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Number in square brackets are year to year age

1905		Aug 25	Helena Kowalska was born in Glogowiec, Poland; the third of ten children living off a small farm and her father's carpentry work.
		Aug 27	Helana is baptized at St. Casimirís Church in Swinice Warckie.
1912	[7]		At the age of seven, Helana hears a voice calling her to religious life.
1914	[9]		Helena receives first Holy Communion.
1917	[12]		Helena begins her primary education, which lasts only two and a half years.
1920	[15]		At age 15, Helena begins domestic work to support her large family.
1922	[17]		Helena returns home, announces a desire to enter convent; her parents oppose; she works two years to help support her family.
1924	[19]	July	Helena sees a vision of the scourged Christ who calls her to religious life. Helena goes to Warsaw to search for a convent, and she works to support herself
1925	[20]	August	Helena is accepted by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy; one month later she wants to leave for a stricter order.
1926	[21]	Apr 30	Helena receives habit and her religious name Maria Faustina.
1927	[22]	Apr 3	Sr. Faustina experiences spiritual dark night during novitiate.
1928	[23]	Apr 16	On Good Friday, she is engulfed by the flame of Divine Love.
		Apr 30	Sr. Faustina makes her first profession of temporary vows.
		December	Newly elected Mother General Michaela Moraczewska is source of help and comfort to Sr. Faustina during her religious life.
		October	Easily adaptable, Sr. Faustina is sent to work at various houses.
1931	[26]	Feb 22	Sr. Faustina sees a vision of Jesus who tells her to paint His image.
1933	[28]	May 1	Sr. Faustina takes her perpetual vows.
		May 25	Sr. Faustina goes to Vilnius where she receives many mystical experiences and is assisted by Fr. Michael Sopocko, a wise spiritual director.
1934	[29]	Jan 2	Sr. Faustina visits the artist Kazimirowski, who is to paint the image.
		Mar 29	Sr. Faustina offers herself for sinners, especially those who lack trust.
		June	The painting of Divine Mercy is completed, but Sr. Faustina does not like it.
		July	Beginning of Sr. Faustina's illness; she begins writing the Diary under obedience.
1935	[30]	Apr 28	(Feast of Mercy) Divine Mercy image is publicly venerated in Vilnius for the conclusion of the Jubilee Year of Redemption: January 8, 1936. Sr. Faustina informs the Bishop that Jesus requests the founding of an order.
1936	[31]	May 11	Sr. Faustina goes to Krakow; guided by Fr. Andrasz SJ; her health deteriorates.
1937	[32]	September	Holy cards with the Divine Mercy image printed for first time.
1938	[33]	September	Sr. Faustina prepares herself for death, and she asks pardon of the Congregation.
		Oct 5	Sr. Faustina makes final confession, and dies late in the evening.
		Oct 7	Funeral of Sr. Faustina, burial at the convent cemetery.
1940-1941			Divine Mercy message spreads first among the victims of WWII.
1941		April	Fr. Joseph Jarzebowski, MIC, brings the Divine Mercy message to the USA and the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception begins to spread the message in Polish.
1942-1959			The Divine Mercy message spreads worldwide through the efforts of the Marians, who publish images and literature in many languages.
1959		Mar 6	Holy Office issues a notification banning Divine Mercy devotion.
		Oct 21	Informative Process of Sr. Faustina's life and virtues is opened by Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, Archbishop of Krakow, encouraged by Cardinal Ottaviani, the Prefect of the Holy Office.
1967		September	Informative Process closes; Cardinal Wojtyla sends acts to Rome, January 31, 1968. The process of Beatification of Sr. Faustina is inaugurated.
1978		Apr 15	Prefect of Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declares the Notification ban no longer binding.
		Oct 16	Cardinal Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II.
1979		Jul 12	Marians receive an authoritative explanation of the Notification issued by the Prefect for the Doctrine of Faith stating that no impediments exist in the spread of the message and devotion to the Divine Mercy in the forms proposed by Sr. Faustina.
1980		May	Marians publish critical edition of Sr. Faustina's *Diary* in Polish.
		Nov 30	Pope John Paul II issues encyclical on the Divine Mercy.
1981		Nov 22	Pope John Paul II visits the Shrine of Merciful Love in Collevalenza near Todi, Italy, stating that, "Right from the beginning of my ministry in St. Peter's See in Rome, I considered this message (of Divine Mercy) my special task."
1986			Marians publish critical edition of Sr. Faustina's *Diary* in English.
1991		Apr 10	Pope John Paul II links the encyclical's message to Sr. Faustina.
1992		Mar 7	Decree of Heroic Virtues of Sr. Faustina is promulgated.
		December	Miracle through intercession of Sr. Faustina is accepted.
1993		Apr 18	Sr. Faustina beatified in Rome on Second Sunday of Easter.
2000		January	Second miracle through Bl. Faustina intercession is accepted.
		Apr 30	Bl. Faustina is canonized in Rome on Divine Mercy Sunday and Divine Mercy Sunday is proclaimed.
		May 5	Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issues a Decree proclaiming the Second Sunday of Easter also as Divine Mercy Sunday.
		December	The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments listed the Devotion to the Divine Mercy in its Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Principles and Guidelines.
2001		Apr 22	Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated officially for the first time by the universal Church.
		May 13	Congregation For The Clergy issues a document: "Priest of God, you embody the Mystery of Mercy."
2002		Aug 18	John Paul II consecrates the whole world to the Divine Mercy from The Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Krakow-Lagiewniki, the site of St. Faustina's tomb.
		Aug 21	Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary issued on Indulgences attached to devotions in honor of Divine Mercy

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