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SISTER MARTA WIECKA 1874-1904. Daughter of Charity on the road to sainthood. Rumors of a Saint. In August 1990 Daughters of Charity from Krakow, Poland came to the town of Sniatyn, Ukraine to search for the grave of a holy woman, revered by the local population as “ Matushka. ”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SISTER MARTA WIECKA1874-1904
Daughter of Charity on the road to sainthood
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In August 1990 Daughters of Charity from Krakow, Poland came to the town of Sniatyn, Ukraine to search for the grave of a holy woman, revered by the local population as “Matushka.”
Rumors of a
Saint
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They discovere
d that “Matushka” was a Daughter
of Charity named
Sr. MARTA
WIECKA.
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In Sniatyn, people of all creeds --Roman Catholic,
Greek Catholic,Orthodox,
and even non-believers --regarded Sr. Marta as their
Mother (Matushka) and Sister (Monashka)
who would listen to their prayers and obtain for them graces and favors.
Marta was the third of 13
children born to a wealthy land
owner Marcelino Wiecki and his wife, Paulina (Kamrovska)
Wiecka.There were six
daughtersand seven sons, three of whom died in infancyand five others died at a young
age.
Nowy Wiec: the village
of the Wiecka family
Who was Sr. Marta Wiecka?
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Vocation
At the age of 16 Marta tried to enter the Daughters of Charity in the town of Chelmno,
but was told that she was too young.
Provincial House in Chelmno 8
At the age of 18 Marta tried again to join the Daughters of Charity
in Chelmno, this time with her friend Monika
Gdaniec. Because the occupying government of Prussia restricted
the number of aspirants the religious community in Chelmno could
accept, Marta and her friend approached the Daughters of
Charity in Krakow.And they were accepted!
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Formation26 March 1892 – Postulatum 12 August 1892 – Seminary 21 April 1893 – Sent on Mission
Daughters of Charity Provincial House, Krakow
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21 April 1893: Sr. Marta was sent on her first mission to a hospital in Lvov.
Once there she quickly gained the
reputation as a Sister who loved her patients and serve
them with great devotion.
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A year and a half later on 15 November 1894, she was missioned again to a
hospital in Podhajce. Here for the next five years she tirelessly
served the sick as a good nurse and a faithful Daughter of Charity.
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In 1902 Sr. Marta was
sent to serve at a hospital in the town of Bochnia.
Shortly after she arrived, a patient at the hospital
became jealous of
the care she gave to a
young man with
tuberculosis.
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The parish priest heard the rumors and demanded that
superiors remove Sr. Marta!
This patient spread the rumor that Sr. Marta was having an AFFAIR with the young man --
and that she was PREGNANT!
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But her Sister Servant Sr. Maria Chablo insisted that Sr. Marta “is an innocent soul completely given to God. I can be as sure of her as I am of myself!”Sr. Marta stayed
onin Bochnia for
two more yearsand was
completely vindicated.
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In 1902 Sr. Marta was missioned to the hospital in the town of Sniatyn.
Here her sanctity would shine for all to see. 16
The two short years that Sr. Marta served in Sniatyn, people of all creeds – and no creed at all – came to admire and love her.Why?
– because of her extraordinary
LOVE, her PRAYER,
and her SERVICE. 17
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Sr. Marta took the place of a family man whose job it was to clean the typhus ward.
She contracted typhus.
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On 30 May 1904, at the age of 30, Sr. Marta
died.
In her illness she was surrounded by her Sisters and her brother Fr.
Jan.
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Since 1904, through two world
wars and Soviet
occupation, …
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…the people of Sniatyn and surrounding areas
have come with their needs and prayers …
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…to the grave of
their “Matushka,
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Sr. MARTA WIECKA.
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They know what the
Catholic Church is just
beginning to determine …
Sr. Marta Wiecka
is a
SAINT!
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Lvov Cathedral, 26 June 1997: the process for canonization begins.
10 October 2003: Metropolitan
Curia of Krakow accepts a miracle
which allows for her beatification.