Blessed Maria Karlowska
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- Memorial
- 6 June
- Profile
- Raised in a pious family.
Had a great devotion to the Sacred Heart.
Founded the Congregation of the Good Shepherd of the Divine Providence (Good Shepherd Sisters) who work for the moral and social rehabilitation of prostitutes, and care for those suffering from venereal diseases.
Worked mainly in Plock, Pomerania, which is today part of Poland, as well as Lublin, Torun, Bydgoszcz, Topolno, Pniewite, Jablonowo, Zoledowo.
- Born
- 4 September 1865 at Karlowo, Poland
- Died
- 24 March 1935 in Pniewita, Poland of natural causes;
interred at Jablonowo Pomorskie, at the General House of Good Shepherd Sisters
- Venerated
- 11 July 1995 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- 6 June 1997 by Pope John Paul II at Zakopane, Poland
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Maria, contact:
Zamek 19
87-330 Jablonowo Pomorskie
woj. Torunskie, POLAND
- Images
- Gallery of images of Blessed Maria [4 images, 121 kb]
- Additional Information
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Beata Maria Karlowska, by Alessandra Narzymska [italiano]
Homily at the Beatification of Maria Karlowska, by Pope John Paul II
Kirken i Norge [norwegian]
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- Readings
- Make Christ more visible than we ourselves.
-Blessed Maria
[She] worked as a true Samaritan among women suffering great material and moral deprivation.
Her devotion to the Savior's Sacred Heart bore fruit in a great love for people.
Thanks to this love she restored to many souls the light of Christ and helped them to retain their lost dignity.
- Pope John Paul II during the beatification ceremony
