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Bl. Maria Karlowska
April 6, Blessed


Source: Catholicsaints.info



Born into a large family and pious family, Maria was in her teens when she was orphaned and became an apprentice seamstress in Berlin, Germany. She always had a devotion to the Sacred Heart, and developed a ministry to the sick in the city. Nun. Founder of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd of Divine Providence (Congregation of the Good Shepherd of the Divine Providence; Good Shepherd Sisters) on 8 September 1896.; the Sisters work for the moral and social rehabilitation of prostitutes, and care for those suffering from venereal diseases. Worked mainly in Plock, Pomerania, which is today part of Poland, as well as Lublin, Torun, Bydgoszcz, Topolno, Pniewite, Jablonowo, Zoledowo.








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