January 28, 2025

Mother Matylda Getter, superior of the Warsaw province of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, founded in the mid-19th century, is seen in an undated photo (center) with her sisters. Mother Matylda saved hundreds of Jewish children from extermination by the Nazis.

Amid horrors of Holocaust, Polish Franciscan mother superior saved hundreds of Jewish children

January 28, 2025
"I will not send away any Jewish child," assured Mother Matylda Getter, superior of the Warsaw province of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, founded by Father Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski in the mid-19th century.
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Grace Is Alive!

January 28, 2025
One of the fundamental laws of human life and of the spiritual life is that the measure we give to others will be the measure we will receive.
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man ready to face the challenge of a mountain wall in front of him.

Challenge Accepted

January 28, 2025
St. Katharine Drexel came from a wealthy, philanthropic family in Philadelphia. She was willing to offer financial support to the cause of providing educations for children of color.
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