Leonia Maria Nastał

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Leonia Nastał (born Maria Nastał; 8 November 1903 – 10 January 1940) was a Polish religious sister from the Congregation of the Sisters Handmaids of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate, a mystic, religious writer, Venerable of the Catholic Church, and advocate of the idea of mystical spiritual infancy. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters Handmaids of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate in Stara Wieś in 1925 at the age of 22. In the 1930s, she claimed to have mystical revelations of Jesus Christ, during which she was shown a way of life based on humility and unlimited trust in God. In her final years, afflicted by illness, she spent time receiving treatment in Szczawnica. She died in January 1940 in Stara Wieś, regarded for her holiness.

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Youth Maria Nastał was born in Stara Wieś, a village near the town of Brzozów in the Dynowskie Foothills in the Outer Subcarpathia. Her parents, Franciszek Nastał (born 1879) and Katarzyna née Jopów, were smallholding peasants. Church records indicate that Maria's father was an unbalanced man prone to drinking and quarreling. He ruled the family with an iron fist and demanded absolute obedience. Her mother, on the other hand, was balanced, cheerful, and very devout; Maria learned about religiosity from her through shared prayers and reading religious books. Maria Nastał had an older sister, Stefania, and a younger brother, Stanisław. Two other siblings died in childhood. Due to the poverty prevailing in Galicia, her father emigrated to America for work for 18 years in the early 20th century. The family made a living from a small farm, odd jobs for others, and money sent by the father. She received the sacrament of baptism on 9 November 1903. The godparents were Jan Cichoń and Anna Leń. She received her First Holy Communion on 15 June 1911, and on November 18 of the same year, she was confirmed by Bishop Karol Fischer. In Maria's hometown, there are still Jesuit monasteries and convents…Citește mai mult

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Religious life Finally, Franciszek Nastał announced to his daughter that he did not want to see her in his house, and after 8 years of efforts, Maria entered the Congregation of the Sisters Handmaids of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate, a religious order founded by Father Edmund Bojanowski, on 31 December 1925. She first underwent a 3-month postulant; she attended Holy Masses, participated in spiritual exercises, and prayed together with the sisters. On 18 April 1926, the ceremony of investiture took place; Maria Nastał received the name Leonia and henceforth wore a habit and veil. Then Leonia Nastał began a 2-year novitiate, under the guidance of Sister Zofia Szmyd. She was well-liked by other novices. She knew how to play the pump organ and sometimes replaced the organist. In July 1927, after completing her first canonical year of novitiate, she went to Vyzhniany near Lviv for a mission, where she was to become more acquainted with the works of the Congregation and the duties of her vocation, and also to discern whether she would be capable of receiving religious vows. In Wyżniany, Sister Leonia took care of orphans from the local preschool. After three months, she was assigned for three…Citește mai mult

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In the second half of the fourth decade of the 20th century, her health began to deteriorate. After being diagnosed with infiltrations and tuberculosis lesions in her lungs, she went for treatment to Szczawnica on 29 October 1937. The illness aroused her joy and hope for a swift reunion with Jesus Christ. While undergoing treatment, Sister Leonia devoted herself primarily to literary work, but also served as a sacristan in the convent chapel, helped the sisters with daily tasks, and corresponded with her superior. She also assisted during Holy Mass. Her health condition continued to worsen, and the disease attacked her digestive tract. In December 1939, sensing her impending death, Sister Leonia, with the consent of the Mother Superior, moved from Szczawnica to Stara Wieś. In mid-December, at the direction of the Mother Superior General, she began writing her autobiography, which she completed on 2 January 1940. She died around 4:30 pm on 10 January 1940, in her hometown. She was buried in the local cemetery on January 13. In 1979, her remains were exhumed and placed in the crypt of the congregation's motherhouse in Stara Wieś.

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Beatification process In 1962, the Congregation of the Handmaids began efforts to beatify Sister Leonia. In December 1969, Bishop Ignacy Tokarczuk of Przemyśl submitted a votum to the Holy See to initiate the cognitional process. On 9 January 1976, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced the decree Nihil obstat, allowing the process to begin in the diocese, which commenced on 8 December 1976. After the conclusion of the cognitional process on 15 September 1980, the documents were sent to the Holy See on 31 October 1980. On 13 March 1998, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints issued a decree validating the cognitional process. In late June and July 2006, the drafting of the document Positio concerning the venerable Leonia Nastał was completed and submitted to the Secretariat of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints in Rome. On 2 December 2016, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, at the direction of Pope Francis, published a decree on the heroic virtues of Sister Leonia. Henceforth, she holds the title of the Venerable.

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Spirituality While in Poznań, Leonia Nastał experienced mystical encounters in which Jesus Christ allegedly revealed to her the path to holiness based on humility and unlimited trust in God. Initially, Leonia Nastał drew inspiration from St. Thérèse of Lisieux and her spiritual childhood. However, later the main idea of her mysticism, as described in the book Uwierzyłam miłości, became what is known as spiritual infancy. It was characterized by humility, awareness of one's own weakness and inability to act without God's help, sincerity, simplicity, gentleness, sweetness, and innocence. In one of her letters, she wrote that, in her opinion, spiritual infancy is the shortest way to heaven. She believed that submitting to God's will as a spiritual infant was more valuable than voluntary martyrdom. She consulted everything in her inner life that the voice of Jesus commanded her with her confessor. Leonia Nastał reportedly experienced periods of spiritual "dryness" and ecstasies. She would sometimes burst into tears uncontrollably. She voluntarily undertook ascetic practices: she fasted several times a week, used disciplines, slept on wooden planks, and whipped herself. She also mortified herself by enduring humiliations and quarrels from her father in silence, giving up minor pleasures, and refraining from eating…Citește mai mult

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Literary works Leonia Nastał wrote poems, plays, speeches, stage works, and essays; they were used for educational purposes as well as in various church ceremonies and the educational activities of the Sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters Handmaids of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate. She wrote on commission, most often for the sisters or individuals involved in educational work. Her literary work was a source of religious knowledge, addressing issues of moral education as well. In her works, she taught love for one's neighbor, kindness, respect for the elderly and disabled, as well as patriotism and the search for God in nature and in other people. She also wrote for Róża Duchowna, a Lviv magazine dedicated to the rosary brotherhoods. The writings of Leonia Nastał can be divided into three groups: various educational works in terms of genre, letters, and notes concerning her inner life. The third group of writings includes Notatki rekolekcyjne covering the years 1926–1934, conducted at the request of her confessor, Father Wojciech Trubak; Dziennik duchowny in eight consecutive notebooks covering the years 1934–1939; and Historia powołania, an autobiographical essay written shortly before her death at the request of Mother General Eleonora Jankiewicz. Her literary…Citește mai mult

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Nastał, Leonia Maria; Jaroszewska, Wincenta Jadwiga (1981). Bar, Joachim Roman (ed.). Wybór pism Leonii Marii Nastał i Wincenty Jadwigi Jaroszewskiej (in Polish). Warsaw: Akademia Teologii Katolickiej. OCLC 312548067. Nastał, Leonia Maria; Kałdon, Stanisław Maria (1995). Nowenna do Dzieciątka Jezus z rozważaniami Sługi Bożej s. Leonii Nastał – służebniczki: O niemowlęctwie duchowym (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Św. Antoniego. ISBN 8385880445. OCLC 749304835. Nastał, Leonia Maria (2000). Uwierzyłam Miłości (in Polish) (1 ed.). Stara Wieś: Poligrafia Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego w Rzeszowie. ISBN 8388120182. Nastał, Leonia Maria (2003). Różaniec ze Sługą Bożą s. Leonią Nastał: (fragmenty Dziennika) (in Polish). Stara Wieś: Poligrafia Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego w Rzeszowie. ISBN 8389326418. OCLC 749273470. Nastał, Leonia Maria (2003). I believed in God's eternal love. Translated by Szymańska, Teofila. Stara Wieś: Poligrafia Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego w Rzeszowie. ISBN 838932637X. OCLC 749568112. Nastał, Leonia Maria (2003). Łaski z nieba: uzdrowienie z choroby, dar macierzyństwa, pomoc w nauce i inne otrzymują za wstawiennictwem Sł. Bożej s. Leonii Marii Nastał (in Polish). Poligrafia Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego. ISBN 8389326108. OCLC 749276579. Nastał, Leonia Maria; Kałdon, Stanisław Maria (2008). Nabożeństwo do Dzieciątka Jezus: z rozważaniami "O niemowlęctwie duchowym" sługi Bożej s. Leonii Nastał - służebniczki (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwo M. ISBN 9788375950892.…Citește mai mult

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