Some Sisters of our Congregation worked tirelessly in hidden, consecrated service in the episcopal residence and curia in Krakow and later went to serve in the papal household and offices of St. John Paul II. Sisters of our Congregation were present at the Pope's deathbed.
Here is an article that was published after St. John Paul II's death about our Sisters in the papal service of this Pope.
Our Sisters and St. John Paul II
CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF ST. JOHN PAUL II
(And the 17th Anniversary of Pope John Paul's II Canonization of our Father Founder, St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar)
May 18, 1920-MAY 18, 2020
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On May 18, 1920,
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SOME OTHER IDEAS TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY
SOME WONDERFUL SHORT VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE
https://youtu.be/XeiEkZ6ktKQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P498ZWdGIjU
https://youtu.be/TtiRoA1TThE
VIDEOS ON FORMED
If you have access to a parish providing this program, FORMED has wonderful videos on St. John Paul II"s life and message. Highly recommended is the Fr. Michael Gaitley MIC series on Formed, "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told" whose main protagonist is St. John Paul II. Go to www.formed.org.
READ EXCITING NEWS ABOUT ST. JOHN PAUL'S PARENTS
The cause for canonization for Karol and Emilia Wotyla has been opened by the Archdiocese of Krakow
https://aleteia.org/2019/10/10/archdiocese-of-krakow-opens-beatification-process-of-john-paul-iis-parents/
Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus following the Canonization of our Father Founder St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar on 18 May 2003, Audience with St. John Paul II in Clementine Hall at the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican.
"The Papal Five" as they are affectionately dubbed in our Congregation, were those Sisters called from the Krakow Curia
to serve in hidden and sacrificial service in the papal household of St. John Paul II.
to serve in hidden and sacrificial service in the papal household of St. John Paul II.
Our Mother Amabilis (left) who was our first superior, formator and provincial of the American province, is seen here with Sr. Redempta, pictured at beatification Mass offered by St. John Paul II for our Father Founder, St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar, Rzeszow, Poland, June 2, 1991. Courtesy of the Archives of our Congregation.