Blessed Malgorzata Szewczyk - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Malgorzata Szewczyk

Also known as: Sister Lucja; Margherita Lucia Szewczyk; Mother of the Poor and Orphans

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

5-Jun

Born

C.1828 in Szepetówka, Khmelnytskyi, Russian empire (in modern Ukraine)

Died

5 June 1905 in the convent in Nieszawa, Aleksandrów, Poland of natural causes

Beatified

9 June 2013 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Amato at the Sanktuarium Bozego Milosierdzia, Kraków-Lagiewniki, Poland; the beatification miracle involved the 1975 cure of severe pneumonia in a nun

Venerated

19 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Malgorzata Szewczyk, also known as Sister Lucja, Margherita Lucia Szewczyk, and the Mother of the Poor and Orphans, was born around 1828 in Szepetówka, Khmelnytskyi, Russian Empire (in modern Ukraine). She came from a deeply religious family but tragically lost both of her parents at a young age, with her father passing away when she was seven and her mother when she was nine. Despite this hardship, Malgorzata found solace and strength in her faith, particularly in the Eucharist, which would become the centerpiece of her spiritual life.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2013-06-09 by 9 June 2013 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Amato at the Sanktuarium Bozego Milosierdzia, Kraków-Lagiewniki, Poland; the beatification miracle involved the 1975 cure of severe pneumonia in a nun