Chaplet with St. Faustina relic medal – Divine Mercy Rosary
Chaplet with small reliquary center medal with relic of St. Faustina Kowalska
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Light colored wooden beads
This divine chaplet was created by the nuns who hand-make our rosaries with love and care. The small reliquary center medal contains a relic of St. Faustina Kowalska, and the beads are made from Divine Mercy chaplet prayer beads. This beautiful piece makes a perfect gift for any occasion, or for your own personal use.
Maria Faustyna Kowalska, O.L.M., recognised in the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Faustina (born Helena Kowalska, 25 August 1905 in Głogowiec 5 October 1938 in Krakow Poland), was a Polish nun.
Throughout her life, Faustina reported having visions of Jesus and conversations with him, which she wrote about in her diary, later published as the book The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul. Her biography quotes some of these reputed conversations regarding the Divine Mercy devotion.
At age 20 she joined a convent in Warsaw and was later transferred to Plock and then to Vilnius where she met her confessor, Father Michal Sopocko, who supported her devotion to the Divine Mercy. Faustina and Sopocko directed an artist to paint the first Divine Mercy image, based on Faustina’s reported vision of Jesus. Sopocko used the image to celebrate the first Mass on the first Sunday after Easter – which later was established by Pope John Paul II as Divine Mercy Sunday.
Faustina was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church on 30 April 2000,having been considered a mystic and visionary. She is known and venerated within the Church as the Apostle of Divine Mercy. [cit. Wikipedia]
