord offered us the image if his mercy with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You - a visual letter of God to us all. Come and learn how to read this letter and what it means to trust in God’s mercy amidst our daily struggles.
Speaker:
Sr. M. Donata Farbaniec, born in Poland, joined the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in 1995. She is a perpetually professed sister. She works as a member of a formation team, accompanying the candidates on the first stages of their religious life. From 2010-2013 she was assigned to a community in Boston. In 2016 she began a ministry of propagation of the message of Divine Mercy at the National Shrine of Saint John Paul II in Washington, D.C.
The Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy was founded in 1862 by mother Teresa Potocka in Poland. The charism of the Congregation was first directed to girls and women in need of moral renewal. In 1925, Helen Kowalska, who would later be known as St. Faustina, joined this religious family. It was to her that our Lord revealed the message of Divine Mercy, and entrusted her with the mission of reminding and proclaiming this truth to the whole world. Now the Sisters carry out this task through their prayer, word and deed of mercy.