Celine Borzecka

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Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins
Feast26 October
AttributesReligious habit
PatronageSisters of the Resurrection

Celine Chludzińska Borzęcka (29 October 1833 – 26 October 1913) was a

Sisters of the Resurrection.[1][2] Borzęcka desired the religious life but married in obedience to her parents and bore four children; two died as infants. After her husband's death, she chose to follow the spiritual path with her daughter at her side and began a life in community in Rome.[3]

Borzęcka's beatification cause was opened under Pope Paul VI on 10 April 1964 and Pope Benedict XVI beatified her on 27 October 2007.

Life

Celine Chludzińska was born in Antowil near

baptized as "Celine Rozalia Leonarda".[1]

In her childhood she considered a religious vocation in a

Vienna. Józef died in 1874 not before having dictated his will to the couple's daughter Celine and after which the widow travelled with her two daughters to Rome.[3]

In Rome she met the priest

religious cluster. In 1887 she opened her first school where Giacomo della Chiesa (the future Pope Benedict XV) served as a chaplain.[3]

On 6 January 1891 she founded the

United States of America.[3][2] Borzęcka suffered the loss of her daughter Jadwiga in 1906[4]
and she continued to lead the institute until 1911.

Borzęcka died on 26 October 1913 in Kraków.[4] Her remains - and that of Jadwiga - were exhumed on 22 November 1937 and again on 3 April 2001. In 2008 there were 464 religious in 50 houses in places such as Canada and Australia. Her order received the pontifical decree of praise from Pope Pius X on 10 May 1905 while full papal approval from Pope Pius XI came after her death on 17 July 1923.[1]

Beatification

The superior of the order was received in a private papal audience on 8 January 1942 in which Pope Pius XII encouraged the prospects of a possible cause for beatification of the late foundress.[1] An informative was held from 31 October 1944 until 16 March 1949 while testimonies were gathered from both Chicago and Kraków. Pope Pius XII formally opened her cause on 22 April 1949, granting her the title of Servant of God.[5] The apostolic process later opened in 1964 and this closed on 29 December 1967.

The confirmation of her

Basilica of Saint John Lateran
.

The current postulator for this cause is Wiesław Śpiewak.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Blessed Celina-Chludzinska". Saints SQPN. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c S. M. Liguori (1957). "Imported Polish American Sisterhoods". Polish American Studies. 14 (3/4). University of Illinois Press: 99–100.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Bl. Celina Chludzińska v. Borzęcka (1833-1913)". Holy See News Services. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d Łoziński, Bogumił (1998). Leksykon zakonów w Polsce: informator o życiu konsekrowanym. Katolicka Agencja Informacyjna. p. 358.
  5. ^ Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. p. 41.

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