Glory Be to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus!

Ludwika Szczesna was born on July 18, 1863 in Cieszki in the Dioces of Plock, Poland, the fourth of six children born to Antony and Franciszka Szczesni.  Her mother died when Ludwika was only 12 years old.  Already at a young age, Ludwika decided to giver her life totally to God.

Pressured by her father to marry, Ludwika Szczesna left her family home secretly and went to the larger city of Mlawa.  In 1886, she entered an underground religious Congregation known as the Servants of Jesus, since at that time religious orders in her region were under Russian suppression.  Founded in Warsaw by Blessed Honorat Kozminski, OFM Cap, the religious Congregations's apostolic mission was to work especially among servants.  In 1893, when Father Joseph Sebastian Pelczar needed Sisters to work with servants in Krakow, the superiors of the Servants of Jesus sent Ludwika, who was known to always fulfill her obligations with great zeal and love.

Always open to the needs of others and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Ludwika shared the concerns of St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar about the lot of the servants, the poor and the sick.  From this charitable apostolic initiative, came the new religious Congregation of the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, of which Mother Klara became the Co-foundress, first member and superior.  God's inspiration to her as well as the directives she received from the Founder of the Congregation, found permanent expression in the spirituality and apostolic mission of the Sacred Heart Sisters.  Mother Klara died on February 7, 1916 at the Sisters' Motherhouse in Krakow, Poland.

The Servant of God was a visible sign of Divine Love.  Her personal motto and program of life were the words, All for the Heart of Jesus.  The cause of her Beatification has been introduced in Rome and we pray for her speedy elevation to the glory of the altars.

Prayer through the intercession of the Servant

of God Mother Klara Szczesna

God, Almighty Father, you willed that your Servant, Klara Szczesna would love You with her whole heart, and imitating the meekness and humility of you Son, would serve the needy and abandoned.  Through her intercession, grant me the grace of...which I ask of you, and by this mercy toward me, show that her virtues, together with her hardships and sufferings undertaken for the glory of the Most Sacred Heart of your Son, were pleasing to you, who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.