Józef Andrasz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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confessor of saint Faustina Kowalska
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Place of Birth: Wielopole, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
About Józef Andrasz
- Józef Andrasz (born October 16, 1891 in Wielopole, Nowy Sacz County, died February 1, 1963 in Kraków) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, member of the Society of Jesus, writer, translator and editor.
- He was a confessor of Saint Faustina Kowalska. Andrasz worked in the Apostleship of Prayer publishing house in Poland - Wydawnictwo Apostolstwa Modlitwy.
- He was responsible for the publication of 41 volumes in the series, the Library of the Internal Life - "Biblioteka Zycia Wewnetrznego".
- These were mostly translations of great works on Asceticism which Andrasz himself had worked on.
- He was also the editor-in-chief of the popular Catholic paper Poslaniec Serca Jezusowego - "the Messenger of the Heart of Jesus".
- He was also national manager of the Apostleship of Prayer and of Catholic Action for Family Consecration - "Dzielo Poswiecenia Rodzin".While saint Faustina Kowalska stayed with her order in Kraków, he became her confessor. Saint Faustina Kowalska mentions father Andrasz many times in her Diary, in terms such as these: It is a strange thing that, until I met father Andrasz, confessors could neither understand me nor set my mind at rest concerning these matters, (her revelations) (p.111), and I am very grateful to the Lord for having given me an enlightened priest.
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- 1596)In 1943 Andrasz initiated public devotion to the Divine Mercy in the Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Kraków).
- That same year, under his direction, a popular version of the Image of Divine Mercy, exhibited since in the sanctuary, was painted by Adolf Hyla.
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