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Also known as

• Hedvig Karolina Zak
• Jadwiga Karolina Zak

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• 1 August

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Professed religious, joining the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth on 13 May 1911, taking the name Maria Imelda of the Eucharistic Jesus. She moved to Nowogródek in 1936. School teacher. Noted for her intense spiritual life and for her spiritual leadership in the lay community. One of the Martyrs of Nowogrodek.

Born

• 27 December 1892 in Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland as Jadwiga Karolina Zak

Died

• murdered on 1 August 1943 by the Gestapo in Novogrudok, Hrodzyenskaya voblasts’, Belarus

Venerated

• 28 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 5 March 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of the Martyrs of Nowogrodek, contact
     Fra Zbigniew Suchecki, OFMCONV
     Siostry Nazaretanki – Prowincja Warszawska
     ul. Czerniakowska 137
     00-720 Warszawa, POLAND