Newsletter *** St Faustina Shrine/Society for Sept/Oct
Greetings everyone. Hope you are doing well. You are always in our prayers each day. In this Newsletter: Warm welcome from our Lord and St Faustina in Poland; Confirmation of our POWERFUL prayers in the St Faustina Shrine/Society. Invitation to St Faustina Feast Day Mass Oct 5 and Multicultural Festival. Link to Tomb of St Faustina in Poland. Real Life Stories: https://divinemercyshrine.site/real-life-stories-1
Patte and I with our son Fr Joseph Hastings recently went on a Pilgrimage to Rome and Poland.
We went to Poland to visit the tomb of St Faustina. The place where the remains of St Faustina are kept and venerated. It’s in the Chapel of St Joseph. One reason to pilgrimage there was this:
After trusting more of my (Jay) life to our Lord in 2002, He sent St Faustina (1st class relic) to me. Now this last August, we were able to go to the Chapel of the miraculous image of the Merciful Jesus and the tomb of St. Faustina and give back to her and our Lord, all of our pray-ers, and prayers past, present and future along with the St Faustina Shrine/Society, which is all of us.
Approaching the Chapel of St Joseph where her remains are, we saw to the right, the window to the room where she died and 2 plaques with flowers. One had a quote from St Faustina which read:
"I feel good that my mission does not end with death".
IN THIS ROOM ON OCT 5 1938 THE APOSTLE OF DIVINE MERCY SM FAUSTYNA KOWALSKA FROM THE CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF MERCY DIED
The second quote on the frame below was a statement from the person who witnessed her passing: It read:
IN THIS ROOM, OCTOBER 1938 DEATH OF THE APOSTLE OF DIVINE MERCY SM FAUSTYNA KOWALSKA FROM THE CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY MIÅOSTERDALA IN THIS PLACE SR. FAUSTYNA KOWALSKA DIED ON OCTOBER 5, 1938 AT 2245. THE DEATH WITNESSED BY S. EUFEMIA TRACZYNSKA
I took a picture of the room as we were approaching for the first time ever and when I looked at the picture, I saw a ray of light shining down to that the window at the exact time we were arriving. (see link to picture on upper right: Real Life Stories). We felt as if we were being greeted by our Lord and St Faustina and that they were well pleased with the St Faustina Shrine/Society and all of us and our collective pray-ers and prayers around the world which make up our spiritual storehouse for souls.
I thought I would share that moment with you since we are all part of the St Faustina Shrine/Society. +++
Another confirmation of our collective Chaplet of Divine Mercy and prayers is this next story: As we were leaving from Poland to go back to Rome, an Indian woman came up to Patte because she was wearing a t-shirt with the words of Padre Pio: "Pray, Hope and Don't Worry". She asked us to pray for her. She said the airlines overbooked, all her friends in her group were on the flight but that she was bumped off.
She was distressed. We said we would pray. In coming in contact with us, she became connected to the St Faustina Shrine/Society. I texted out for emergency Chaplets for her to our emergency people who pray. A little time went by and even before we boarded the plane, she found us again and thanked us for praying. She was put back on the plane.
After we landed in Rome, she found us again and said she was pleading to St John Paul II for intercession also. Then she said "Your Prayers are very powerful!" She never even knew about St Faustina Shrine/Society. She then asked us to text her friends for they had no way of knowing that she had arrived. So, Fr Joseph texted them and she was able to connect with them. So remember, Our collective chaplets of Divine Mercy are very powerful!
We had other chances to help people as we saw God's movement in our travels.
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You are Invited!!! Oct 5 Saturday 9:00am
St Faustina Feast Day Mass with
1st class relic of St Faustina & Icon of
The Divine Mercy
Where? St Ann Bartlett main Church
8:15am Rosary & 8:40am Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
Main: Celebrant: Fr Jacek Kowal
Followed by 10am Multicultural Festival
Questions? contact Jay Hastings sfshrine@msn.com
or 901-438-7772
Send Prayer Requests: divinemercy24hr@msn.com
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Location of the Shrine of St Faustina of The Divine Mercy 6529 Stage Rd Bartlett Tn 38134
You are always in my prayers,
Jay Hastings 901-438-7772 sfshrine@msn.com
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