Blessed Elzbieta Róza Czacka

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

15 May; 19 May on some calendars

Born

22 October 1876 in Biala Cerkiew, Ukraine as Róza Czacka

Died

15 May 1961 in Laski, Poland after several years of complications from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1948

Beatified

12 September 2021 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated in Warsaw, Poland presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro; the beatification miracle involved the 13 September 2010 healing of a seven-year-old girl in Warsaw who was in a coma with severe cranial and brain damage from an accident; from the moment of the accident, the Sisters and the family began asking Mother Elzbieta for her intercession

Venerated

9 October 2017 by Pope France (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Elzbieta Róza Czacka, also known as Mother Elzbieta, was born on October 22, 1876, in Biala Cerkiew, Ukraine. She was the youngest of four children born into an aristocratic family. When Elzbieta was six years old, her family moved from Ukraine to Warsaw, Poland in 1882.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2021-09-12 by 12 September 2021 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated in Warsaw, Poland presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro; the beatification miracle involved the 13 September 2010 healing of a seven-year-old girl in Warsaw who was in a coma with severe cranial and brain damage from an accident; from the moment of the accident, the Sisters and the family began asking Mother Elzbieta for her intercession